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Vitamin B6

Health Encyclopedia: Vitamin B6

Alternative Names

Pyridoxine


Recommendations

Specific recommendations for each vitamin depend on age, gender, and other factors (such as pregnancy). In general, a healthy diet typically supplies enough vitamin B6.


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Expert & Community Posts

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Health Tidbits You Need to Know
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

...pills you may actually need to up your intake of vitamin B6.  Birth control pills may somehow... Read more »

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Top 13 Vitamins: Are You Getting Enough?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...and protein metabolism Involved in making Vitamin B6 active in the body ... Read more »

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B Vitamins and Folic Acid: Take Them, but Not for Your Heart
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...treatments: folic acid, 0.8mg, vitamin B12 , 0.4mg, and vitamin B6, 40mg (n= 772); folic acid... Read more »

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Turkey OK After the Holiday is Over
By The HealthGal , Health Expert

...helps boost HDL), selenium, an antioxidant, zinc and vitamin B6.  And since most of the fat is... Read more »

Health Guide

Vitamin B6
...grains, and fortified breads and cereals. Read more »
Vitamin B6
......deficiency is not common in the United States.) Read more »
Vitamin B6
......continuous supply of such vitamins in your diet. Alternative Names Pyridoxine Function Vitamin B6 helps the immune system produce antibodies. Antibodies are needed to fight... Read more »
Homocystinuria
Cystathionine beta synthase deficiency Treatment There is no specific cure for homocystinuria. However, many people respond to high doses of vitamin B-6 (also... Read more »
Vitamins
...(riboflavin) Vitamin B3 (niacin) Pantothenic acid Biotin Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Folate (folic acid) Vitamins are... Read more »

Medications

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...numbness or tingling. Your doctor may recommend a vitamin B6 supplement (pyridoxine). Tell your... Read more »

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