vitamin
Vitamin B5
Water-soluble B vitamin critical for synthesizing coenzyme A and metabolizing carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into energy.
What it’s good for
Vitamin B5 for Acne
Evidence1 study · 1 supporting · 0 against
5 safety notes
Involved in how your body handles fats, which is the basis for the claim it reduces oil.
Dose: 1000–2500 mg
Tested as: Pantothen™ (Avilan Marketing LLC) at 2.2 g pantothenic acid per day
Vitamin B5 for Stress
Not verified2 studies · 1 supporting · 0 against
4 safety notes
Why it gets suggested: Your body needs B5 to make cortisol, which is the reasoning behind a stress claim.
Dose: 250–500 mg
Why we could not verify it: No qualifying human trials were found for pantothenic acid supplementation and stress outcomes. Every PubMed search returned the same cluster of unrelated results: a hydration beverage safety trial (PMID 38892699) containing pantothenic acid among many other ingredients, a topical panthenol skin study (PMID 27425824), and a hepatitis C antioxidant study (PMID 20518086). The only human evidence with any relevance is a cross-sectional dietary survey (PMID 33848753, DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.055) which found an observational association between moderate dietary pantothenic acid intake and lower anxiety odds — this is not a supplementation trial and does not test pantothenic acid as a primary in