Biotin 1000 mcg
Product ID: ES313
Description:
FOR EVERYTHING BEAUTY: SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS.
Biotin is known to help with thinning hair, restoring hair to its original color, rejuvenating skin and other connective tissues.
Price: $4.50
Price shown is for one item per day for 30 days.
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* Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2000 calorie diet. ** Daily value not established |
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Although biotin is not one of the more well-known vitamins, it is such a beneficial vitamin that it should not be ignored. Biotin is an important B vitamin. It is known as vitamin B7, or occasionally as vitamin H. Biotin is water-soluble, which means it is filtered through the bloodstream and eliminated with urine. As a water-soluble vitamin, biotin needs to be replenished on a regular basis to ensure you have healthy levels of it at all times.
Biotin has an essential role in helping the body metabolize proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Biotin also helps the body process glucose. These roles in metabolism help the body produce energy more efficiently, which may help reduce feelings of fatigue that are caused by metabolism problems. Biotin is also very beneficial to the health of the hair, skin, and nails. Many people see a noticeable improvement in hair, skin, and nails when they begin taking a biotin supplement. Biotin also helps build and maintain muscle tissue, bone marrow, and nervous system tissue.
There are many common foods that are rich in biotin, including egg yolks, milk, poultry, fish, broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower. Because it is so abundant in food, a biotin deficiency is rare. However, those seeking the specific health benefits of biotin may find taking a biotin supplement to be helpful.
On an interesting note we uncovered a study on Biotin and the improvement of the coat and fur of dogs:
In a collaborative study with small-animal veterinary surgeons, dogs with fur and skin conditions were treated with biotin (approximately 5 mg biotin/10 kg body weight/day) for 3 to 5 weeks. In total 119 cases could be treated which were reported to show symptoms such as dull coat, brittle hair, loss of hair, scaly skin, pruritus or dermatitis. Cases requiring other treatments with e.g. glucocorticoids, were excluded from the study. In 60% of the cases all symptoms were reported to be cured after the biotin treatment and in a further 31% an improvement was noted; in only 9% no effect was recorded. All breeds responded but to a variable extent: e.g. in Poodles the response was lower (no response in 6 out of 11 cases) than in Alsatians where all improved and 14 out of 29 were completely cured. The results confirm the favourable effect of biotin for treatment of fur and skin conditions in dogs.
PMID: 2602924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]