Mcg Versus Mg Biotin

[Guest guest]

I want to know if I have this right...1000mcg of Biotin = 10 mg Biotin?

I'm trying to figure out why the recommended doses change..and now I

see mcg vs mg.

If the recommened dose shouldn't be higher than 20 mg...why do they

sell it in 5000mcg capsules?

Thanks for your help!

[Guest guest]

1 mg. is 1000 mcg. so 5000 mcg would only be 5 mg.

On Feb 22, 2009, at 8:41 AM, successstory1976 wrote:

> I want to know if I have this right...1000mcg of Biotin = 10 mg

> Biotin?

> I'm trying to figure out why the recommended doses change..and now I

> see mcg vs mg.

> If the recommened dose shouldn't be higher than 20 mg...why do they

> sell it in 5000mcg capsules?

>

> Thanks for your help!

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

This is where it helps to be Canadian!  You're dealing with the metric system,

so everything is divisible by 10.

 

A gram is considered 1.

 

A milligram is 1/1000 (thousand) of a gram, so you need 1000 mg to make a gram.

A microgram is 1/1000 (thousand) of a milligram, so you need 1000 mcg to make a

milligram (and 1 million mcg to make a gram)

 

To go bigger:  a kilogram is 1000 grams

 

In measuring,we also use centimeters (1/100 of a meter).  Or kilometers (1000

meters = 1 kilometer)

 

Centi - hundred

Milli - thousand

 

Thus ends your math lesson for today.

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