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What does Vitamin B6 do? Book Excerpt of the Week

What does Vitamin B6 do? Book Excerpt of the Week

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For last week’s book excerpt from the Energy Drink Guide, we talked about where we get Vitamin B6 (aside from energy drinks, other sports supplements, and fortified foods like breakfast cereals). This week’s book excerpt is about what vitamin B6 does.

Vitamin B6 helps the body make protein. Ever heard of essential and non-essential amino acids? Vitamin B6 helps our bodies make those non-essential amino acids…(through a process called transamination, for you biochem nerds). B6 also helps us maintain optimal blood sugar levels.

what does b6 do

Gluconeogenesis = creating new glucose.
Glycogenolysis = breaking down the stored form of glucose into its itty-bitty pieces.

Breaking down the stored form of glucose means we can tap into those reserves when we need them. And this isn’t just for emergencies – our bodies go through glycogenolysis all the time. If B-vitamins were all Marvel Avengers, Vitamin B6 would be another star member, like thiamin, riboflavin, and especially (my favorite) niacin.

Vitamin B6 has several more jobs that are important and not boring like other vitamins (*cough, #boringbasicbiotin ) BUT we’ll have to talk about that next week and/or you’ll have to get a copy of my book “Are You a Monster or a Rock Star: A Guide to Energy Drinks – How They Work, Why They Work, How To Use Them Safely” available on Audible, Amazon, and wherever books are sold.

To learn more about riboflavin and the other B-vitamins, stay tuned for next week’s book excerpt as we continue our page-by-page exploration through the Energy Drink Guide.

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Coffee and Chlorogenic Acid- Book Excerpt of the Week 

Coffee and Chlorogenic Acid- Book Excerpt of the Week 

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This excerpt comes from PART THREE of my book, where I talk about the science behind energy drink ingredients! 

Large studies involving thousands of people across multiple countries have shown the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus decreases as coffee consumption increases. [Higdon, J.F. and B.Frei.2006. Coffee and Health: A Review of Recent Human Research. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 46:101-123]

We haven’t done a deep-dive here on GreenEyedGuide to discuss chlorogenic acid, but it’s worth noting chlorogenic acid might be one reason for the coffee/diabetes association:

Stay tuned for next weeks’s excerpt, posted every Monday here, on Instagram.com/greeneyedguide and Facebook.com/energydrinkguide 

You can get your copy at Amazon [amzn.to/2bjHRbk] and wherever books are sold.

Check out this sweet Instagram shout-out from GreenEyedGuide fan @frankchills:

“Awww! 🤓📚💚📕🎁📖 #Repost @frankchills with @repostapp

Big shout out to @greeneyedguide for providing me with a copy of her book… like her instagram the book is filled with numerous facts about energy drinks down to their ingredients. Again thank you for this!”