What are Water Soluble Vitamins, part 1
A major part of water soluble vitamins is the vitamin B. complex. This consists of eight subgroups. Each of these are essential for the metabolism and processes by which the body uses to produce energy or two converts the food that we eat into cells. The vitamin B. group is essential in the production of energy and is used with enzymes to break down carbohydrates and fats into energy, and this is used as fuel for the body. Enzymes are necessary to break down the food that we eat inside our digestive system, into necessary components that we can use, and into components that you cannot use, to be removed at a later time. The production of enzymes, as well as working with vitamin B. complex, also requires vitamin B complex to be produced.
Vitamin B-1, thiamine, helps the body release energy from already existing cells, and is necessary for the brain and nerves to function properly, as this involves the modification, and release of energy. Vitamin B-1 is also used by the muscles to release energy from food, or rather, more accurately from the fuel that is contained within the cells..
Vitamin B2, riboflavin, is necessary to aid the release of energy from carbohydrates and fats, both in their dissolved forms, that’s our traveling through the body, and also by the unconverted products that lie in the guts, with the assistance of enzymes.
Vitamin B3, niacin, is a very important vitamin, as this particular vitamin is necessary for proteins metabolism, and that is to convert amino acids, and proteins into various products that the body can immediately use, on demand. A good example of this, is the production of hormones. Vitamin B3 also has energy release properties, and works more like vitamin B1 in action. Thiamine, vitamin B1, and riboflavin vitamin B2, must be taken from our diet, and therefore it is necessary to consume foods that contain these vitamins, or you will have a vitamin deficiency, which will results in growth problems and lethargy. This is not true of vitamin B3 niacin, as the body can manufacture this from tryptophan, which is an amino acid (gained from food), and enough can be made to keep the body running at a sub efficient level for some time as you mean enough of the correct foods are eaten to provide this amino acid . Unfortunately niacin, vitamin B3, cannot be a made in an abundance amount within the body, and the young especially need quite high amounts to make the necessary products that are needed for growth, acts high growth periods. Therefore, niacin is often added in a great many cereals, milk products, and bread to ensure that the young and adolescent teens get enough of this vitamin to produce cells and hormones.