242 results about "Vitamin b2" patented technology

The compositions comprise at least two ingredients selected from the group consisting of fish oil, L-arginine, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12, and are formulated for the prevention and / or treatment of a disease or condition associated with muscle decline in a subject in need thereof. Preferably, the subject in need is an individual at risk of or having renal failure, renal dysfunction or / and nephropathy, such as chronic nephropathy, protein energy consumption, end-stage nephropathy, renal failure due to hospitalization in an intensive care unit, acute kidney injury, and the muscle decline is selected from the group consisting of muscle depletion, muscle loss due to renal failure or dysfunction, muscle decline associated with chronic kidney disease, muscle loss due to hospitalization in intensive care units during renal failure, metabolic acidosis during chronic kidney disease, protein energy depletion, or a combination thereof. The method enables the prevention and / or treatment of at least one outcome of a disease or condition associated with muscle decline in a subject at risk of or having renal failure, renal dysfunction or / and kidney disease. The composition and the method can be used to improve the level of at least one amino acid.

The invention relates to the technical field of biological products, and discloses a mesenchymal stem cell hair growth liquid and a preparation method thereof, and the mesenchymal stem cell hair growth liquid comprises the following components: hair follicle mesenchymal stem cells; a hair follicle mesenchymal stem cell exosome; growth factors: a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a fibroblast growth factor (FGFs), a keratinocyte growth factor (KGF-7) and interleukin-10 (IL-10); vitamins: vitamin E, vitamin B5, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C and biotin; the plant extracts comprise a cacumen biotae extract, a polygonum multiflorum extract, a ginseng extract, a peppermint extract, a purslane extract and a rhodiola rosea extract; other active ingredients: tripeptide and digoxin; the auxiliary material is a hyaluronic acid-collagen peptide graft copolymer; and the balance of a phosphate buffer solution.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a cistanche-containing functional beverage capable of resisting fatigue and enhancing immunity, and particularly relates to the technical field of functional health-care beverages. The beverage consists of a mixed extract A of cistanche, raspberry, radix ophiopogonis and orange peel, a mixed fermentation extract B of ginseng, Chinese dates and broccoli, fermented apple juice, fermented papaya juice, prebiotics, protein peptide, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, zinc gluconate, a sweetening agent, a preservative and a nano-liposome embedding agent for embedding NMN. The beverage disclosed by the invention can provide nutritional support for human bodies from multiple aspects, is beneficial to enhancing the immunity of the human bodies and resisting fatigue, and is good in mouth feel, and nutritional ingredients are easy to absorb.

The invention discloses an oral instant compound nystatin liniment and a preparation method thereof, the oral instant compound nystatin liniment comprises a powder agent and a mixed solvent which are separately packaged, and the powder agent comprises nystatin, vitamin B2, a diluent and an antioxidant; the mixed solvent comprises glycerol, a thickening agent, water or a phosphate buffer solution. The liniment is prepared by adopting a dry-wet separation method, one part of the liniment is mixture powder containing nystatin, the other part of the liniment is a mixed solvent capable of enabling medicine powder to be quickly dispersed and stably stored, and the mixture powder and the mixed solvent are respectively sealed and packaged and are automatically mixed before being used, so that long-term stable storage of the main component nystatin is facilitated; the alkalescent phosphate buffer solution is adopted, so that the stability after the suspension coating agent is prepared is improved. The liniment is simple in formula, convenient to use, capable of being stably stored for a long time and easy to convert and industrially produce.

