Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Vitamin B12
Complex
- B1 - Thiamin
- Deficiency
- Beriberi
- Loss
of
appetite,
irritability
and
tiredness.
- Sources
- Yeast
Peanuts
Bacon
Eggs
Bread
- Effect of cooking
- Destroyed at high
temperatures and
very soluble in
water.
- Lost during food preparation.
- Function
- Promotes nerve
activity. Required
for reactions
which release
energy from
carbohydrates.
- B2 - Riboflavin
- Function
- Essential for cell
respiration.
Maintenance of
musocal and eye
tissues.
- Sources
- Yeast, Cheddar
cheese, Chocolate,
Eggs, Milk, Spinach
- Deficiency
- Poor appetite,
stunted growth,
conjunctivitis
- Effect of Cooking
- More stable to
heat than B1.
- B3 - Pantothenic Acid
- Sources
- Found in virtually all foods.
- Deficiency
- None known to man.
- Effect of cooking
- Quite stable, less
soluble in water
- Function
- Essential for cell metabolism
- Folic Acid
- Excess
- Disguises vitamin B12
deficiency which
eventually damages
the nervous system.
- Sources
- Broccoli, Sprouts
Liver, Spinach, Peas,
Chickpeas, Fortified
breakfast cereals
- Deficiency
- Folate deficiency
anaemia, neural tube
defects.
- Effect of cooking
- Soluble in water,
losses at high
temperatures
- B12
- Sources
- Lamb, Pork,
Beef, Cod, Eggs,
Milk
- Function
- Formation of enzymes and
normal red blood cells.
- Deficiency
- Pernicious anaemia
- Vegans can be at risk of
deficiency if they do not take
supplement tablets as it is only
found in animal products.