What Does Vitamin B Complex Accomplish?
“My name is Christine Marqette, and I’m a registered and licensed dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic and I’m going to talk to you about what does Vitamin B Complex accomplish. Vitamin B Complex is actually a combination of all of the different B vitamins from B1 all the way to B12. Now, these B vitamins have several different roles that they play in your body. A lot of them actually function in our metabolic pathways and they actually act as catalysts to make sure that our metabolism is functioning properly. Some of them also are involved in our overall cell health. For example, if somebody who is an alcoholic doesn’t actually take supplemental B vitamins, they can actually suffer from an illness called Berry Berry. It’s an actual deficiency where they may have some swelling of their skin and swelling in their joints. Sometimes a decrease, or a lack of B vitamins may actually play a role in our body’s ability to use Vitamin C as well and can’t exacerbate problems such as scurvy.
