Word: riboflavin
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...safe to go back to the henhouse. Eggs are a complete protein and loaded with nutrients and vitamins A, B-12, folic acid and riboflavin--probably the best bargain in the grocery store. But this doesn't mean you should start each day with a mountain of scrambled eggs. Eggs have twice the cholesterol of beef, so three or four a week are plenty...
...plant kingdom out there; you ought to be able to dine healthily on this botanical bounty. With perfect knowledge, you can indeed eat like a king from the vegetable world. But ordinary people are not nutrition professionals. While some vegetarians have the full skinny on how to watch their riboflavin and vitamins D and B12, many more haven't a clue. This is one reason that vegetarians, in a study of overall nutrition, scored significantly lower than nonvegetarians on the USDA's Healthy Eating Index, which compares actual diet with USDA guidelines...
Discovering early just who has glutaric aciduria is more than half the battle. Once the disease is diagnosed, Morton's main task is to put his young patients on a low-protein, high-riboflavin diet to lessen the effects of the disorder and prevent medical complications. If a stricken child can survive to age 5 with this help, he or she typically becomes resistant to the worst of the disease...
...maintains cell membranes and pro- nuts, seeds, whole grains motes healthy skin Vitamin K needed by liver for formation of cereals, dairy products, meats blook-clotting factors Vitamin C helps body fight against colds, may citrus fruits, broccoli lower risks for certain cancers Thiamin important in energy metabolism cereals Riboflavin important in energy production liver, milk Niacin needed by hundreds of enzymes for grain products, meat, poultry energy metabolism Vitamin B6 needed by enzymes for amino acid poultry, fish, grain products metabolism Vitamin B12 important for recycling coenzymes animal products for metabolism Folic Acid essential for DNA formation...
...undoubtedly helped to popularize the Italian national dish. Some nutritionists consider it a diet food. Despite the Italian maxim Quel che non ammazza ingrassa (What doesn't kill you fattens you), plain pasta contains no more calories than rice or potatoes. It has protein, phosphorus, calcium, niacin, thiamine, riboflavin, iron and potassium, but is low in sodium...