What are B Vitamins and how can they boost your immunity?

Vitamins are essential constituents of our diet that have long been known to influence the immune system, but there are 3 vitamins that can really boost that immunity for you, say hello to Vitamin B6, B12 and Vitamin C, your immune besties. B vitamins are important in helping our daily stressors, as soon as we get stressed our B vitamins get chewed up, our nervous system goes through the roof and our immunity is deprived. You can find these B vitamins and vitamin C in certain foods, as a nutritionist using food as medicine is at the forefront, but sometimes that can’t be achieved by all so this is where supplements come into the mix. Shameless plug - our Intra Strength nails this immunity combination 😉.

So why B Vitamins for Immunity?

Vitamin B6 is essential for immunity, it ramps up the immune function to fight foreign invaders in the body. According to recent studies (1), administering vitamin B6 to critically ill patients was able to significantly enhance their immune response over a two-week period, meanwhile a deficiency (2) in this key immune vitamin can reduce production in important antibodies (little guys to help fight off the germs).

Vitamin B12, also known as folic acid, is vital for the immune system. It helps produce enough red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body, if you are deprived of B12 your immunity may start to falter and your body will struggle to shrug off pathogens. Red blood cells are crucial to immune cells which are part of your body’s immune response, so ensuring these little guys can form and function correctly is an important piece to a thriving immunity!

Let’s not get overwhelmed with possibly being deficient these two B vitamins, PranaOn’s Intra Strength has you sorted in the department and plus you can up the foods high in these beauties right this minute. There is one more important vitamin we can not forget, that is Vitamin C!

What can Vitamin C do for your immune health?

Vitamin C plays a vital role in immunity, it’s a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and strengthens our immunity, though it does get used up rapidly during infection and when were under stress. Recent studies have shown by supplementing and eating Vitamin C rich foods can lower the severity and duration of colds (3), goodbye winter sniffles!

Our Intra Strength is here to help you recover hydrate and boost that immunity all in one. There is no excuse to train through winter now with our Vitamin C sitting at 200% RDI (recommended daily intake), B6 at 50% RDI and B12 at 200%, honestly what more could you want to nourish the body post workout?

REFERENCES:

1. C-H Cheng, S-J Chang, B-J Lee, K-L Lin, Y-C Huang. (2006). Vitamin B6 supplementation increases immune responses in critically ill patients. European Journal Clinical Nutrition. Retrieved from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16670691/
2. C-H Cheng, S-J Chang, B-J Lee, K-L Lin, Y-C Huang. (2006). Vitamin B6 supplementation increases immune responses in critically ill patients. European Journal Clinical Nutrition. Retrieved from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16670691/
3. Bingjun Qian, Shanqi Shen, Jianhua Zhang, Pu Jing. (2017). Effects of Vitamin B6 Deficiency on the Composition and Functional Potential of T Cell Populations. Journal of Research Immunology. Retrieved from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28367454/
4. Harri Hemila, Elizabeth Chalker. (2013). Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold. Cochrane Database Library. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8078152/