B Vitamins: Start the Year Energized & Stress-Free
No matter how healthy your diet, occasional lifestyle excesses can take their toll. Stress, certain ailments like celiac or Crohn’s disease and excess alcohol consumption deplete nutrients, especially B vitamins — crucial for metabolism, energy and brain function — which can leave you feeling drained, moody, foggy and fatigued.
As a group, the eight B vitamins (see “B Vitamin Basics: Why It’s a Little Complex”) are critical for a variety of physiological functions: They have been found to play a role in and B — can enhance mood, lower stress and improve overall quality of life.