The invention aims to provide a method for improving nutritional quality of germinated brown rice through ultrasonic-assisted salt induction. Brown rice is a whole-grain product and is rich in nutritional ingredients such as starch, protein, dietary fibers, vitamins and mineral substances and active functional factors. The nutritional ingredients of the germinated brown rice change drastically, and the nutritional value of the brown rice is greatly improved. According to the method, brown rice is taken as a raw material, the brown rice is soaked in a CaCl2 salt solution under the assistance of ultrasound, the germination temperature and time are optimized, the concentration of the CaCl2 salt solution is taken as an influence factor, and the change rule of nutritional ingredients and functional factors of the brown rice in the germination process is researched. Results show that after ultrasonic-assisted salt induction treatment, the contents of vitamin B2 and vitamin B6 in the germinated brown rice are increased to 58.2 mu g / 100g and 0.438 mg / 100g, and the content of gamma-aminobutyric acid is increased to 42.6 mg / 100g (dry basis). The germination of the brown rice promotes the activation and release of hydrolases such as amylase, protease and phytase, and nutritional ingredients in the brown rice are migrated, degraded, accumulated and the like, so that the nutritional quality of the brown rice is remarkably improved.

The invention relates to a compound seaweed fertilizer and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural chemicals. According to the invention, the pyridine ester compound and the seaweed fertilizer are compounded for use, and the pyridine ester compound and the seaweed fertilizer have a synergistic effect, so that the growth of cucumbers and the quality of fruits are remarkably improved. The compound seaweed fertilizer disclosed by the invention can be used for remarkably improving the yield, the length, the transverse diameter and the thickness of cucumbers and the contents of protein, total sugar, fat, vitamin B2, vitamin C, iron element and calcium element of the cucumbers.

The invention discloses a sheep colostrum composite powder composition capable of improving immunity and a preparation method of the sheep colostrum composite powder composition, and belongs to the technical field of milk composite powder. Comprising the following components in parts by weight: 15 to 20 parts of compound microcapsule probiotics, 200 to 300 parts of sheep colostrum dry powder, 20 to 25 parts of dissolution promoting polypeptide, 0.005 to 0.009 part of vitamin A, 0.003 to 0.006 part of vitamin D, 0.008 to 0.01 part of ascorbic acid, 0.003 to 0.005 part of vitamin K1, 0.006 to 0.009 part of vitamin B2 and 0.002 to 0.004 part of folic acid. According to the preparation method, the technical effects that the dissolution speed is increased, and caking and precipitation are not prone to occurring are achieved in a mode of preparing the dissolution-promoting polypeptide.

The present invention relates to vitamins for use in improving gut health in animals and humans. In particular, it was found that, upon delivery to the large intestine, vitamin B2, vitamin C, and vitamin D can be used for increasing the abundance of the beneficial bacteria Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis in the intestinal tract.

The invention discloses a composite combined preparation for synergistically treating and conditioning diabetes, relates to the technical field of foods, health foods or dietary supplements for adjuvant therapy and health care of diabetes, and in particular relates to a composite combined preparation for synergistically treating and conditioning diabetes. The preparation comprises albumin peptide, saussurea involucrata culture, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, wheat oligopeptide, corn oligopeptide, collagen peptide, mulberry leaf extract, rhizoma polygonati extract, sea-buckthorn extract, isomaltitol, maltodextrin, ginseng extract and bitter gourd extract. Through the synergistic effect of all the components, comprehensive auxiliary conditioning on diabetes is realized from multiple targets of maintaining colloid osmotic pressure and nutrition, regulating glycolipid metabolism in multiple ways, protecting pancreatic beta cell functions, enhancing insulin sensitivity, preventing nerve and blood vessel complications, meeting special diet requirements and the like. The composition can be prepared into food, health-care food or dietary supplement and other dosage forms.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicines, and particularly relates to a nutritional composition as well as a preparation method, application and a product thereof. The nutritional composition provided by the invention consists of nicotinamide, B vitamins and a fungal polysaccharide compound, the vitamin B consists of vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and folic acid; the fungal polysaccharide compound is composed of a lucid ganoderma extract, a mushroom extract, an agaricus blazei murill extract, a hericium erinaceus extract, a coprinus comatus extract, a grifola frondosa extract and a cordyceps militaris extract. Western medicine source substances (nicotinamide and B vitamins) and traditional Chinese medicine source substances (fungal polysaccharide compounds) are combined, and the nutrition composition is prepared through combination of the Chinese medicine and the western medicine. The nutritional composition has remarkable effects of enhancing immunity, delaying senescence, resisting fatigue and resisting oxidation, and shows extremely wide application prospects in the field of preparation of health-care products, medicines and cosmetics.

