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The Pantothenic Acid Vitamin - You Probably Didn't Think You Needed it

Added: 02/03/2006

I was having breakfast with my wife the other morning and I asked her where she put the pantothenic acid vitamin. She just looked at me with a blank stare. For crying out loud, do I have to explain everything t this woman?? The pantothenic acid vitamin is widely spread in the nature (the word "pantothenic" is formed from "panthos" which means "everywhere"). The vitamin B5 was discovered in 1933. The vitamin B5 plays a very important role in the metabolism and in the support and restoration of all cells in the body. It takes part in the providing with energy, in the synthesis of very important matters, such as hormones. The vitamin B5 dosage is ten milligrams a day.

The pantothenic acid vitamin converts food into energy, which is so important for the human body cells. The vitamin B5 sources are pea, yeast, green vegetables, color cabbage, bananas, eggs, oranges mushrooms. The liver, kidneys, chickens, milk, fish caviar are also the vitamin B5 sources. One more important and popular vitamin B5 sources are different vitamin complexes. They contain many vitamins including the pantothenic acid vitamin. Such vitamin complexes must be taken after consultation with a doctor.
Of course, one should not forget about skin creams, which contain the vitamin B5. They can be day and night ones. Among them there are creams for a face, a neck and for skin around eyes. The vitamin B5 in them is necessary for making skin soft and for its cicatrisation. Many shampoos and balsams contain the pantothenic acid vitamin, too. It makes hair stronger and prevent from shedding.

But the human organism can produce the pantothenic acid vitamin itself. It is produced in the bowels.

The vitamin B5 dosage a day is the following:

- For babies - two-three milligrams

- For children from one to ten years old - three-seven milligrams

- For men and women - seven - ten milligrams


Usually the vitamin B5 dosage is chosen in depending on the disease character. For example, women are recommended to take the vitamin B5 dosage in fifteen-twenty grams.

The pantothenic acid vitamin is taken when a person suffers from high tiredness, insomnia, the appetite fall, sickness, dermatitis. And of course, it is desirable to take the pantothenic acid vitamin to people who have not rich food, people who are over fifty five years old, people drinking alcohol, pregnant women, people suffering from chronicle diseases and stress.

Now let's speak about consequences of the vitamin B5 lack. For example, the vitamin B5 lack can lead to adiposity. The people, who from the morning till the evening are under stress, use a big quantity of the vitamin B5, so they lose a vital energy. Sportsmen after hard competitions are often close to the nervous breaking up. The pregnant women take the vitamin B5. It is necessary for them. The vitamin B5 lack may appear among the people who sit on the milk diets.

The useful properties of the pantothenic acid vitamin are the following:

- It kills infections in the organism.

- It takes part in the synthesis of antibodies.

- It helps the skin to be healthy. It influences the nervous system's development.

- It is essential for the metabolism.

- It treats from allergy and stress. Sometimes the pantothenic acid vitamin is an "anti-stress" vitamin. The risk of the vitamin B5 toxicity is very small even if a person takes ten-twenty thousand milligrams a day. An individual should not take the pantothenic acid vitamin if he suffers from the allergy on the vitamin B5.

The overdose of the pantothenic acid vitamin is very rare and it is very small, but it takes place. The vitamin B5 overdose symptoms are depression, tidiness, headaches, pains in the muscles, pains in the legs at nights, skin redness on feet.

Thus, the pantothenic acid vitamin is very important for normal work of the human organism. It is in many products so the vitamin B5 lack is rare. Many makeup preparations contain the pantothenic acid vitamin, too. It helps people be healthy.

So now my wife understands what a pantothenic acid vitamin is. She's happy and I'm happy. And healthy.




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