Vigor Essential Starter Pack

Vitamin B3 or Niacin is an essential vitamin the body needs. It helps energy levels, skin health, nervous system health and psychological function. Niacin cannot be stored in the body so you need it every day!

Vitamin E is a group of compounds found in lots of foods such as plant oils, nuts, seeds and wheatgerm. Vitamin E helps maintain healthy skin and eyes and strengthens the immune system. Vitamin E is stored in the body if excess is taken so is not needed every day, however is always useful in case levels haven’t been where they should be though diet!

Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid and has lots of important functions including, helping to protect cells and keeping them healthy, this includes: skin, blood vessels, bones and cartilage and to heal wounds. Vitamin C cannot be stored in the body so is needed daily. You also need vitamin C to absorb iron!

Vitamin B12 is involved in helping the body make red blood cells and keeping the nervous system healthy. It also helps to release energy from food and use folate. B12 cannot be found in fruit, vegetables or grains and therefore vegans may not get enough of it. Lack of folate can lead to anaemia which is a deficiency of iron! A deficiency can cause tiredness, lack of energy, muscle weakness, vision and memory problems and your mood.

Pantothenic Acid or Vitamin B5 helps the body to release energy from food especially making and breaking down fats. It’s important to making red blood cells and it’s also needed for healthy digestive tract, hair, skin and eye health and making sex and stress-related hormones in the adrenal glands. A lack of Vit B5 can cause headaches, tiredness, sleep issues, cramps, personality changes. Pantothenic acid cannot be stored in the body so needs to be taken daily

Vitamin B1 or Thiamin is an underrated and very useful vitamin, it helps to break down the release of energy from food and keep the nervous system healthy. Thiamin cannot be stored in the body, so you need it in your diet every day.

Riboflavin or Vitamin B2 keeps skin, eyes, and the nervous system healthy and also regulates the release of energy from food. A gem, but a little sensitive, UV light can destroy Riboflavin so this needs to be kept out of direct sunlight or in our protective Violet bottle! Riboflavin can't be stored in your body so needs to be taken everyday.

Vitamin B6 also known as Pyridoxine helps the body to use and store energy from protein and carbohydrates in food. It also helps the body to form haemoglobin, the substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body. It’s also great for the brain and been claimed to improve mood and reduce symptoms of depression and reduce Alzheimer’s risk.

Folic Acid is a B Vitamin found in lots of food and is also known as folacin and Vitamin B9. Folate helps the body form healthy red blood cells and reduce the risk of birth defects in unborn babies.

Helps the immune system to function normally, helps with vision, and helps the maintenance of normal skin.

Helps with clotting of blood and is required for normal bone structure and wound healing.

Biotin (Vitamin H or B7) is a clever vitamin that helps the body metabolize fats, carbohydrates, and protein. Biotin also aids in a working nervous system, and keeps hair, nails, and skin, looking at their best.

Vitamin D helps the body to absorb calcium and to build and maintain healthy bones and muscles. It also helps the immune system to work as it should.

Choline L- Bitartrate has been claimed to aid brain health and cognitive function – who doesn’t need a little extra help focussing and staying sharp!

Inositol (traditionally known as Vitamin B8) is good for hormone regulation and has been claimed to help PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) in women

Beta carotene is a pigment found in plants that is a provitamin A compound our bodies convert into retinol. It’s important for eyes, healthy skin, mucous membranes and your immune system. Its also maintains healthy organs.