Vitamin B6
Pyridoxine, Pyridoxal, Pyridoxamine
RDA, Rich Food Sources
Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites
Natural Food Sources Containing Vitamin B6
Avocado, bananas, yeast extract, dried brewer's yeast, wheat bran, wheat germ, oat flakes, sardines, mackerel, beef, poultry, brown rice, cabbage, molasses, free range eggs.
Vitamin B-6 Nutrition, Therapeutic Use, Deficiency Symptoms
Vitamin B6 Nutrition Benefits for the Body
General -Anti allergy, anti depressant, necessary to production of hydrochloric acid in stomach, necessary for absorption of protein, necessary for absorption of fats - one of the most-used nutrients by the body.
Therapeutic Uses for Vitamin B6: Controlling travel sickness, depression associated with some types of birth control, convulsions in infants, skin lesions, skin allergies, bronchial asthma and radiation sickness.
Vitamin B6 Deficiency Symptoms
Cracked lips, inflamed tongue, swollen tongue, swollen abdomen, swollen fingers, swollen ankles, breast discomforts, mild depression, scaly facial skin, headaches, inflamed nerve endings.
Vitamin B6 Food List
|
Food Selection, Preparation Mode |
Serving Size |
Vitamin B6 Milligrams |
|
Kellogg's All Bran |
1/2 cup |
3.600 |
|
TOTAL Raisin Bran, General Mills Cereal |
1 cup |
2.076 |
|
Kellogg's Product 19 |
1 cup |
2.070 |
| Kellogg's All Bran Complete |
3/4 cup |
2.030 |
| Kellogg's Special K Cereal |
1 cup |
2.015 |
| General Mills TOTAL Corn Flakes |
1 1/3 cup |
2.001 |
|
Fish, salmon, sockeye, cooked, dry heat |
1/2 fillet |
1.074 |
|
Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked, dry heat |
1/2 fillet |
1.005 |
|
Turkey, all classes, giblets |
1 cup |
0.842 |
|
Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched |
1 cup |
0.836 |
|
Potatoes, hashed brown, home-prepared |
1 cup |
0.836 |
|
Nuts, chestnuts, European, roasted |
1 cup |
0.711 |
|
Buckwheat flour, whole-groat |
1 cup |
0.698 |
|
Fish, swordfish, cooked, dry heat |
1 piece |
0.652 |
|
Potato, baked, flesh and skin, without salt |
1 potato |
0.628 |
|
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat & skin, cooked |
Battered, Fried 1/2 breast |
0.602 |
| General Mills Rice Chex Cereal |
1 1/4 cup |
0.574 |
|
Tomato products, canned, paste, without salt added |
1 cup |
0.566 |
|
Bananas, raw |
1 cup |
0.551 |
|
Plums, dried (prunes), stewed |
1 cup |
0.541 |
|
Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked, dry heat |
3 ounces |
0.537 |
Vitamin B6 Offenders
- Storage Time, Processing & Canning
Health Warnings for Vitamin B6
- Body must have Vitamin B6 to have the ability to absorb Vitamin B12.
- Antidote to hydrazine.
- Smokers, heavy alcohol users, women on the pill, and individuals who pursue a heavy protein based diet are at an increased risk for developing Vitamin B6 deficiency.
Vitamin B6 Daily Recommended Amount mg/d (daily milligrams)
Infants & Children:
0 to 6 months old - 0.1 mg
7 to 12 months old - 0.3 mg
1 to 3 years old - 0.5 mg
4 to 8 years old - 0.6 mg
Pregnancy:
All ages - 1.9 mg
Lactation:
All ages - 2.0 mg
Males:
9 to 13 years old - 1.0 mg
14 to 50 years old - 1.3 mg
51 and older - 1.7 mg
Females:
9 to 13 years old - 1.0 mg
14 to 18 years old - 1.2
19 to 50 years old - 1.3
51 and older - 1.5 mg
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