Anxiety and depression symptoms can be reduced by using high-dose vitamin B6 pills, as per a recent study. Journal of Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental reported the study's findings. When high dosages of vitamin B6 were administered to young people for a month, researchers at the University of Reading discovered that they reported feeling less worried and sadThe study offers significant support for the use of supplements hypothesised to alter brain activity levels in the prevention or treatment of mood disorders.
The University of Reading's School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences' Dr David Field, the study's principal author, explained that the brain's ability to operate depends on a delicate balance between excitatory neurons that transport information and inhibitory ones that curb overactive behaviour.
Recent hypotheses have linked disruption of this balance--often in the direction of increased levels of brain activity--with mood disorders and other neuropsychiatric illnesses.
"Vitamin B6 helps the body produce a specific chemical messenger that inhibits impulses in the brain, and our study links this calming effect with reduced anxiety among the participants."
Although earlier research has shown that marmite or multivitamins can lower stress levels, very little research has been done to determine which specific vitamins in these products are responsible for this outcome.