Vitamin B6 deficiency description:
Vitamin B6 deficiency results in impairment of numerous activities in the human body. Although vitamin B6 deficiency is very uncommon alcoholics often tend to suffer from it as they tend to have impaired metabolism of vitamin B6. As vitamin B6 plays an important role in human nervous system the vitamin deficiency may cause irritability, confusion and depression.
Dietary deficiency (also known as the primary deficiency) of vitamin B6 usually develops as the extensive processing might deplete foods of vitamin B6.
The secondary vitamin B6 deficiency is even less common and can result from protein-energy malnutrition, or increased demand for the vitamin.
See also: Vitamin B6 overview, Vitamin B6 deficiency causes and symptoms, Vitamin B6 deficiency diagnosis, Vitamin B6 deficiency treatment, Vitamin B6 deficiency prevention