Vitamin B6 - Health Benefits

Description

This section outlines the essential functions and therapeutic effects of Vitamin B6.

Aging Process

 Vitamin B6 may possess Life Extension properties.  ^[1]

Cardiovascular System

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Atherosclerosis (by helping to break down atherosclerotic plaque and by preventing the build-up of Homocysteine).  ^[2]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent abnormal Blood Clotting.  ^[3]

 Vitamin B6 (10 - 50 mg per day) may help to prevent many Cardiovascular Diseases (by lowering elevated Homocysteine levels).

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Embolism (venous thromboembolism form).  ^[4]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Ischemic Heart Disease:  ^[5]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Heart Attack.  ^[6]

 Vitamin B6 may lower Blood Pressure in High Blood Pressure patients (by influencing the Nervous System’s participation in the control of Blood Pressure).  ^[7]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Intermittent Claudication (by helping to lower elevated Homocysteine levels).  ^[8]

 Vitamin B6 may reduce the severity of Raynaud's Disease.  ^[9]

 Vitamin B6 may facilitate the production of Red Blood Cells (due to its involvement in the production of Hemoglobin).  ^[10]

 The Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate form of Vitamin B6 (25 - 50 mg four times per day administered by injection for 8 - 10 days) may restore normal levels of Hemoglobin in Sideroblastic Anemia patients - it is speculated that Sideroblastic Anemia may occur due to defective phosphorylation of dietary forms of Vitamin B6 into the biologically active Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate form of Vitamin B6.  ^[11]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Strokes (by lowering elevated Homocysteine levels).  Vitamin B6 (commenced as soon as possible after the occurrence of an ischemic Stroke) may minimize subsequent damage from (ischemic) Stroke.  ^[12]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Thrombosis.  ^[13]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis.  ^[14]

Cells

 Vitamin B6 helps to prevent damage to Chromosomes. 

Digestive System

 Vitamin B6 may facilitate the removal of the toxic substances that cause Body Odor from the body. 

 Many Celiac Disease patients are found to be deficient in Vitamin B6 (indicating that supplemental Vitamin B6 may benefit Colic Disease patients):  ^[15]

 Vitamin B6 (80 mg per day) may alleviate the Depression that occurs concurrently with many cases of Colic Disease.

 Vitamin B6 may alleviate Hypochlorhydria (by stimulating the endogenous production of Hydrochloric Acid). 

Ears/Hearing

 Vitamin B6 may be a useful treatment for Tinnitus.  ^[16]

Excretory System

 Vitamin B6 may retard the further progression of Diabetic Nephropathy.  ^[17]

 Vitamin B6 (10 - 100 mg per day) may prevent the formation of Kidney Stones that are caused by Hyperoxaluria (due to its role in the metabolism of Oxalic Acid).  ^[18]

 Vitamin B6 may facilitate the excretion of Urine (due to its influence on the body's Sodium/Potassium balance). 

Eyes/Vision

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent Cataracts.  ^[19]

 Vitamin B6 may retard the further progression of Gyrate Atrophy of the Choroid and Retina (due to its role as a cofactor for the Ornithine Aminotransferase enzyme).  ^[20]

 Vitamin B6 may help to prevent (diabetic) Retinopathy.  ^[21]

Hair

 Vitamin B6 may stimulate Hair growth and may improve Hair Condition in Alopecia Areata patients.  ^[22]

 Dandruff may occur as a result of Vitamin B6 deficiency. 

Immune System

 The Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate form of Vitamin B6 may prevent the intrusion of the HIV virus (which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) into cells (by blocking the CD4 Receptors located on T-Lymphocytes, thereby preventing the HIV Virus from infecting T-Lymphocytes).  ^[23]