B vitamins are commonly known and used as a sort of "first aid" needed after a period of illness or to provide support in a particularly demanding and stressful psycho-physical moment.
But the B vitamins are not just this and play, in the body, essential roles that underlie the functioning of practically all the processes involved in the production of energy and many other processes involved in the production of fundamental substances.
Vitamins B are a team of 9 micronutrients which are essential for the functioning of our body.
Water-soluble vitamins, dissolve in water and are now Vitamins B or Vitamins of Group B.
In fact, they are different and each of them performs a certain function.
Today we see specifically B2 or riboflavin: the fuel of our organism!
Intervenes in the breakdown of nutrients and is involved in metabolic processes as an essential component of some coenzymes.
It is the vitamin that guides the metabolism of lipids and it is it that favors the action of an enzyme involved in the degradation of fatty acids in adipose tissue.
Did you know that..
Does Vitamin B2 contribute to the improvement of muscle mass?
Muscle tissue; what we need more than any other to increase energy expenditure: a lack of Vitamin B2 translates, in fact, into weakened muscles and into a real state of fatigue.
isolated for the first time in 1927 by Paul Gyorgy; at first it was called lactoflavin as its percentage is very high in milk.
Vitamin B2 is one of the most common vitamins in the human body; present in all living cells, our body always needs it since it is the agent capable of transforming carbohydrates, fats and proteins into energy and intervening in numerous other processes such as the activation of vitamin B6, folic acid and niacin or the formation of red blood cells.
The human being is unable to store riboflavin in the body; therefore a daily dosage is needed that ensures the right percentage for the body to perform all its functions.
1. Protects cells and neutralizes free radicals
2. Keeps skin, mucous membranes and nails healthy
3. Participate in the production of red blood cells
4. Strengthen your eyesight
5. It intervenes in the management of iron
6. Maintains the normal function of the nervous system
Where to find it ?!
It is present in brewer's yeast, wheat germ, some types of fish such as mackerel, eel, herring and salmon, egg yeast, mushrooms, yogurt and milk.
There are also some vegetables that are rich in it: cabbage, asparagus, spinach and lettuce are examples.
Avoid exposing the food that contains it to light: you will lose Vitamin B2!
Its a light-sensitive Vitamin and, for this reason, it would be advisable that the foods that contain it were always found in packages that are able to preserve its content.
As for heat, unlike the others in the group, the B2 and B6 are not sensitive to heat.
It is resistant but if prolonged and if done in abundant water, as can happen with vegetables, there is a dispersion of riboflavin.
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Is there no Vitamin B2 without B6 and vice versa?
These two Vitamins act together: B2 favors the action of B6 and both are necessary especially in the face of weakening and deficiencies.
Together they support the immune system by producing cytokines; chemical messengers that promote an exchange of information between the cells of the immune system.
However, it is also essential for its role in the metabolism of other vitamins such as vitamin K, B3 and B9: if the levels of riboflavin were to decrease, there would also be a decrease in the levels of the accompanying vitamins.
Vitamin B2 deficiency in progress? Your skin tells you!
Generally, its deficiency can lead to anemia and growth disorders to arrive, in the most important forms of deficiency, to more severe symptoms such as seborrheic dermatitis and lead to pellagra; the disease caused by a failure to absorb riboflavin in subjects, in particular, who pursue an unbalanced food system.
Vitamin B2 is not toxic. The intake and administration in high doses does not cause serious problems and even its possible overdose can be easily eliminated in the urine.
