Chemically pantothenic, Vitamin B5 is water soluble as the other members in the group of vitamin B complex. It is so named as it comes from Greek word 'pantos' implying everywhere. That is, the vitamin is found almost every food source.
It is rare to anyone to be deficient in this vitamin
Causes:
The most common causes are because of problems extracting from the vitamin B5 from food or because the nutrient is not present in the food to begin with. The major cause for these deficiency is any problem in the digestive tract. Which is mainly seen in people who intake too much of alcohol or caffeine, these two do not allow the body to absorb these vitamin quickly enough before the food is passing through the digestive tract. Some certain medications also can cause these deficiency, which includes many antibiotics, sleeping pills, and birth controlling pills etc.
Symptoms:
These deficiency is often related to low energy related symptoms include fatigue, listlessness, and sensations of weakness. The rare symptom of these deficiency is burning food syndrome, in this the numbness and tingling are together with burning and shooting pain in feet. Some other symptoms includes insomnia, irritability, upper respiratory infections etc.
Health Issues:
The health issues arises due to these deficiency includes adrenal insufficiency, cataracts, burning foot syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, general fatigue, hyperlipidemia (high levels of fat in the blood), osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.
Food Sources:
Some of the sources for deficiency in vitamin B5 are, chicken, beef, potatoes, oats, cereals and tomatoes.
It is rare to anyone to be deficient in this vitamin
Causes:
The most common causes are because of problems extracting from the vitamin B5 from food or because the nutrient is not present in the food to begin with. The major cause for these deficiency is any problem in the digestive tract. Which is mainly seen in people who intake too much of alcohol or caffeine, these two do not allow the body to absorb these vitamin quickly enough before the food is passing through the digestive tract. Some certain medications also can cause these deficiency, which includes many antibiotics, sleeping pills, and birth controlling pills etc.
Symptoms:
These deficiency is often related to low energy related symptoms include fatigue, listlessness, and sensations of weakness. The rare symptom of these deficiency is burning food syndrome, in this the numbness and tingling are together with burning and shooting pain in feet. Some other symptoms includes insomnia, irritability, upper respiratory infections etc.
Health Issues:
The health issues arises due to these deficiency includes adrenal insufficiency, cataracts, burning foot syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, general fatigue, hyperlipidemia (high levels of fat in the blood), osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.
Food Sources:
Some of the sources for deficiency in vitamin B5 are, chicken, beef, potatoes, oats, cereals and tomatoes.
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