B Complex- Riboflavin/vitamin B2 Deficiency Symptoms

Riboflavin/vitamin B2 is an easily absorbed member of the water soluble Vitamin B complex. Riboflavin/vitamin B2 is required for a wide variety of cellular processes as the metabolism of energy, fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and of proteins. Wheat Bran, Eggs, Meat, Milk, Cheese, Leafy Green Vegetables, Liver, Kidneys, Legumes, Yeast, Asparagus, Bananas, Persimmons, Okra, Chard, Cottage Cheese, Milk, Yogurt, Meat, Eggs, Fish, and Almonds are good sources of Riboflavin/vitamin B2. It is used in baby foods, breakfast cereals, pastas, sauces, processed cheese, fruit drinks, vitamin-enriched milk products, and of course, in some energy drinks. The milling of cereals results in considerable loss of Riboflavin/vitamin B2. Bovine milk contains mainly free Riboflavin/vitamin B2. Egg white and egg yolk contain specialized riboflavin-binding proteins. Riboflavin/vitamin B2 in milk tends to degrade during refrigeration.

Ariboflavinosis, the Riboflavin/vitamin B2 deficiency:

Riboflavin/vitamin B2 is normally excreted through urine in healthy individuals, making deficiency relatively common when dietary intake is insufficient.

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 deficiency is exhibited as cracked and red lips, inflammation of the lining of mouth and tongue, mouth ulcers, cracks at the corners of the mouth called the angular cheilitis, and sore throat

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 deficiency also causes dry and scaling skin, fluid in the mucous membranes, and iron-deficiency anemia

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 deficiency causes bloodshot, itchy, and watery eyes and photophobia

* The effects of long-term Riboflavin/vitamin B2 deficiency are unknown, but in children this results in reduced growth

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 deficiency has also been observed in the elderly, in people with eating disorders, and in disease states such as HIV, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes and chronic heart disease

Benefits of Riboflavin/vitamin B2 as a therapy:

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 supplements have been used as part of the phototherapy treatment of jaundice in the new born

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 as nutritional supplement is used in the prevention of migraine headaches

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 improves the safety of transfused blood

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 reduces pathogens in collected blood components, the platelets, red blood cells, and the plasma

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 inactivates known and emerging viruses, bacteria, and parasites

* Riboflavin/vitamin B2 has been used to slow corneal disorder

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