B vitamins are essential for energy production and overall resilience. A deficiency can leave you feeling fatigued and unwell in your daily life.
Vitamin B6 plays a key role in producing neurotransmitters like serotonin in the brain. Insufficient intake may lead to depression, poor sleep, and over time, nerve disorders, skin issues, and weakened immunity.
Vitamin B6 is abundant in meat, fish, eggs, bread, grains, potatoes, legumes, vegetables, milk, dairy, and cheese.
Read also: ‘What is vitamin B?’
Vitamin B1, or thiamine, acts as an energy powerhouse among B vitamins and supports nerve function. Deficiency can cause weakness, lethargy, anxiety, loss of appetite, muscle weakness, and digestive discomfort.
Vitamin B1 is found in bread, grains, potatoes, vegetables, meat, and dairy.
Vitamin B12 deficiency often results in muscle cramps, extreme fatigue, mouth sores, heart palpitations, nausea, loss of appetite, tingling in extremities, and tinnitus.
Vitamin B12 is primarily in animal products like milk, dairy, meat, fish, and eggs.
More information can be found at Stichtingb12shortage.nl.
Fortunately, B vitamin deficiencies are rare in the Netherlands, except among certain at-risk groups.
