Aside from its use as a popular beverage, green tea also has purported uses to help you lose weight and prevent cancer. You can usually get sufficient amounts of biotin, also called vitamin B-7, through diet, with food sources including salmon, bananas, cereal and liver. However, you also can take it as part of a multivitamin, a B-complex combination or a stand-alone. Consuming green tea and taking biotin at the same time produces no known side effects.
Green Tea
Green tea has many purported benefits, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for medicinal purposes. Green tea can possibly help you lose weight. This typically occurs because caffeine stimulates your central nervous system, which tends to make you more active and less prone to overeating. Drugs.com indicates that herbalists may recommend drinking green tea to help settle your stomach if you have gastric problems such as an upset stomach, nausea or vomiting. The University of Maryland Medical Center states that, while researchers have not discovered why, green tea can help to reduce bad cholesterol, including low-density lipoproteins and triglycerides. This can work to prevent heart disease and atherosclerosis. Green tea also acts as an antioxidant, a substance that can help guard your cells against an invasion of free radicals that can cause cancer.
Biotin
Vitamin B-7, or biotin, helps your body metabolize amino acids that are necessary for proper good health. It also helps metabolize carbohydrates, and create glucose and fatty acids, all components of good health. Most people get enough biotin in their diets for healthy living. You may, however, inherit conditions that cause a deficiency of biotin. Seek the counsel of your practitioner before you start using biotin.
Side Effects
Biotin does not produce any known side effects, whether you ingest it in food or take it as a pill, MayoClinic.com indicates. Green tea, however, can produce some side effects, most of them related to its caffeine content. Your heart rate may accelerate, for example, because of caffeine's stimulant effects. If you drink a lot of green tea, especially for a long time, you also may get palpitations, the University of Maryland Medical Center notes. An acute overdose may produce nausea and vomiting, as well as irritability.
Interactions
No interactions between biotin and green tea have been identified. However, you may experience problems unique to you. Question your doctor before you start using biotin and green tea together.
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