Vitamin B Complex 
Sustained Release

Vitamin B Complex is a group of water soluble compounds. A good B complex is made up of 8 vitamins: Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Pantothenic acid (B5), Pyridoxine (B6), Folic acid (B9), Cyanocobalamin (B12), and Biotin.

Are you feeling edgy? Living under high stress (like who isn’t these days)? Have an onset of aches and pains, headaches? High tension, and stress are killers. They can cause you to lose your hair, get "worry lines" on your face or more wrinkles. The effects can also be combated by Vitamin B*

Even if you think you are eating a well balanced diet you can still have Vitamin B deficiency. Why? Because we are all living in high stress and have exposure to high stress, environmental pressures and/or toxins. This can cause you to be low on vitamin B. If you have prolonged exposure to antibiotics, or drink a lot of alcohol, you may be short on vitamin B. If you are like over 80% of the US population and eat a synthetic purified diet you may have a vitamin B deficiency.

Vitamin B deficiencies at first would most likely be noticed by little things, including: nervousness, headaches, insomnia, depression, cracked lips, mild skin rashes, a general feeling of weakness or lack of energy, cramps, poor memory, and more.

It is important to note that you can take a regular vitamin B complex, but it goes in and goes out rapidly. Emperor’s Herbologist brand vitamin B complex is specifically designed to be a sustained release of vitamin B complex. The formulators of many B complex brands feel that if a little is good than a uniform amount of each part of a B complex is better. This is not true. The components of a B complex must be balanced to get the maximum efficiency. When the release is sustained over a period of time, that is even better for you. In addition Emperor’s Herbologist brand Vitamin B Complex is a vegetarian formula.

Each component of Emperor’s Herbologist brand Vitamin B Complex plays an important and vital part in our B Complex vitamin.

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) is the first B vitamin to be discovered. It is a coenzyme required for virtually every single cellular reaction in your body. This is because it is required in energy production and carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism.

In fact some scientists believe that if you get the right amount of B1, it can help to prevent fatty acid deposits from accumulating on artery walls. It is also a very important component of a healthy nervous system.

Signs of potential deficiency: Berberi (anemia, paralysis); reduced stamina; depression; irritability and reduced ability to concentrate; fatigue; muscle cramps; indigestion; constipation; insomnia; heaviness in the legs; poor memory; irritability; nausea; and weakness.

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)is one of a pair of enzymes that is essential for tissue respiration and metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids and fats. It maintains skin, mucous membranes, eyes, and nerve sheaths. Recent research suggests that it is helpful in preventing migraine headaches.

It is commonly used to treat and help prevent visual problems, eye fatigue, and cataracts; skin problems like acne, dermatitis, eczema, and skin ulcers; it is also used in the treatment of alcohol problems, ulcers, digestive difficulties, leg cramps, and as a part of cancer treatment.

Symptoms of vitamin B2 deficiency include sensitivity or inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth; cracks or sores at the corners of the mouth, called cheilosis; a red, sore tongue; eye redness or sensitivity to light, burning eyes, eye fatigue, or a dry, sandy feeling of the eyes; fatigue and/or dizziness; dermatitis with a dry yet greasy or oily scaling; nervous tissue damage; and retarded growth in infants and children. Cataracts may occur more frequently with B2 deficiency. Hair loss, weight loss, general lack of vitality, and digestive problems are also possible with depletion or deficiency states of vitamin B2.

B3 (Niacin)

B3 (Niacin) is required for you to maintain healthy skin, nerves & digestive system; metabolism of food specifically fats. It has been used to treat high levels of cholesterol; anxiety; circulatory problems; emotional and physical stress; vertigo; pellagra; pms headache; and others.

Signs of potential deficiency: Skin sensitivity to light; skin becoming rough, thick and dry; weakness; general fatigue; anorexia; indigestion; skin eruptions; pellagra (diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia)

B5 (Pantothenic Acid)

B5 (Pantothenic Acid) is central to many of the activities of enzymes in your body. For instance, adequate supply is necessary for your body to the produce energy from both the sugars and fats in your system. It is required for your body to utilize other vitamins. Without it your body can not produce necessary fats, corticosteroids and the sex hormones, estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. It is also integral to the proper functioning of the adrenal glands and nervous system as well as for normal growth and development throughout the human body.

Signs of deficiency are: fatigue; headache; insomnia; nausea; gastric pain; tingling in your limbs; muscle spasms.

B6 (Pyridoxine)

B6 (Pyridoxine) is involved with the synthesis of niacin (B3), serotonin, porphyrins, anitbodies and tetrahydrofolic acid. So even if you are taking seratonin and/or B supplements, if you do not have enough B6 what you are taking is worthless.

Symptoms of B6 deficiency are: dermatitus, anemia, convulsions, irritability, depression and nausea.