Vitamin H (Biotin)

Vitamin H, otherwise known as biotin, is essential to normal growth and development and overall health. Bacteria in the intestines produce enough biotin for the body so that most people would not need an additional supplement of vitamin H. However, additional great sources of vitamin H are found in egg yolks, fish, nuts, oatmeal, and beans.

How Vitamin H Works in Your Body:

  • Essential for release of food energy
  • Reduces symptoms of zinc deficiency
  • Functions in protein metabolism
  • Helps in the formation of fatty acids
  • Could relieve muscle pain and depression

Where You Get Vitamin H

Vitamin H is found in almonds, bananas, brewers yeast, brown rice, bulgur wheat, butter, calf liver, cashew nuts, cheese, chicken, clams, cooked eggs, green peas, lentils, liver, mackerel, meats, milk, mushrooms, oat bran, oatmeal, peanut butter, peanuts, salmon, soybeans, split peas, tuna and walnuts.

Vitamin H Supplement

Biotin Biotin by Vitabase.  Doctor Approved Biotin 5000 mcg is utilized to synthesize intracellular carboxylase enzymes and is essential for normal skin and hair growth. The various carboxylase enzymes are important for lipid metabolism and energy production (ATP) via synthesis of oxaloacetate. Alcohol decreases biotin status in the body.

See also: Biotin.



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