What Is It?
Vitamin B5 is a water soluble vitamin that helps in fatty acid synthesis, maintain healthy digestive tract which is widely found in both plants and animals
Why is it important?
The major function of this vitamin is to help turn the food you eat into energy especially making and breaking down fats. Pantothenic acid supplementation might help reduce lipid levels in patients with hyperlipidemia and its deficiency is usually accompanied by deficiencies in other nutrients making it difficult to identify the effects that are specific to pantothenic acid deficiency.
How much is needed?
1 – 3 years old
4 mg/ day
4 – 6 years old
4 mg/ day
7 – 9 years old
4 mg/ day
10 – 12 years Boys
5 mg/ day
10 – 12 years Girls
5 mg/ day
Which foods is it sourced from?
Black gram , whole
50 gm
2 mg
Rajmah, brown
50 gm
1 mg
Avocado
100 gm
1.2 mg
Chicken leg
100 gm
1 mg