All About Vitamins: Vitamin B6 In decreased Symptoms Severity In Premenstrual Syndrome

By Kyle J. Norton.

Vitamin B6 may have a strong impact in reduced symptoms in women with premenstrual syndrome, a renowned institute study suggested.

Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine, is a water soluble vitamin found abundantly in green peas, yams, broccoli, asparagus and turnip greens,Peanuts, sunflower seeds, cashews and hazelnuts, meat, fish etc., with functions of amino acid, carbohydrate metabolism, brain health, and liver detoxification, etc.

Premenstrual syndrome is defined as faulty function of the ovaries related to the women's menstrual cycle, as a result of hormone fluctuation and occurs one to two weeks before menstruation and then declines when the period starts, effecting over 70% to 90% of women in the US.

In the study of 84 female students lived at the university dorm, randomly selected and allocated into two groups of 42 with the first group received auriculotherapy (10 sessions) for two menstrual cycles and the second group consumed 40 mg of vitamin B6 daily from a week before their menstruation for two menstrual cycles, after examining the returned questionnaire, researchers filed the following results
1. Both groups showed a significant difference compared to before the intervention
2. Vitamin B6 treated group displayed a mean score of 22.60 (10.87) and 24.17 (14.15), in the first and second cycles in compared to the auriculotherapy group of 26.70 (19.49) and 24.76 (17.07)
3. After considering other risk factors, in comparing the total score of symptoms in the first and second cycles after the intervention, both groups showed no significant difference.

In other word, both vitamin B6 and  auriculotherapic treatment expressed an decreased symptoms of  premenstrual syndrome.

Additionally, in a two-stage double-blind clinical trial conducted on 126 women and randomly allocated into 3 groups to receive magnesium, vitamin B6, or placebo performed in 10 selected health centers in Isfahan and lasted for 4 months, researchers reported that all groups showed a significantly decreased the mean scores of premenstrual syndrome after the intervention.

However, in compared to magnesium treatment group, vitamin B6 and placebo had the most and least efficiency in improving the mean premenstrual syndrome score.

Interestingly, in a double blind randomized controlled carried out on 76 students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences and randomly allocated to two groups, 38 people in each group either received calcium tablet (500mg) and vitamin B6 (40 mg) or only vitamin B6 twice a day for two consecutive months, researchers indicated that although vitamin B6 alone treatment group expressed some improvement of symptoms pf PMS, but combination of calcium and vitamin B6 are far more better in controlling of the premenstrual syndrome symptoms.

Taking altogether, There is no doubt that vitamin B6 may be recommended as a potential and therapeutic supplement in reduced the severity of symptoms of PMS.

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Sources
(1) Comparing the Effect of Auriculotherapy and Vitamin B6 on the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome among the Students who Lived in the Dorm of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences by Koleini S1, Valiani M2.(PubMed)
(2) Effects of magnesium and vitamin b6 on the severity of premenstrual syndrome symptoms by Ebrahimi E1, Khayati Motlagh S1, Nemati S1, Tavakoli Z1(PubMed)


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Kyle J. Norton(Scholar, Master of Nutrients), all right reserved.
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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