vitamin
Vitamin B2
Water-soluble B vitamin essential for energy production, fat metabolism, and maintaining healthy skin, eyes, and nerve function.
What it’s good for
Vitamin B2 for Headaches/Migraines
Strong4 studies · 4 supporting · 0 against
5 safety notes
Migraine-prone brains run short of energy. Riboflavin helps your cells make more of it.
Dose: 200–400 mg
Tested as: Riboflavin 400 mg/day
Vitamin B2 for Chronic Fatigue
Not verified2 studies · 0 supporting · 0 against
5 safety notes
Why it gets suggested: Riboflavin makes the coenzymes your cells use in the first steps of energy production.
Dose: 50–100 mg
Why we could not verify it: No human intervention trial of riboflavin supplementation for chronic fatigue or chronic fatigue syndrome exists in the published literature. The sole human evidence is an observational study (Heap et al. We cannot stand behind this claim on the evidence we have, so it carries no rating.