How To Eat More Foods With Vitamin B

  • January 18, 2010
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The B vitamins are a group of water-soluble vitamins that work as a team to promote energy conversion, growth, and eye, skin, and muscle health.

You Will Need

  • Whole grains
  • Avocados
  • Bananas
  • Potatoes and sweet potatoes
  • Beans and lentils
  • Chili peppers
  • Meat
  • Liver and organ meat
  • Fish and seafood
  • Eggs and milk
  • Nuts and seeds
  • Fortified breakfast cereal
  • Energy bars
  • Brewer's yeast (optional)
  • Wheat germ (optional)

Never change your diet without first consulting your physician.

How To Eat More Foods With Vitamin B: Get whole grains

Step 1: Get whole grains

Eat plenty of whole grains, which are loaded with all the B complex vitamins, especially B1, known as thiamine; B2, also called riboflavin; B3, also known as niacin; and B8, known as biotin.

How To Eat More Foods With Vitamin B: Get veggies

Step 2: Get veggies

Get vegetarian sources of B vitamins by consuming avocados, bananas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, lentils, and chili peppers.

Take supplements of brewer’s yeast and wheat germ, which are natural sources of B vitamins.

How To Eat More Foods With Vitamin B: Eat meat

Step 3: Eat meat

Enjoy meat in your diet – especially liver and other organ meat, which is an excellent source of B1, B3, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, and B12.

How To Eat More Foods With Vitamin B: Incorporate animal products

Step 4: Incorporate animal products

Incorporate other animals products in your diet, including fish, seafood, eggs, and milk. These foods are high in B12, also called cobalamine, essential for the nervous system and cell function.

It’s recommended that vegetarians take a B12 supplement.

How To Eat More Foods With Vitamin B: Snack on nuts and seeds

Step 5: Snack on nuts and seeds

Snack on nuts and seeds like sunflower seeds and flaxseeds, which are high in B1, B5, and B6. Known as pyridoxine, B6 helps the absorption of B12 in the body.

How To Eat More Foods With Vitamin B: Look for fortified foods

Step 6: Look for fortified foods

Look for foods commonly fortified with B vitamins, such as breakfast cereals and energy bars.

In 1916, Elmer V. McCollum discovered vitamin B, which is actually a complex of vitamins that work together but was first thought to be a single vitamin like A or C.

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