The invention discloses a low-calorie electrolyte beverage and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of beverages. The low-calorie electrolyte beverage is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 1.3 to 1.5 parts of plukenetia volubilis linneo extract, 0.02 to 0.03 part of vitamin C, 0.016 to 0.019 part of vitamin B2, 0.15 to 0.25 part of citric acid, 0.1 to 0.2 part of sodium citrate, 0.02 to 0.03 part of sodium chloride, 0.02 to 0.03 part of potassium chloride, 0.01 to 0.02 part of stevioside and 150 to 180 parts of deionized water. Sugar replacement is realized by adding sacha inchi soluble fibers to provide osmotic pressure, sugar substitutes are used for adjusting taste, sacha inchi peptides are extracted, the absorption efficiency of moisture after exercise is improved through combined action, and then the water supplementing effect is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of food processing, and particularly discloses a heart and cerebral vessel health care composition with thrombolytic and antithrombotic functions and a preparation method thereof. The composition consists of the following raw materials: sorbitol, red yeast rice, freeze-dried natto powder, earthworm protein peptide, vitamin C, American ginseng peptide, magnesium stearate, an angelica sinensis extract, rice bran fatty alkanol, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, a turmeric extract and a compound coloring agent. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing the raw materials except magnesium stearate in a double-cone mixer; magnesium stearate is added for continuous mixing, and a hollow capsule shell is filled with the mixed material. The composition disclosed by the invention forms a multi-dimensional synergistic system for smoothing blood vessels, purifying blood and improving blood flow, the defect of single effect of an existing product is overcome, the health-care effect of heart and cerebral vessels is remarkably improved, and the effect is stable and controllable; in addition, the preparation method has the advantages of being simple and controllable in process and suitable for industrial production.

The invention relates to the technical field of detection of vitamin B2 and vitamin B6, in particular to a material and a reagent for detecting vitamin B2 and vitamin B6 and application. The reagent is a novel quantum dot substance prepared by grafting polyether ester imide with butylamine lead iodine and diphenylthiourea. The material is prepared by coating the quantum dot substance on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode. The material can be used for respectively detecting vitamin B2 or vitamin B6, and the detection sensitivity is obviously higher than that of a known quantum dot fluorescent probe.

The present invention provides a homocysteine-reducing composition that rapidly lowers blood homocysteine ​​levels to an appropriate level without causing any concerns about side effects. [Solution] A composition for reducing homocysteine ​​levels, comprising one or more B vitamins selected from vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folic acid, and β-NMN as active ingredients. The β-NMN content is in the range of 22.32% to 89.29% by weight. Vitamin C and vitamin B2 may also be added.

The present invention provides a vitamin premix and a preparation process thereof, and belongs to the technical field of food additives, the preparation process is as follows: fat-soluble vitamin mixed particles, mixed water-soluble vitamins and mixed minerals are added into a mixer for mixing, then vitamin C, magnesium taurate, amino acids and tricalcium phosphate are added for continuous mixing, and sieving is performed to obtain the vitamin premix. Wherein the fat-soluble vitamin mixed particles comprise the following raw materials: vitamin A, vitamin E acetate, vitamin D3, vitamin K2, Arabic gum, modified protein and beta-cyclodextrin; the mixed water-soluble vitamins comprise the following raw materials: vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B5, vitamin B12, folic acid and nicotinamide; the mixed mineral substance comprises the following raw materials: ferrous glycinate, calcium citrate, magnesium citrate and zinc glycinate. The vitamin premix prepared by the invention can be used as a nutritional supplement in various foods, is convenient to use, and has good stability and mixing uniformity.

