Conditions Contributing to
Deficiency:
Alcoholism
Recommended Daily
Intake of uncooked egg
Amount:
whites
30 micrograms
GI disorders such as
inflammatory bowel
Functions:
disease or loss of
Production of energy
gastric juices
Metabolism
Hemodialysis
Anticonvulsant therapy
Deficiency Symptoms:
Depression
Hallucinations
Good Food Sources:
Muscle pain
Liver
Numbness, prickling, or
Cooked egg yolk
tingling of hands & feet
Cereals
Loss of appetite
Oat bran
Nausea
Brewer’s yeast
Hair loss or loss of
Cauliflower
color
Mushrooms
Scaly red dermatitis
Legumes
Soybeans
Toxicity Symptoms:
Almonds
None have been
Peanuts
reported
Pecans
Walnuts