Vitamin B6: is an essential vitamin helping to regulate hormones, increase energy production, maintains a healthy nervous system, lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, assists in the growth of the body & aids in carbohydrate, fat and protein synthesis.
Adults need about 1.3 mg of vitamin B6 a day. This vitamin is found in a variety of foods and most likely you are getting enough of it, unless you have a very poor diet. A deficiency of vitamin B6 is not very common, it is mostly seen in elderly people and alcoholics.
Do you have a healthy diet?
Check out our healthy food list below:
Banana (108 calories)
34 percent daily value
Roasted chicken breast (4 ounces, 223 calories)
32 percent daily value
Roasted turkey (4 ounces, 214 calories)
27 percent daily value
Cooked cod (4 ounces, 119 calories)
26 percent daily value
Baked potato (1 medium, 133 calories)
21 percent daily value
Avocado (1 cup, 235 calories)
20 percent daily value
Garlic (1 ounce, 42 calories)
17 percent daily value
Raw red pepper (1 cup, 24 calories)
11 percent daily value
Watermelon (1 cup, 48 calories)
11 percent daily value
Cooked cauliflower (1 cup, 28 calories)
10 percent daily value
Original Source: Men’s Health
Check out tomorrows healthy food list for Vitamin B12
To read: part 1 of this series on Vitamin A click here
part 2 of this series on Vitamin B1 click here
