Are your lips cracking? It may not just be the winter cold.

Riboflavin deficiency can result in cheilosis, or “cracking” at the corner of the mouth. Other signs of a riboflavin deficiency include loss of mental clarity and slow wound healing. Avoid these problems by eating a diet rich in almonds, soynuts, mackerel, milk and yogurt.

Here are some easy ways of adding riboflavin to your diet:

• Try sprinkling roasted soynuts and smoked mackerel on a bed of organic salad greens.
• Make a smoothie with a cup of skim milk, 6oz lite yogurt, 1T brewer’s yeast and frozen mixed berries for a whopping 85% of your RDA.
• Fill a 10” tortilla with ½ cup spinach, a quarter cup pumpkin seed kernels and 2T hummus for a vegetarian treat that delivers a third of your daily need.
  
  
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Hands, Elizabeth; Nutrients in Food. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.Insel, Paul, Turner, R. Elaine, Ross, Don; Discovering Nutrition. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003