The invention discloses a production process of anti-hair loss baked grain, which relates to the technical field of baked grain production, comprising 65% chicken, 20% salmon meat, 3% chicken liver, 3% chicken heart, 2% deep-sea fish oil, 2% Antarctic krill oil, brewer's yeast powder, 1% chicken fat, mixed fruit and vegetable powder, cellulose, yucca powder; additive composition: 0.3% manno-oligosaccharide, 0.3% xylo-oligosaccharide, egg yolk lecithin, calcium hydrogen phosphate, serine, sodium hyaluronate for pets, taurine, lysine, methionine, tyrosine, glutamine, chloride Choline, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, niacinamide, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folic acid, biotin, protein zinc, protein iron, protein copper, protein manganese, rosemary extract, tea polyphenols, S1, raw and auxiliary materials collection: S2, meat paste enzymatic hydrolysis, add the minced material into the enzymatic hydrolysis tank, the enzymatic hydrolysis time is one hour, the temperature is 50°-60°, after reaching the specified time, the temperature is raised to inactivate the enzyme, and the material is discharged at the lower temperature. The present invention has the characteristics of high process integration.

The application belongs to the technical field of health products, and provides a growth-promoting amino butyric acid tablet and a preparation method thereof. 12 The preparation method of the amino butyric acid tablet is as follows: first, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B , vitamin D, folic acid and a first part of fillers are fully mixed and dried to obtain premix I; then, amino acids (gamma-amino butyric acid and L-lysine), the first part of premix I and a first part of binders are uniformly mixed; then, the remaining premix I is added and uniformly mixed to obtain premix II; then, calcium citrate, magnesium oxide, ferrous fumarate and sodium selenite are fully mixed, the remaining binders are dissolved in water and sprayed, wet granulation is carried out, and the granules are dried; finally, total mixing is carried out, and the tablet is pressed to be prepared. Through the improvement of the preparation process, the stability and content uniformity of B vitamins are improved, and the growth-promoting effect is improved.

A skin-improving agent containing the following components (A)-(C). (A) at least one substance selected from the group consisting of L-cysteine, derivatives thereof, and salts thereof; (B) at least one substance selected from ascorbic acid, derivatives thereof, and salts thereof; and (C) one or more than two selected from the group consisting of vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, vitamin E, gamma-oryzanol, angelica sinensis and an extract thereof.

A paediatric supplement or human milk fortifier composition comprising at least one nutrients selected in the list consisting of: ALA, DHA, EPA, 2FL, LNnT, vitamin A, thiamine, thiamine monophosphate, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, calcium and phosphorus, GD3, GM3. Said paediatric supplement or human milk fortifier composition is tailored or adapted for a child born via C-section who is breast fed and / or to fortify the breast milk of a woman who has given birth via C-section. Said paediatric supplement or human milk fortifier composition is beneficial to provide adequate nutrition to a child born via C-section and promote associated health benefits.

The invention provides an American ginseng and saffron crocus compound nutrient solid beverage, belongs to the technical field of nutritious foods, and aims to solve the problems of single formula and insufficient efficacy of the existing solid beverage. The solid beverage is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 55 to 65 parts of maltodextrin, 20 to 30 parts of inulin, 10 to 20 parts of medicinal and edible traditional Chinese medicine extract, 0.1 to 0.3 part of stevioside, 0.1 to 0.3 part of vitamin C, 0.0011 to 0.0022 part of vitamin B2 and 0.02 to 0.033 part of nicotinic acid, the medicinal and edible traditional Chinese medicine extract is obtained by mixing and extracting eleven medicinal and edible traditional Chinese medicinal raw materials such as American ginseng, Chinese yam, Chinese dates, astragalus membranaceus, angelica sinensis, poria cocos, radix ophiopogonis, saffron crocus, peach kernels, rhizoma zingiberis and cinnamon. The preparation method comprises the steps of water extraction of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials, filtration, concentration, alcohol precipitation, concentration, proportioning, mixing, spray granulation, drying, packaging and the like. The beverage is scientific in formula, rich in nutrition, good in taste and suitable for daily drinking of sub-health people, and has a good market application prospect.

