Vitamin B2
(RIBOFLAVIN)
Recommended Dietary Intakes
Men – 1.3 – 1.7 mg
Women – 1.0 – 1.2 mg
Pregnant women – 0.3 mg more
This Vitamin Is Essential For…
- helps produce energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
- healthy skin, hair, nails, and mucous membranes.
- helps in the production of red blood cells, corticosteroids, and thyroid hormones.
- nerves.
- eyes- cataracts, fatigue.
- adrenal glands.
- hair – dandruff.
This vitamin may also be used to treat acne, anaemia, cataracts, and depression.
Sources…
Lean organ meats, fish, poultry, enriched bread and flour, wholegrains, cheese, yogurt, eggs, almonds, soybean products, and green leafy vegetables – especially broccoli.
(If you eat a well-balanced diet, you should receive all the B2 you require.) Although athletes and people who expend a great deal of energy may require more than the RDA.
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