Vitamin B2 and postpartum depression

Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health  Vitamin B2  (Riboflavin) is one of the member of vitamin B complex found abundantly in Venison, Yogurt, Soybeans, Milk,Mushrooms, Spinach,  Tempeh etc.. It plays an important role in converting foods (fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins) to energy.

B. Vitamin B2  (Riboflavin)
Vitamin B2 and postpartum depression
In the study examined the relationship of dietary consumption of folate and B vitamins during pregnancy with the risk of postpartum depression of 865 Japanese women, showed that Postpartum depression developed in 121 subjects (14.0%) 2 to 9 months postpartum. There was no measurable association between intake of folate, cobalamin, or pyridoxine and the risk of postpartum depression. Compared with riboflavin intake in the first quartile, only riboflavin consumption in the third quartile was independently related to a decreased risk of postpartum depression (multivariate odds ratio: 0.53, 95% CI: 0.29-0.95, P for trend=0.55)(24).

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(24) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16815556

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