What vitamin promotes good circulation?

Answer 1

Hi Shannon. Many vitamins have been scientifically shown to have positive benefits for circulation. The answerer who claims to be a physician (I believe he/she is because he/she only discusses DRUGS and SURGERY and says nothing about identifying or treating the underlying CAUSES of circulatory disorders, which is typical of medical doctors and their lack of training in nutritional biochemistry) is dead wrong.

Here are three scientific quotes from the biomedical research literature in recent medical journals on this subject.

1) "Low-dose folic acid treatment, comparable to daily intake and dietary fortification, improves vascular function through effects on endothelial nitric oxide synthase and vascular oxidative stress."

2) "Combined treatment with vitamins C and E has beneficial effects on endothelium-dependent vasodilation and arterial stiffness in untreated, essential hypertensive patients."

3) "High-dose folate and vitamin B6 normalized endothelial dysfunction in children in type 1 diabetes."

I found 153 scientific papers on Pubmed/Medline on this topic (vitamins, improved circulation).

Folate/folic acid is a B-vitamin. The endothelium is the one-cell-thick lining of the inside of the blood vessels. Dysfunction of these endothelial cells leads to vascular diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis.

The 'physician' apparently doesn't know basic biochemistry. Folate and vitamin C are critical for the formation of Nitric Oxide (NO) which is also known as the 'endothelial relaxation factor'. So NO relaxes the blood vessels to allow increased blood flow.

Nitric oxide is synthesized in the endothelial cells by an enzyme called Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS). NOS requires a 'cofactor' to work. This cofactor (tetrahydrobiopterin) requires folate and vitamin C for it's synthesis and recycling after it is used.

Vitamin C and Vitamin E have antioxidant functions that are critical for a healthy endothelium.

Lastly, vitamin and mineral inadequacy is VERY common in the U.S. 50% of Americans consume less than the RDA for vitamin C. 91% of children in two recent medical studies were deficient in vitamin E (in Nebraska). Folate inadequacy is so common and causes so many birth defects that since 1998 the federal government has required its fortification in many foods.

Sorry this is so long and technical. But the 'physician' is SO WRONG about this issue I felt I had to address it with some real facts.

Best wishes.

Answer 2

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What vitamin promotes good circulation?

Answer 3

No vitamin in particular has ever been shown to improve circulation. For that matter, true vitamin deficiency in America is very rare, even amongst people who eat little but fast food and chips every day. I've seen plenty of patients with true circulation problems- requiring vascular bypasses, stents, sometimes even amputations. We never prescribe them vitamins to "improve the circulation". Medicines like Aspirin, Pletal, Plavix, Coumadin, etc, but no vitamins.

So, take a multivitamin if you like, but nothing you take will really change your circulation at all.

Answer 4

Not one vitamin in particular.All the vitamins n nutrients has its own responsibility in good blood circulation.So maintain a good and healthy diet and u will be in pink of health.

Answer 5

its vitamin C