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Called ‘the nerve vitamins’, this complex consists of more than twenty vitamins which are essential for maintaining a healthy nervous system and for counteracting the harmful effects of stress. The B vitamins affect the immune system, which protects us from infection and other forms of disease.

All the vitamins work together and are best obtained as a complex. They include thiamin (B₁), riboflavin (B₂), niacin (B₃), pyridoxine (B₆) – which helps to strengthen collagen and increase resistance to pain – folic acid (B₉) – which acts as an analgesic (pain reliever) – and cyanocobalamin (B₁₂).

The B vitamins may be obtained from brewer’s yeast, eggs, fresh fruits, green leafy vegetables, liver, milk, nuts, pulses (dried peas, beans and lentils), seeds, wheat germ and whole grains and cereals. They are also synthesized (changed into usable form) by intestinal bacteria.