Building with Vitamin B
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Aside from a thiamin deficiency, excessive drinking can also cause a deficiency of vitamin B6, a nutrient needed for formation of red blood cells as well as reactions involved in normal cell functions.
Pyridoxine, or vitamin B6, is more rapidly eliminated from the body during heavy drinking, over 50 percent of those who drink excessively seem to have deficiencies. Eating a well-balanced diet that includes 1.3 milligrams of vitamin B6 can correct the problem, but only if no further alcohol is ever consumed. Good food sources of pyridoxine include meat, fish, poultry, or fortified cereals.
Folate, another B vitamin, is also in low supply when people drink excessively, since folic acid is one vitamin that does not significantly alter the taste of any beverage in which it’s dissolved, some scientists have recommended that manufacturers add folic acid to alcoholic beverages as they are bottled or canned, but this hasn’t occurred and beverages except beer are completely devoid of folate.
A well-balanced diet may prevent folate deficiency in nondrinkers, but folate is lost from the body more rapidly in heavy drinkers. A folic acid supplement of 400 micrograms a day may prevent folate deficiency in drinkers.
