MAY 25,2010
Today, "I will to love myself unconditionally. I will try to let go of self-hate and behaviors from the past. I need to replace those with behaviors that reflect self-love, respect, dignity and a higher self-esteem."
This blog represents for me the above. It has been a real joy and self-esteemable.I have learned to love myself unconditionally after letting 'others' love me first. I love myself into a healthier life , but in reality a better and good life. I am loving myself in a way that I want others to love me. At first it is hard to love yourself. But you must learn to do it. This blog is self-esteemable because I get to be me. After I finish each blog, I review it and 'clap my hands' knowing that I did the best to my ability to teach, educate, love and reach out. The most important aspect is that I do not have to justify or explain myself to anyone. I just have to be happy with me
Yesterday I discussed folic acid. Today I want to discuss B6 and B12 Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin and is part of the vitamin B complex group. Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is the active form and is a cofactor in many reactions of amino acid metabolism. Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble compound that was discovered in the 1930s during nutrition studies on rats. In 1934, a Hungarian physician, Paul Gyorgy discovered a substance that was able to cure a skin disease in rats (dermititis acrodynia), this substance he named vitamin B6.In 1938, Lepkovsky isolated vitamin B6 from rice bran. Harris and Folkers in 1939 determined the structure of pyridoxine, and, in 1945, Snell was able to show that there are two forms of vitamin B6, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine. Vitamin B6 was named pyridoxine to indicate its structural homology to pyridine. All three forms of vitamin B6 are precursors of an activated compound known as pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), which plays a vital role as the cofactor of a large number of essential enzymes in the human body.
The dosage of B6 must be regulated as an overdose of this vitamin can lead to peripheral neuropathy ( damage of the nerves)
At least one preliminary study has found that this vitamin may increase dream vividness or the ability to recall dreams.[13] It is thought that this effect may be due to the role this vitamin plays in the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin.[13]
The intake of vitamin B, from either diet or supplements, could cut the risk of Parkinson’s disease by half according to a prospective study from the Netherlands.
Pyridoxine has a role in preventing heart disease. Without enough pyridoxine, homocysteine builds up in the body, as discussed yesterday. Homocysteine damages blood vessel linings, setting the stage for plaque buildup when the body tries to heal the damage. Vitamin B6 prevents this buildup, thereby reducing the risk of heart attack. Pyridoxine lowers blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels and keeps blood platelets from sticking together. All of these properties work to keep heart disease at bay.
Nutritional supplementation with high dose vitamin B6 and magnesium is one of the most popular alternative medicine choices for autism
Moving on to B12
Vitamin B12, vitamin B12 or vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, is a water soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. It is one of the eight B vitamins. It is normally involved in the metabolism of every cell of the body, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation, but also fatty acid synthesis and energy production Historically, vitamin B12 was discovered from its relationship to the disease pernicious anemia, which is an autoimmune disease that destroys parietal cells in the stomach that secrete intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is crucial for the normal absorption of B12, so a lack of intrinsic factor, as seen in pernicious anemia, causes a vitamin B12 deficiency. Vitamin B12 deficiency can potentially cause severe and irreversible damage, especially to the brain and nervous system. At levels only slightly lower than normal, a range of symptoms such as fatigue, depression, and poor memory may be experienced.
There is so much to write on B12. Usually we would give B12 to lower the cardiac risk factors, homocysteine. Some individual have a an enzyme defect . Thus the type of B12 as also in folate requires methylation.
The photograph above taken in the Garden of Quinn in Los Anegles, CA is the Bird of Paradise Strelitzia is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower, because of a supposed resemblance of its flowers to the bird of paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower.
The species S. nicolai is the largest in the genus, reaching 10 m tall, with stately white and blue flowers; the other species typically reach 2 to 3.5 m tall, except S. caudata which is a tree of a typically smaller size than S. nicolai. The leaves are large, 30–200 cm long and 10–80 cm broad, similar to a banana leaf in appearance but with a longer petiole, and arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage. I know that the species in the photograph is not the white Bird of Paradise--Srelitz alba. Below is an example of how nature works--
The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe. They are pollinated by sunbirds, which use the spathe as a perch when visiting the flowers; the weight of the bird on the spathe opens it to release the pollen onto the bird's feet, which is then deposited on the next flower it visits This to me is incredible.
Photo Credit: Me
Until tomorrow...
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