- Functions: metabolism of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acid; to help produce hydrochloric acid in the stomach for digestion; for the nervous system; learning capacity; stabilization of appetite; muscle tone, especially of the heart, stomach and intestines

Deficiency Symptoms: Beriberi, weakness, emaciation, fatigue, loss of appetite, severe weight loss, gastrointestinal disturbances, weak and sore muscles, weak heart with palpitations, nervousness, irritability, forgetfulness, and enlarged liver.

VITAMIN B-2 Riboflavin

- Functions: It is needed for nitrogen balance; metabolism of tryptophan, an amino acid; metabolism of lipids (fatty acids) essential to normal growth; tissue maintenance; metabolism of protein, fatty acids, and carbohydrates.

Deficiency Symptoms: Light sensitivity, eye fatigue, cataracts, cheilosis (cracks and sores in corner of mouth), inflammation of the tongue, inflammation of the eye, oversensitivity to light, blurred vision, mental sluggishness, insomnia, poor digestion, and retarded growth.

VITAMIN B-3 Niacin / Niacinamide

- dilates the blood vessels

- should always be given with Vitamins C and B-complex vitamins

- assists breakdown and utilization of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and plays an essential role in tissue oxidation

- necessary in order to maintain the health of all tissue cells.

Deficiency Symptoms: Pellagra, muscular weakness, skin eruptions, appetite loss, depression, fatigue, schizophrenia, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), headaches, dizziness, and various aches and pains

VITAMIN B-6 - Pyridoxine

- important for the metabolism of many of the amino acids, fats and unsaturated fatty acids.

- essential in maintaining the sodium and potassium balance, especially for the nerves. It is also involved in antibody formation and hemoglobin production.

Deficiency Symptoms: Convulsions, hyperirritability, depression, disability in learning, weak memory, abnormal auditory acuteness, decrease in growth rate, arthritis, anemia and hair loss. It is very important in control of diabetes and hypoglycemia. Megadoses may also relieve walking and speech disturbances.

VITAMIN B-12 - Cobalamin

- needed for blood cell formation, especially for the bone marrow where blood cells are formed, and for iron absorption. It is also needed for the longevity and function of all cells, and plays a primary role in nucleic acid synthesis, neural functions and the maintenance of nerve cells.

Deficiency Symptoms: Irritability, drowsiness, chronic fatigue, mental depression, nervousness, pernicious anemia which may bring on spots before the eyes, ringing in the ears, vital organs starved for oxygen, enlarged liver and spleen, and neurological damage. When taking B-12 as a supplement, folic acid should also be taken with the B-12.

Folic Acid

- is also one of the B-complex factors, working together with B-12 to prevent and to overcome anemia. Like B-12, it is needed for nucleic acid and red blood cell formation; also in the synthesis and utilization of amino acids.

Deficiency Symptoms: macrocytic anemia, a lack of red blood cells; nerves and brain may also become affected, causing memory impairment. Other symptoms are digestive disturbances, redness of the tongue, and birth deformities

Biotin

- is another B-complex factor, needed in the metabolization of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, and in the formation of nucleic acids and synthesization of some non-essential amino acids. It is also needed for cell growth, and in the production of glycogen, which is stored in the liver. Biotin acts as a coenzyme to a number of enzymes.

Deficiency Symptoms: pallor of both skin and mucus membranes, poor appetite, deep depression, muscular pain, nausea, loss of appetite, insomnia, and increased sensory sensitivity.

Choline

- is another B-complex facto. One of the most important factors of choline is as a constituent of acetylcholine, which is very important in bridging the nerve endings. People who smoke become extremely nervous because acetylcholine is partially destroyed by the poisons inhaled in smoking. People who want to give up smoking should take choline, inositol and pantothenic acid, along with the super B-complex vitamins, to assist in the restoration of acetylcholine. It also aids in gallstone prevention, regulation of the gall bladder, and in metabolization of fats and synthesization of some of the hormones.

Deficiency Symptoms: Nervousness, heart conditions, high blood pressure, kidney and liver problems and growth problems.

Inositol

- is another of the B-complex factors; it is very closely related with choline, and the two should be taken together. It helps to prevent cholesterol buildup in the arteries, and to break up abnormal deposits of fat. It helps to prevent nerve damage and is used in the treatment of muscular dystrophy, in conjunction with Vitamin E and the super B complex vitamins. It also is needed for the growth factor.

Deficiency Symptoms: High cholesterol buildup, arteriosclerosis, skin ailments such as eczema and loss of hair.

