B2

[mom61508]

What would cause low B2? And Whats the best form of B2 to take?

[sbgrace]

B2 is Riboflavin and any supplement form will be ok. Brands don't matter w/that one. I've never heard a deficiency in that. Is it the only B vitamin deficiency shown in the person? My son takes riboflavin to help with mitochondrial function. I don't know if it can be depleted w/mitochondrial issues and/or high fat diets. You might check coq10 and carnitine levels in the person with low B2 if there are any health or energy issues given the B2 deficiency (assume this is an isolated B vitamin deficiency).

Riboflavin is the B vitamin that turns pee neon. It's harmless but surprises people.

[mom61508]

Originally Posted by sbgrace

B2 is Riboflavin and any supplement form will be ok. Brands don't matter w/that one. I've never heard a deficiency in that. Is it the only B vitamin deficiency shown in the person? My son takes riboflavin to help with mitochondrial function. I don't know if it can be depleted w/mitochondrial issues and/or high fat diets. You might check coq10 and carnitine levels in the person with low B2 if there are any health or energy issues given the B2 deficiency (assume this is an isolated B vitamin deficiency).

Riboflavin is the B vitamin that turns pee neon. It's harmless but surprises people.

Interesting...TY. I'm the one with the low B2 this was about 5 months ago but I for got to look into why B2 can be low. I'm now looking into a little

[Theloose]

We got low riboflavin symptoms from taking an unbalanced B complex, and get them now from too much b6 (as opposed to PLP). Symptoms are dry skin around my nose, cracking corners of the mouth, bright red lips, weird eye stuff (but I forget if it was too wet or too dry. I think wet). When we first got the symptoms, vitamin A made it worse - turns out it's used with riboflavin for healthy skin, so the lamb's liver we were eating must have created an imbalance.

Any old supplement seems to work. Oh, another cause is malabsorption - it uses the same transporter as biotin and pantothenic acid. So if you're supping those all day long (like I am with biotin) then you might need to increase riboflavin dosage separately to maintain normal levels.

How do you know yours is low?

[mom61508]

Originally Posted by whoMe

We got low riboflavin symptoms from taking an unbalanced B complex, and get them now from too much b6 (as opposed to PLP). Symptoms are dry skin around my nose, cracking corners of the mouth, bright red lips, weird eye stuff (but I forget if it was too wet or too dry. I think wet). When we first got the symptoms, vitamin A made it worse - turns out it's used with riboflavin for healthy skin, so the lamb's liver we were eating must have created an imbalance.

Any old supplement seems to work. Oh, another cause is malabsorption - it uses the same transporter as biotin and pantothenic acid. So if you're supping those all day long (like I am with biotin) then you might need to increase riboflavin dosage separately to maintain normal levels.

How do you know yours is low?

I don't have any of the symptoms mentioned above. I had blood work done a few months ago and it was slightly low.