Vitamin Ventures
Vitamin A: Mineral oil, air pollution, antacids, barbiturates, cholesterol lowering drugs.
Vitamin D: Anti-convulsive drugs, mineral oil, antacids, sedatives, barbiturates, cortisone.
Thiamin B1: Antibiotics, excess heat/cooking, sugar consumption, alcohol, stress, antacids, coffee, raw shellfish.
Riboflavin B2: Antibiotics, exposure to light, excess heat, alcohol, oral contraceptives, antacids, diuretics.
Niacin: Antibiotics, sugar consumption, excess heat, alcohol, reduced during illness, diuretics, penicillin.
Pantothenic Acid B5: Aspirin, methyl bromide.
Pyridoxine: Aging (after 50), steroid hormones, B6 high blood pressure drugs, excess heat, food processing, antacids, aspirin, cortisone, diuretics, penicillin.
Folic Acid: Oral contraceptives, stress, anti-convulsants, vitamin C deficiency, barbiturates, diuretics, antibiotics, antacids.
Vitamin B12: Stress, oral contraceptives, menstruation, colchicine.
Biotin: Excess heat, antibiotics, sulfa drugs, avidin (in raw egg whites).
Choline: Sugar consumption, alcohol.
Vitamin C: Smoking, stress, aspirin, carbon monoxide, alcohol, corticosteroids, diuretics, antihistamines.
Inositol: Antibiotics.
Vitamin E: Oral contraceptives, food processing, rancid fats and oils, chlorine.
Vitamin K: Antibiotics, mineral oil, radiation, anticoagulants, alcohol, phenobarb, sulfonamides, tetracyclines.
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