Pantothenic Acid

- another of the B-complex factors, is an essential element of coenzyme A. It is needed for the production of acetylcholine in the nervous system. It is also involved in the utilization of nutrients and is essential for energy metabolism, for the body's immune system and especially for the adrenal glands and the adrenal cortex glands, which produce cortisone. It helps to prevent stress symptoms. It is also necessary for fat and cholesterol synthesization. This vitamin should not be taken by itself, but should be taken with the super B-complex vitamins.

Deficiency Symptoms: hypoglycemia and arthritis, burning, numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, fatigue, tired feelings, loss of appetite, constipation, low blood pressure and nervousness.

Paba - Para Aminobenzoic Acid

- another of the B-complex factors. It is needed to prevent greying of hair, but once the hair is grey, it will not darken it; it also helps to prevent loss of pigmentation and eczema. It is a part of the coenzyme system, needed for the production of blood cells and for protein metabolization. PABA, taken with B-6, may lessen the possibility of sunburn.

Deficiency Symptoms: Greying of the hair, patchy white areas on skin, nervousness, irritability, depression, tired feelings, and gastro-intestinal disorders.

B-15 Pangamic Acid

- needed for metabolization of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, helps to prevent fat from infiltrating into the liver, and is reported to extend the lifespan of the cells in the body. It is an aid to the nervous system and the glands, to the efficiency of the body in using oxygen, and to the heart.

Deficiency Symptoms: Heart problems, premature aging, nervous disorders, lack of oxygen to the tissues, liver problems and glandular disorders.

VITAMIN C - Ascorbic Acid

- mainly responsible for the formation and maintenance of collagen protein. Collagen is needed as connective tissue for the entire body, including skin, muscle, tendon, cartilage, and bone. It aids in preventing colds, in digestion, in the healing of wounds; it strengthens the immune system and helps to protect the body against infection. It also has a type of antihistamine action. It aids in the secretion of hormones, especially from the adrenal glands; in digestion; and is an aid to the bloodstream and blood cells, including the strengthening of the blood vessels themselves. It also aids the body in protection against infection, and in the healing of wounds.

Deficiency Symptoms: A weakening of the immune system, susceptibility to infection, poor digestion, susceptibility to colds and bronchial infections, inflammation of the gums which may bleed easily, lack of energy, susceptibility to infection and many other symptoms too numerous to mention.

VITAMIN D

- oil soluble vitamin and is known as the sunshine vitamin because it is formed when the ultraviolet rays of the sun, hitting the skin, change a form of cholesterol which is a precursor of Vitamin D in the skin into cholecalciferol (D-3) -

- needed to regulate the absorption of calcium and phosphorus; thus it is important to the calcification of bones and teeth, promotes growth in children and prevents rickets.

Deficiency Symptoms: Malformation of teeth, inadequate absorption of calcium and phosphorus, faulty mineralization of bone and tooth structures, skeletal malformation, rickets (bow legs, knock knees and other bone malformations), osteomalacia (a softening of the bones also known as adult rickets), osteoporosis (a mineral depletion of the bones in which the bones become pitted with holes like a sponge and are weak and brittle), muscular weakness, loss of appetite, and loss of weight.

VITAMIN E

- oil soluble

- Vitamin E complex (combination of 4 tocopherols: alpha, beta, gamma, delta

- necessary for conception, pregnancy, and lactation.

- to aid in carrying oxygen to the tissues.

- aid to many of the hormones, and very important in maintaining a healthy heart

Deficiency Symptoms: Lack of oxygen in the tissues, heart ailments, spontaneous abortion, uterine degeneration, sterility in men and women, menstrual problems. One of the contributing factors in muscular dystrophy. There is an epidemiological link between the increase in heart disease and the disappearance of Vitamin E from our food due to empty calories and over-processed foods, from which most of the nutrients have been removed.

VITAMIN K

- oil soluble

- helps to keep you from bleeding to death

Deficiency Symptoms: Serious or abnormal bleeding due to delayed blood clotting time. Internal bleeding, such as a hemorrhage to the brain or any other portion of the body, and subcutaneous hemorrhages.

MINERALS

Calcium

Phosphoru

Magnesium

Potassium

Iron

Sodium

Potassium Sodium

Chlorine

Iodine

Copper

Manganese

Sulphur

Zinc

Flourine

Cobalt

Molybdenum

Selenium

Chromium

Nickel

Tin

Vanadium

Silicon