Benefits of Vitamin H
March 20, 2009
What is Vitamin H?
Vitamin H is categorized as a type of vitamin that is soluble in water. This vitamin is also called biotin and this is one of the items in the vitamin B complex group. The bacteria in the intestine produce this vitamin in small quantities; if you eat a balanced diet, it is not necessary for you to take vitamin H separately. This acts as an enzyme that assists in the oxidation as well as synthesis of fatty acids. Certain essential details of vitamin H are given below.
Functions and Benefits of Vitamin H
• Relieves muscle pain; maintains healthy sweat glands.
• Influences cell growth, therefore helps in hair growth and prevents hair loss and is useful for promoting healthy bone marrow, blood cells, male gonads, and nerve tissue
• Improves the health of toenails and fingernails.
• Assists in utilizing amino acids, vitamin B5, folic acid, and vitamin B12.
• Controls blood sugar in diabetics by metabolizing carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and proteins, thereby releasing food energy.
• Eases symptoms of depression.
• Helps in the conversion of metabolic chemicals in the body; aids in fatty acid formation.
• Essential for transferring CO2 in the body.
Sources for Vitamin H
Vitamin H is available in the following food items:
• Almonds, walnuts, nuts
• Beans, cauliflower, green peas, mushrooms
• Bananas, tomatoes,
• Brewer’s yeast, bran cereals, cooked oats, brown rice, oat bran, unpolished rice, whole grains, wheat
• Chocolate, and soybean, milk
• Fish, egg yolk, poultry, meat, kidney, liver
Effects of Deficiency in Vitamin H
The following are the possible effects due to vitamin H deficiency:
• Anemia
• Dermatitis, dry scaly skin, drowsiness
• Exhaustion and fatigue
• Gray color skin,
• Hallucinations, hair loss, high cholesterol
• infants cradle cap, loss of appetite
• Muscle cramps, mental depression, muscular pains
• Tongue inflammation, nausea and vomiting
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