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Recent Review Explores Potential Relationship Between Magnesium Status and Cardiometabolic Health

Magnesium is the fourth-most common mineral in the body and is critical to hundreds of biochemical processes. It is necessary for muscle contraction, energy production, nerve conduction, and the gating of calcium channels. It also plays a key role in nucleic acid synthesis, DNA repair, and genome ma

Recent Review Explores Potential Link between Nutrients that May Support Antioxidative Status and Age-related Neural Changes

Neurons consume a relatively high amount of oxygen and have a high metabolic rate. Increases in oxidative stress and inflammation associated with certain aspects of the aging process can particularly influence neuronal health and brain changes.

Recent Review Investigates Potential Connection Between Skin Health, Certain Nutraceuticals, and Healthy Aging

Age-related changes to skin health have been linked in recent research with cellular senescence. Cellular senescence refers to a process in which certain cells, after becoming stressed or damaged, may become resistant to apoptosis, undergo irreversible replicative arrest, and have increased metaboli

Recent Systematic Review Explores Potential Link Between Cardiometabolic Health and Nutraceuticals to Target Glutathione Levels

Glutathione (GSH) is a molecule consisting of the amino acids cysteine, glutamine, and glycine, and is the most abundant endogenous antioxidant. It is considered the body’s “master” antioxidant and is critical for the maintenance of antioxidative balance and helping protect cells from oxidative stre

The Latest on Probiotics and Periodontal Health

The oral microbiome is the second largest microbial community in the human body. It contains more than 700 types of microorganisms, including more than 100 species of bacteria. Research indicates that the oral microbiome may play an important role in periodontal health, dental integrity, and oral we

Vitamin E Tocotrienols, Metabolic Health, and Healthy Aging

Vitamin E consists of eight isomers: four tocotrienols and four tocopherols. Each isomer has a different molecular weight and a slightly different chemical structure; this imparts distinct properties that influence their biochemical function. Commercial vitamin E supplements are typically rich in to

Is There a Link Between Magnesium Status and Healthy Cognition?

Magnesium is essential for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the human body. It is a cofactor for enzymatic reactions associated with protein synthesis, metabolic health, and energy production. It is found in leafy greens, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. The human body stores between 50

Recent Review Explores Potential Role of Micronutrients to Support Immunosenescence and the Gut Microbiome

Immunosenescence is a term describing the changes that occur to the immune system during the aging process. This may involve altered inflammatory and metabolic processes, reductions in T cell activity, and increased susceptibility to infectious disease. Certain age-related chronic illnesses have bee

The Adrenals: A Missing Link to Obesity - Part I

It is no secret that obesity is prevalent in America today. The struggles facing the morbidly obese include the health-jeopardizing symptoms such as excessive adiposity around the waistline hypertension and dyslipidemia. Also noteworthy is that signature rise in insulin resistance that occurs in obe

New study demonstrates quercetin improves metabolic features of PCOS

  Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with irregular menstrual periods infertility obesity diabetes excess hair growth acne and other hormonal d

Gout: Meat or Metabolic Syndrome?