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Levels in food can be low or high depending on where you live, and might be changing with global climate changes, so its hard to say if youre getting enough even with a healthy diet
Vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is essential for the production of red blood cells and the maintenance of a healthy nervous system
A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial showed that 500 mg of passionflower decreases anxiety before surgery.[ref] Another clinical trial also showed passionflower to be equal to oxazepam, a benzodiazepine, for generalized anxiety disorder.[ref] Kava Kava: Piper methysticum, or kava, is a traditional South Pacific medicinal plant that decreases anxiety by enhancing binding to GABA-A receptors and also blocking excitatory neurotransmitters
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
In modern times, our environment is more urbanized, and the food we eat and the water we drink has is pasteurized, sanitized, and modified until a significant amount of the nutrients that used to be naturally prevalent are now gone
