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The one if not the most versatile member of vitamin B complex is pyridoxine of vitamin B6.  Better yet, our body only need a very small amount of vitamin B6. Like other member of vitamin B, it works in close relation, especially, with folic acid, niacin, and cobalamin. They task is contributing in numerous metabolic function of our body. Vitamin B6 helping our body in convering amino acid into protein. Vitamin B6 also needed in changing intaked sugar into energy essential. The basic is vitamin B6 take important role in changing our intake food into something that our body can store or use it immediatly. Especially for carbohydrate and protein from food become a form of protein and corbohydrate that our body can handle.

Our body need different kind of proteins and vitamin B6 will make sure that the correct form for our body is available. Every time we ate proteins either from animal or vegetables, vitamin B6 will examines them and make some required change to make them suitable for our body need.  Let’s take other example. Vitamin B6 is responsible in haemoglobin creation, and we know that haemoglobin function is transporting oxygen in our blood circulation to every cell in our body. Vitamin B6 also help in producing hormones that regulate blood pressure,  and also help in various enzymes and neurotransmitter production.

The recommended daily intake for vitamin B6 is only 2 mg. This small amount of vitamin B6 take very important role in more than  60 enzymes production. The largest source of vitamin B6 are fish, eggs, meat, chicken, or any food that rich with protein.  Todays packed food such bread and sereal containing added vitamin B6 to make sure that we get the daily amount recommended. Vitamin B6 also beneficial for our immune system and healthy heart condition. Vitamin B6 sometimes needed by people with diabetic and asthmatics problems. Please remember that high doses of vitamin B6 will be toxic.

Since vitamin B6 can be found in from many source of daily food, many people get enough vitamin B6 from daily intake of normal diet.  Several group of people that need more vitamin B6  for their special condition are pregnant or breastfeeding woman,  vegetarians, and those who allergic to some animal produce. For pregnant or breastfeeding woman have to take slightly larger protion of vitamin B6 to make sure that the baby will get enough vitamin B6 also. It is advisable to increase the comsumption of food with high level of protein.  And for strict vegetarian and people with allergic to animal produce better take additional supplement of vitamin B6, of course by doctor’s prescription. As an end note, fruits and vegetables are poor source of vitamin B6.

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