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Biotin: Behind the vitamin boost for stronger hair

Video, animation script and audio by Kimberly Shine/MEDILL. Animation produced by Next Media.
Livestock researchers observed that biotin helped strengthen a horse’s hooves. Biotin is found in a variety of foods and in supplements.

 

BY KIMBERLY SHINE
NOV 20, 2013

From the animation scripted by Kimberly Shine and produced by Next Media.  Biotin is a coenzyme that helps break down fats and carohydrates.

From the animation scripted by Kimberly Shine and produced by Next Media.
Biotin is a coenzyme that helps break down fats and carohydrates.

Biotin advocates stand by the supplement loaded with B-complex and other vitamins to promote stronger and healthier-looking hair and fingernails.

The biology behind biotin takes you back to the farm where livestock researchers observed that it made the hooves of horses harder and stronger.