vitamin B6
noun
: pyridoxine or a closely related compound found widely in combined form and considered essential to vertebrate nutrition
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Ensuring your diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, and proteins will help support nail growth (these foods contain nutrients needed for nail growth, like amino acids, vitamin C, magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin A, and vitamin B6, among others, explains Dr. Patel).
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Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2025
Among the nutrients Merkel points to: vitamin B6, vitamin E, folic acid, and minerals such as potassium, magnesium, iron, and zinc.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
These include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, and iron.11
To compensate for these nutrient losses, vitamins are added back in amounts similar to what is lost.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
However, combining two drugs into one — like adding vitamin B6 or B12 — would be considered a copy under a strict reading of FDA guidance.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
When paired with vitamin B6, Unisom enhances nausea relief, particularly for morning sickness or nausea that doesn’t respond to vitamin B6.5
Many people find that the combination of Unisom and vitamin B6 works better than either remedy alone.
—Peter Weiss, Verywell Health, 28 Jan. 2025
In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) strictly regulates vitamin B6 supplements, requiring clear warnings on products exceeding 10 mg per day.
—Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Romaine lettuce, for instance, provides dietary fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, zinc, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin B6, niacin, vitamin K and nearly two grams of protein in only two cups, per the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
When combined with vitamin B6, magnesium seemed to work even better for PMS symptoms.
—Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 18 Feb. 2025
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Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2025
Among the nutrients Merkel points to: vitamin B6, vitamin E, folic acid, and minerals such as potassium, magnesium, iron, and zinc.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
These include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, and iron.11
To compensate for these nutrient losses, vitamins are added back in amounts similar to what is lost.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
However, combining two drugs into one — like adding vitamin B6 or B12 — would be considered a copy under a strict reading of FDA guidance.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
When paired with vitamin B6, Unisom enhances nausea relief, particularly for morning sickness or nausea that doesn’t respond to vitamin B6.5
Many people find that the combination of Unisom and vitamin B6 works better than either remedy alone.
—Peter Weiss, Verywell Health, 28 Jan. 2025
In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) strictly regulates vitamin B6 supplements, requiring clear warnings on products exceeding 10 mg per day.
—Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Romaine lettuce, for instance, provides dietary fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, zinc, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin B6, niacin, vitamin K and nearly two grams of protein in only two cups, per the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
When combined with vitamin B6, magnesium seemed to work even better for PMS symptoms.
—Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 18 Feb. 2025
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vitamin B6
noun
: pyridoxine or a closely related compound found widely in combined form and considered essential to vertebrate nutrition
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