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Getting to the Bottom of My Health: Biotin and (V)LCAD

Mastering Nutrition

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The Paradox of Biotin Loading

My baseline serum biotin is 0.29 nanomoles per liter, similar to the biotinidase deficiency patients. My 45 minute serum response to biotin supplementation was a rise of about 4nanomoles per Liter similar to healthy adults. The current model to understand my health over the last 41 years is as follows: I have a genetically increased need for biotin that affects pyruvacarboxylase more than most and propylylcoacarBOXylase the least. It is probably responsible for my recurring problems with eczema and conjunctobitis since childhood. On my vegan diet, my biotin intake was much lower. However, it may

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