Vitamin B-2 (riboflavin) helps build healthy |lips|, |mouth| and |tongue|, as well as protects the skin, |eye|, eyelids, and |mucous membranes|. It is also essential to |protein| and energy metabolism. Vitamin B-2's best sources are |liver|, meat, milk, eggs, poultry, broccoli, mushrooms, dried peas and beans, and whole-grain and enriched cereal/bread/pasta. The USRDA for an adult male is 1.2 milligrams (mg.), for an adult female 1.2 mg., for adolescents 1.3-1.7 mg., and for infants and young children 0.4-1.4 mg.
