User'S Guide to the B-Complex Vitamins

Butt Berkson

ISBN 10: 1591201748 / ISBN 13: 9781591201748

Published by Basic Health Publications, US, 2006

About this Item

The B-complex vitamins are a family of nutrients that play multifaceted and essential roles in health and preventing disease. They are needed to make and repair DNA and increase energy levels-both key steps for slowing the aging process. Some B vitamins are needed to make mood-enhancing neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, and can have powerful antidepressant benefits. The B vitamin folic acid reduces blood levels of homocysteine, a known risk factor for heart disease, stroke, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Vitamin B12 is needed for normal mental function, and low levels can mimic senility. This book explores the remarkable benefits of these and the rest of the B-complex family of vitamins.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: User'S Guide to the B-Complex Vitamins
• Publisher: Basic Health Publications, US
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591201748
• ISBN 13: 9781591201748
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The B-complex vitamins are a family of nutrients that play multifaceted and essential roles in health and preventing disease. They are needed to make and repair DNA and increase energy levels-both key steps for slowing the aging process. Some B vitamins are needed to make mood-enhancing neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, and can have powerful antidepressant benefits. The B vitamin folic acid reduces blood levels of homocysteine, a known risk factor for heart disease, stroke, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Vitamin B12 is needed for normal mental function, and low levels can mimic senility. This book explores the remarkable benefits of these and the rest of the B-complex family of vitamins.

About the Author

Burt Berkson, M.D., C.N.C., is the director of the integrative Medicine Center of News Mexico, located in Las Cruces, and the Author of "The Alpha-Lipoic Acid Breakthrough". Arthur Berkson, M.D., is chief resident at the University of Illinois at Chicago-Illinois Masonic Medical Center Family Medicine residency in Chicago, Illinois.