The invention relates to a large-particle dog and cat oral health-care functional food wrapped with instant freeze-dried particles and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of pet food. According to the scheme, an external spraying system comprises grain base material particles, 0.1 to 0.15 part of lecithin, 0.002 to 0.003 part of monostearin, 0.001 to 0.003 part of vitamin E and 0.8 to 1.2 parts of chicken oil, and an instant freeze-dried particle layer comprises 0.1 to 0.2 part of fucoidan, 0.02 to 0.05 part of lysozyme, 0.04 to 0.08 part of tea polyphenol, 0.02 to 0.04 part of zinc gluconate, 0.05 to 0.1 part of Arabic gum, 0.03 to 0.1 part of glutamine, 0.01 to 0.02 part of vitamin B2, 0.01 to 0.04 part of vitamin B12 and 0.02 to 0.07 part of glycine. The toothpaste can effectively inhibit the formation of dental plaque and dental calculus and remove halitosis.

A black fungus cultivation material capable of increasing vitamin B2 belongs to the technical field of high-riboflavin black fungus strain breeding and cultivation, and is prepared by mixing basswood chips, quick lime, gypsum powder, purified water and a fermentation product, the fermented product is prepared by crushing and mixing the following components in parts by weight in the mixed powder 1: 10-12 parts of chrysanthemum morifolium ramat, 5-8 parts of ginkgo leaves, 3-6 parts of liquorice, 20-30 parts of pine cones and 15-18 parts of walnut shells into the mixed powder 1, adding bran shells, corn flour and sucrose powder, mixing to form mixed powder 2, sterilizing, and fermenting by adopting arabitol hansenula polymorpha, lactococcus lactis and bacillus licheniformis. According to the prepared cultivation material, the riboflavin content in the black fungus is effectively increased and reaches 2 mg / 100 g dry fungus or above, the cultivation period of the black fungus is shortened, meanwhile, the yield of the dry fungus reaches 120 g / bag or above, the cultivation method can be used for seedling cultivation of high-riboflavin black fungus strains, and high-quality high-riboflavin black fungus strains are obtained through cultivation of the cultivation material.

The invention belongs to the technical field of vitamin content detection, and particularly relates to a method for measuring the content of various water-soluble vitamins B. The water-soluble vitamins B comprise vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B7, vitamin B12 and nicotinamide. A high performance liquid chromatograph and an electrospray detector are used as detection instruments, and chromatographic conditions are as follows: a mobile phase A is ammonium formate or ammonium acetate, a mobile phase B is methanol, and gradient elution is performed; the gradient elution procedure is as follows: a solvent of a test sample is a mixed solution of acetonitrile, water and glacial acetic acid, and the volume ratio of the acetonitrile to the water to the glacial acetic acid is 5: 95: 0.5; the atomization temperature of the electrospray detector is 35 DEG C; the method is better in separation degree and higher in specificity and sensitivity.

The invention relates to a functional nutritional composition, in particular to an anti-fatigue diglyceride composition, which is characterized by comprising (1) diglyceride, (2) isomaltooligosacharide, (3) sodium caseinate, (4) soybean phospholipid, (5) sodium citrate, (6) potassium citrate, (7) calcium ascorbate, (8) silicon dioxide, (9) mogroside, (10) vitamin B1 and (11) vitamin B2. The composition disclosed by the invention can be used as an anti-fatigue beverage, a nutritional health-care product, a food for special diets, a food for special medical purposes and the like.

The invention discloses a vitamin B2 fermentation waste gas treatment device which comprises a treatment tank, a water pipe rotatably arranged at the upper end of the treatment tank in a penetrating mode, a fixing cylinder slidably arranged on a supporting plate in an up-down penetrating mode, the fixing cylinder is fixed to the bottom of a water receiving cylinder, a sliding column is slidably connected into the fixing cylinder, and a short column is fixed to the bottom of the sliding column. A rubber ball is fixed at the bottom of the short column; when the water receiving cylinder moves downwards, the rubber ball moves up and down along with the short column and the sliding column, and the rubber ball intermittently impacts the filter plate. Through integrated design, the problems that equipment in a traditional treatment mode is large in occupied space and tedious in treatment process are solved, meanwhile, automatic cleaning of the filter plate is achieved, blockage of the filter is avoided, the workload and labor cost of manual cleaning and maintenance are reduced, treatment liquid and dust can be reasonably treated, and the treatment efficiency is improved. The stable and efficient operation of waste gas treatment work is ensured.

