What is Vitamin B5 for and what foods have it?

Answer by  monkeyz (3150)

Vitamin B5 helps to generate red blood cells and also releases energy from fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. Some foods rich in B5 include cauliflower, strawberries, yellow corn, eggs, broccoli, mushrooms, winter squash, and calf's liver.

Answer by  heavensent (241)

Vitamin B5 is also Pantothenic Acid and is one of the B-complex family. It helps turn carbohydrates into fat to release energy. It balances the hormones to maintain good health. If you lack it you may suffer from fatigue, arthritis, skin and menstrual problems,cardiovascular and respiratory problems. Foods rich in B5 are mushrooms, strawberries, yellow corn, broccoli, cauliflower, eggs, nuts.

Answer by  zombieguy (986)

Pantohenic acid, better known as vitamin B5, is used by your body to help synthesize and metabolize carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It's found primarily in meats, but broccoli and avocado are also rich in B5.

Answer by  ravensoffspring (412)

Vitamin B5 is pantothenic acid. It's known as the anti stress vitamin. The foods that have B5 are liver, yeast, eggs, peanuts, mushrooms, split peas, soya beans and soya bean flour.

Answer by  WZL (20)

Vitamin B5 is pantothenic acid. Food, such as beef, brewer's yeast, eggs, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, pork, royal jelly, saltwater fish, and whole wheat has it.