{"id":401334,"date":"2025-06-08T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/?p=401334"},"modified":"2025-06-08T19:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T17:08:05","slug":"controversy-over-the-benefits-of-biotin-supplementation-what-is-evidence-based","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/controversy-over-the-benefits-of-biotin-supplementation-what-is-evidence-based\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy over the benefits of biotin supplementation: what is evidence-based?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biotin, also known as &#8220;vitamin B7&#8221;, is sometimes referred to as &#8220;vitamin H&#8221; in reference to the terms &#8220;hair and skin&#8221;. There are many myths surrounding the question of whether supplementation is beneficial for hair loss. In a literature review published last year, Dr. Allyson Yelich and colleagues looked at the scientific evidence on biotin supplementation and hair loss.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fcontroversy-over-the-benefits-of-biotin-supplementation-what-is-evidence-based%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biotin, also known as &#8220;vitamin B7&#8221;, is sometimes referred to as &#8220;vitamin H&#8221; in reference to the terms &#8220;hair and skin&#8221;. There are many myths surrounding the question of whether&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fcontroversy-over-the-benefits-of-biotin-supplementation-what-is-evidence-based%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":401338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Hair loss  ","footnotes":""},"category":[11548,11340,11508,11297,11388,11503],"tags":[83044,68052,83046,12224,30242,83045],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-401334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rx-en","category-dermatology-and-venereology","category-education","category-general-internal-medicine","category-nutrition","category-studies","tag-b7-en","tag-biotin-en","tag-controversy","tag-hair-loss","tag-supplementation-en","tag-yelich-en","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-12 02:41:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":401346,"slug":"controverse-sur-les-benefices-dune-supplementation-en-biotine-quest-ce-qui-est-fonde-sur-des-preuves","post_title":"Controverse sur les b\u00e9n\u00e9fices d'une suppl\u00e9mentation en biotine : qu'est-ce qui est fond\u00e9 sur des preuves ?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/controverse-sur-les-benefices-dune-supplementation-en-biotine-quest-ce-qui-est-fonde-sur-des-preuves\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":401337,"slug":"controversia-sui-benefici-dellintegrazione-di-biotina-cosa-e-basato-sullevidenza","post_title":"Controversia sui benefici dell'integrazione di biotina: cosa \u00e8 basato sull'evidenza?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/controversia-sui-benefici-dellintegrazione-di-biotina-cosa-e-basato-sullevidenza\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":401307,"slug":"controversia-sobre-os-beneficios-da-toma-de-suplementos-de-biotina-o-que-e-que-se-baseia-em-provas","post_title":"Controv\u00e9rsia sobre os benef\u00edcios da toma de suplementos de biotina: o que \u00e9 que se baseia em provas?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/controversia-sobre-os-beneficios-da-toma-de-suplementos-de-biotina-o-que-e-que-se-baseia-em-provas\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":401282,"slug":"controversia-sobre-los-beneficios-de-la-suplementacion-con-biotina-en-que-se-basa-la-evidencia","post_title":"Controversia sobre los beneficios de la suplementaci\u00f3n con biotina: \u00bfen qu\u00e9 se basa la evidencia?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/controversia-sobre-los-beneficios-de-la-suplementacion-con-biotina-en-que-se-basa-la-evidencia\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402351,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401334\/revisions\/402351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=401334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401334"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=401334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}