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Article: Anxiety and the vitamin B complex.(Nutritional Influences on Illness)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Deficiencies of members of the vitamin B complex appear to be common in patients with agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). (1) The same is likely to be true for other anxiety-related conditions. We will review the evidence suggesting that individual members of this family may affect the experience of anxiety.
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Inositol Supplementation
Inositol is a key intermediate of the phosphatidyl-inositol cycle, a second-messenger system used by several noradrenergic, serotonergic and cholinergic receptors. (2) Since ingestion has been shown to raise inositol levels in the cerebrospinal fluid, (3) this nutrient could potentially serve ...