The invention belongs to the technical field of pharmaceutical preparations, and relates to a vitamin B2 injection composition and a preparation method thereof. The invention provides a preparation method of a vitamin B2 injection composition, which comprises the following steps: mixing malic acid, citric acid and propylene glycol, heating to 80-90 DEG C, and continuously stirring until transparent liquid is formed; adding zein and riboflavin sodium phosphate into the transparent liquid under a dark condition, and carrying out heat preservation reaction at 25-30 DEG C for at least 30 seconds to obtain a stock solution; and mixing the stock solution, an auxiliary agent and water to prepare the vitamin B2 injection composition with the pH value of 4.5-6.5. The deep eutectic solvent is prepared from malic acid, citric acid and propylene glycol, the zein and the riboflavin sodium phosphate are uniformly mixed, and the prepared vitamin B2 injection composition has good light stability.

The invention discloses a preparation for improving male erectile function and sperm quality. The health-care food is characterized by being prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 30-50 parts of herba epimedii extract, 20-40 parts of herba cistanche extract, 15-30 parts of fructus lycii extract, 18-35 parts of semen cuscutae extract, 10-25 parts of herba cynomorii extract, 8-20 parts of maca powder, 6-18 parts of raspberry extract, 0.5-2 parts of lycopene, 1-3 parts of L-carnitine and 0.3-1 part of vitamin B family (vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 are mixed according to the mass ratio of 1: 1: 2: 0.5). The herba epimedii extract is selected as a main component, the content of icariin is regulated to be not lower than 60%, the high-content icariin can more effectively promote sex hormone secretion, enhance sexual desire and improve erectile function, the total content of echinacoside and verbascoside in the herba cistanche extract is not lower than 45%, and the herba epimedii extract and the herba cistanche extract have the effect of promoting sex hormone secretion, enhancing sexual desire and improving erectile function. The two components have the effects of tonifying kidney yang and benefiting essence and blood, and can enhance kidney functions.

The present invention provides a recombinant microorganism for simultaneously producing sesquiterpenes and primary metabolites, wherein the primary metabolites include at least one of pantothenic acid, squalene, fatty acids and vitamin B2; the strain contains the mevalonate pathway, the β-farnesene synthesis gene and genes related to the synthesis of primary metabolites; the genes related to the mevalonate pathway include ERG10, ERG13, tHMG1, ERG12, ERG8, MVD1, IDI1 and ERG20 genes, and the copy numbers are ERG10:ERG13:tHMG1:ERG12:ERG8:MVD1:IDI1:ERG20 = 2:2:X:2:2:2:2:2, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the β-farnesene synthesis gene includes bFS, and the sequence is as shown in SEQ ID NO.1. The present invention realizes high yield of primary metabolites while producing sesquiterpene compounds.

The present disclosure relates to an oral product, a process for producing the oral product, as well as to uses of said oral product. The oral product is solid and in chewable form comprising a combination of active ingredients, wherein the combination comprises: (i) caffeine; (ii) a combination of B vitamins comprising at least vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9 and vitamin B12; and (iii) L-theanine; at least one binding agent; and at least one bulking agent selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol, or a sugar, or a combination of at least one sugar alcohol and at least one sugar.

The present invention relates to a solid beverage containing mulberry leaf and emblica fruit ingredients, comprising the following ingredients: mulberry leaf-emblica fruit fermentation extract, collagen tripeptide, oligofructose, vitamin C, zinc gluconate, vitamin E, vitamin B6, and vitamin B2. The solid beverage of the present invention contains components such as mulberry leaf and emblica fruit collagen tripeptide, and in particular contains a mixed fermentation extract of mulberry leaf and emblica fruit obtained through an original fermentation process, which stimulates the contained anti-sugar and antioxidant components, can significantly inhibit the generation of free sugars and scavenge oxygen free radicals, and can be used as a whitening food to alleviate problems such as dull facial skin and enlarged pores caused by a high-sugar diet, thereby whitening and smoothing the skin.