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Consumer Reports joins the chorus on Biotin warnings

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS  [first posted on LinkedIn]

The Trouble With Biotin Supplements - Consumer Reports - Mozilla Firefox 142018 122650 PM
If you hear someone say Biotin is just another interference, not a big deal, easily remedied, please consider this: even Consumer Reports is issuing a warning about it:
https://lnkd.in/gpb7CAG

"Lynn Burmeister, M.D., an endocrinologist at the University of Minnesota who has studied biotin’s effects with Li, says it can be difficult to be sure if a particular blood test could be skewed by biotin intake. For this reason, Burmeister suggests health providers ask patients whether they are taking biotin before administering any blood test."

This is not just "one of many" interferences. This is not a small problem. FDA warning letters don't get issued over small problems.

This is a real crisis - don't bury your head in the sand.

 
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