Everything You Know About Pantothenic Acid

Men, you know about pantothenic acid. It’s vitamin B5! It’s a huge, huge vitamin for making red blood cells and stress hormones. You’ll find it in lots and lots of food. Yes. You’ll find it in things like whole-grain cereal, broccoli, cabbage, and potatoes! Men, you need to get 5 mg of vitamin B5 every day when you’re over 14 years old. The good news? It’s very, very rare to be deficient in this vitamin in the US. It usually only happens when you’re malnourished!

That said, a huge treatment for a deficiency is to take vitamin B5 supplements! You’ll get OTC supplements a lot, but they’re also available with a prescription.