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The Health Benefits of the Vitamin B2
Riboflavin
Riboflavin is renowned for what it is able to
do in terms of improving one's general health
and hence enhancing one's performance of everyday
activities. The importance of Vitamin B2 is hence
becoming recognised by more and more who now strive
to focus on including foods rich in Riboflavin
into their daily diet.
Besides playing a key role in the maintenance
of general good human health, the important functions
of the body to which Riboflavin gives includes
the following:
- support in energy production by assisting
in the metabolising of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates
- regulating human growth and reproduction
- the production of antibodies
- essential for respiration as well as the formation
of red blood cells
- required for healthy skin and nails and hair
growth
- regulating thyroid activity
Where can Vitamin B2 Riboflavin be found?
Vitamin B2 Riboflavin is to be found in a number
of natural sources which include:
- milk, cheese and yogurt
- leafy green vegetables such as asparagus
- yeast
- almonds
- mature soybeans
- meats, especially liver
- eggs
- fish
Furthermore, because Riboflavin is such an outstanding
vitamin which aids greatly in improved health,
many foods are being fortified with this vitamin
in order to increase the dietary intake of Riboflavin.
Foods which are currently being fortified with
Vitamin B2 include baby foods, breakfast cereals,
sauces, processed cheese, fruit juices, and vitamin-enriched
milk products.
Vitamin B2 Deficiencies
A deficiency in Riboflavin is common as the body
is not able to store this vitamin. A Vitamin B2
deficiency occurs in two forms. A Riboflavin deficiency
can firstly be primary in which it occurs due
to insufficient amounts in one's diet. It can
also be secondary whereby it occurs as the result
of conditions which affect absorption in the intestine,
the body not being able to use the vitamin, or
an increased excretion of the vitamin by the body.
Signs and symptoms of a deficiency in Riboflavin
include:
- cracked and red lips
- inflammation of the lining of both mouth and
tongue
- mouth ulcers
- anaemia
- bloodshot, light-sensitive, watery, and itchy
eyes
To get more information on how becoming involved
with Herbalife and as such how using the Herbalife
Shapeworks products, which are great sources of
Vitamin B2 Riboflavin and other vitamins and minerals,
can help improve your general health and well-being,
get in contact with us by sending an Email to info@shapelife.co.za
(The information on this page are the comments
of an independent Herbalife distributor).
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