Re: Egg Whites/Biotin (was: Protein packed breakfast smoothie?) Dinah to Nina

[Guest guest]

I have a biotin and pantothenic acid deficiency, most likely caused by dysbiosis

from abx. I have not been able to tolerate any biotin supplementation. All

biotin has caused D. The doctor says she has never heard of this and I cannot

find any reference in the literature.

Please tell me what you took to remedy your deficiency, and how much. Also, did

you have a problem supplementing or have you ever heard of this?

I would be very grateful for any response as I have all symptoms of deficiency

and no answers.

Thank you...

Dinah

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> Hi All,

> On the subject of raw eggs, or rather egg whites, you should be aware that egg

whites contain a substance (avidin) which is known to bind biotin (a B-vitamin)

in the body, and can cause a biotin deficiency in susceptible individuals.

Although plentiful in many foods, biotin deficiency can occur where digestion is

compromised (biotin is synthesized from healthy gut flora) and where egg white

consumption occurs. If you are consuming egg whites, keep your eyes open for

symptoms of Biotin deficiency: hair loss, weakness, lack of muscle coordination,

etc.

> I had this happen to me on the diet and lost a good quantity of hair,

unfortunately, before my docs realized what was going on. And despite what many

nutritionists say ( " you need to consume more than 20 eggs a day for biotin to be

affected " ), I only had egg white smoothies 2-3 times a week. I believe that for

me, it was the combination of egg whites and a compromised digestive flora that

caused my deficiency.

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> Nina in MA

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[Guest guest]

Hi Nina...

You took 10,000 milligrams of biotin?? I was told to take 8 milligrams.

What brand of legal biotin did you use? How long did you take it and did it

cause any problems?

Have you ever heard of anyone not being able to tolerate biotin?

Thanks for your help...

Dinah

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> Hi Dinah,

> I took 10,000mg legal Biotin daily, in addition to legal multivites and

probiotics (which I tolerated AFTER I was past the intro phase of the diet and

had made some progress addressing my bacterial overgrowth and yeast overgrowth.)

I also stopped the egg white smoothies as an experiment and amazingly the hair

loss corrected itself within a couple weeks after doing so.

> I did a fair amount of reading at that time about B-vitamins and learned that

some of them are actually synthesized from healthy gut flora, meaning that if

your flora are a mess then you *may* run into deficiency. As most articles say,

biotin deficiency is pretty rare, since it's so readily available in so many

foods. But when one has a digestive disorder and can't absorb or synthesize

nutrients fully or properly, the risk for deficiency is higher.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Nina...

You took 10,000 milligrams of biotin?? I was told to take 8 milligrams.

What brand of legal biotin did you use? How long did you take it and did it

cause any problems?

Have you ever heard of anyone not being able to tolerate biotin?

Thanks for your help...

Dinah

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> Hi Dinah,

> I took 10,000mg legal Biotin daily, in addition to legal multivites and

probiotics (which I tolerated AFTER I was past the intro phase of the diet and

had made some progress addressing my bacterial overgrowth and yeast overgrowth.)

I also stopped the egg white smoothies as an experiment and amazingly the hair

loss corrected itself within a couple weeks after doing so.

> I did a fair amount of reading at that time about B-vitamins and learned that

some of them are actually synthesized from healthy gut flora, meaning that if

your flora are a mess then you *may* run into deficiency. As most articles say,

biotin deficiency is pretty rare, since it's so readily available in so many

foods. But when one has a digestive disorder and can't absorb or synthesize

nutrients fully or properly, the risk for deficiency is higher.

>