Nutrition
Benefits of Vitamins
Best sources of Vitamin B2 are meat, eggs, nuts, dairy products, green leafy vegetables. Daily Needs: 1.3 mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
- It organizes the acid level of the body. It is necessary for the production of energy from carbohydrate, protein and fats. It puts order the digestion system. It helps the function of respiratory system. It is important for the skin health, hair, nails and eyes.
- There is lots of this vitamin in animal foods, milk, dairy product, and wheat head, in green vegetables and in herbal foods like carrot, artichoke, and hazelnut, peanut and in lentil.
- In case of deficiency of vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), the forming of protein is decreased and injuries on skin, neural failure and defect of eyesight (burning and blurring in eyes, sensitivity to glaring light, cataract) may appear. Especially the ones who take insufficient calorie, the ones having difficulty in nourishing or the ones who’s requirement for calorie increased and the pregnant or nursing women should take care to get as much as possible from that vitamin.
