Vitamin B7 Biotin
Biotin (vitamin B7) is one of the water-soluble B vitamins best known for its beneficial effects on the skin and hair. Biotin also plays a role in energy and macronutrient metabolism, and supports normal psychological functioning. Biotin can be found in large quantities in eggs, wild salmon, milk products, oats, nuts, avocados, raspberries, and cauliflower.
According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA):
Biotin contributes to:
- to the maintainence of normal skin and mucous membranes,
- to the maintainence normal hair,
- normal psychological functioning,
- normal metabolism of macronutrients,
- normal energy metabolism,
- normal functioning of the nervous system.
