After years of being ignored, gut health is finally getting some well-needed attention. Many health-conscious people now understand the difference between “good” and “bad” gut bacteria, and how critical it is to keep to keep their digestive system in tip-top shape. After all, a healthy...
For me to hold a multivitamin to as strict a standard as a TGA certification would be tough. Only a handful of U.S. companies are able to achieve the status of holding a TGA certification and there is really only one dietary supplement company in the U.S. that ever has completed all ...
Tolentino prefers D3 withvitamin K2, since she says K2 works synergistically with D3. "Research suggeststhat vitamin D3 -- the type of vitamin D naturally produced in the human body - tends to raise blood concentrations more, and maintain those levels for a longer period of time." She als...
Lactobacillus reuteri dietary supplement alters EAE progression Our data show thatLactobacillusis significantly decreased in the course of EAE and could be a keystone species based on our microbiota community analysis (Figs.1and2). Given that important function, we wanted to assess the role ofLactobac...
Are kids multivitamins necessary? I'm a firm believer that you can't “out supplement” a solid foundation of whole foods. Meaning, you can't eat fast and overly processed foods each day, pop a vitamin, and thing you're “good.” ...
If you have low levels of vitamin D, I recommendexposing large parts of your skin to sunlight on a daily basis without wearing sunscreen. Alternatively, you canbuy a high-quality vitamin D3 supplement that also contains vitamin K2to improve absorbability. ...
Never or almost never supplement vitamin C Add up your score. If less than 10, your vitamin C intake is probably close to optimal. However, if your score is 20 points or more, you would be wise to heed Linus Pauling's advice!
reuteri is the only LAB in which a vitamin B12 biosynthesis gene cluster is found so far. Interestingly, another gene cluster in L. reuteri relatively unique for LAB is the propanediol utilization (pdu) operon, an operon that encodes, among others, the function to produce the antimicrobial ...
Although a single dose of tafenoquine effectively combats P. falciparum's blood stage malaria, the necessary dosage for complete clearance of asexual parasites depends on prior glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency screening. To ascertain the validity and reliability of marginal bone level measuremen...
We report that Connexin 32 (Cx32)-mediated gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is necessary for human embryonic stem cell-derived hepatocytes (hESC-Heps) during step-wise hepatic lineage restriction and maturation. Vitamin K2, previously shown to promote Cx32 expression in mature ...