YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO B vitamins

VITAMIN B1

ALSO KNOWN AS THIAMINE

Found in a wide range of foods, including pork, sunflower seeds and soy milk, this vitamin plays an important role in helping your body to metabolise (or process) carbohydrates. “Deficiency of thiamine results in a condition called Beriberi, which results in confusion, muscle wasting and an enlarged heart,” McGrice says. “I most commonly see this in women with eating disorders, clients with alcoholism