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Don't Worry, B Happy

Say bye-bye to mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and brownies. There's a new kind of comfort food in town.

To feel better, eat plenty of foods rich in B vitamins. It can help stoke your feel-good fires, making it less likely you'll be moody, irritable, impatient, or depressed. Here's where to get your Bs.

Benefits of B Abound
Along with reversing moodiness, irritability, impatience, tension, anger, and depression, B vitamins may increase energy and promote a sense of well-being, writes Jack Challem in The Food-Mood Solution.

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sweetberre

4 of 4 people found this helpful.

5/15/2008 9:05:36 PM

I went through a4 week of crying and depression several years ago after coming off birth-control pills. It was suggested I take B-complex vitamins which took a couple of weeks to get into my system. After that, my energy improved, my crying sprees ceased and things seeemed much better.

mariam2

3 of 3 people found this helpful.

5/15/2008 3:59:32 AM

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bornfree

10 of 10 people found this helpful.

5/13/2008 4:45:52 AM

I have recently read that to much folate can mask a dangerous vitamin-B-12 deficiancy. If you have unexplained fatigue a simple blood test will show if you are deficiant in B-12. It happened to me and I started taking the supplement and it helped to get me back on my feet again.

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