Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Vitamin B2 or riboflavin is an essential water-soluble micronutrient, a member of vitamin B complex. Just like all vitamins B, it plays a key role in many metabolic reactions and helps in converting carbs, proteins and fats into energy. The main specifics of vitamin B2 is its inability to be stored by our body in relatively large amounts, so we must constantly provide it by adding food sources of vitamin B2 to our daily diet. Another interesting fact about riboflavin is that it works best only in case in combination with other vitamins of the B complex. Read the rest of this entry »