Vitamin B

Best vitamin B supplements

When people start with fitness, it’s an energy bonanza – they feel refreshed, sleep better, and have their mood dramatically improved. But after a week or so, there is a symptomatic curve, where energy drops, fatigue prevails, and mood swings are happening at a rapid clip.

The body is not used to perform physical stunts all of the sudden and it needs proper backing. For those disciplined enough, sticking with healthy food solves the problem. But sometimes, your body needs more of a boost, and you are not eating your fair share of fruits and vegetables anyway, so… Enter supplements.

While supplements range in efficiency and purpose, the safest way is to start with multivitamins and Vitamin B cocktails. Vitamin B, in many of its forms, helps with energy production, so it goes without saying that you’ll benefit from taking a daily dose. The cocktail of B vitamins can improve several body functions, eventually supplying more energy by converting glucose and carbohydrates better.

Thiamin, or Vitamin B1, has a role of converting glucose into energy – this you will need desperately. Vitamin B2 (or riboflavin) is also involved in energy production. Niacin, or Vitamin B3, helps with energy production as well, by converting carbohydrates and fat into body fuel. It helps the nervous and digestive system as well. Pantothenic acid is needed for metabolizing carbohydrates and protein, and creating red blood cells and steroid hormones – necessary for fitness progression. Vitamin B6 is just more of the same, enhancing several body processes.

Biotin, Vitamin B7, is needed for energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism and fat and glycogen synthesis. Folic acid (Vitamin B9, folate), is needed for the production of red cells, that carry oxygen around the body. It also helps with DNA synthesis and cell growth – very handy when you are working out for bulk.

Vitamin B12 and folate are tied together as both need each other to function properly. It is responsible for mental ability, formation of red blood cells, and breaking down of certain amino acids as to produce energy.