Questions tagged [supplement]
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How to determine if a pill needs to be taken with food?
Some supplements state e.g. that the pills should be taken with a small amount of peanut butter. My understanding is that this is because the particular supplement is fat-soluble.
Some other supplements on another hand do not say anything about the…
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Is it safe to store medicine/supplements in containers
I bought a box of supplement strips (Natberry plus) that consists 100 tablets. I feel it's inconvenient to store the tablets strip in my bag as it tablet comes out by accident sometimes. So i thought i can store all the tablets in a container.
Is it…
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What does "standardized to x%" mean in resveratrol supplements?
I read on resveratrol supplements:
What does "standardized to x%" mean in resveratrol supplements?
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What tools would you use to source a probiotic or other nutritional supplement that is accurately labelled?
Suppose someone wants a probiotic that contains Oxalobacter formigenes. They see a paper (Ellis, 2016) that says two supplements sold with this label contain no culturable O. formigenes and no amplifiable oxc DNA. Can you suggest means by which…
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Taking resveratrol and NMN supplements
David Sinclair (Harvard Medical School) has said to take NMN and resveratrol supplements to fight ageing and degenerative diseases.
Example of same supplements taken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWx77ARQ9lo
Are there any scientific studies…
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When is it most effective to take a Tryptophan supplement?
Tryptophan is an amino acid and a building block for certain hormones such as melatonin and serotonin. If you're looking to improve your mood I would imagine taking a Tryptophan supplement may be most effective in the morning to enhance serotonin…
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Why is magnesium citrate the laxative a liquid and the supplement is a pill or powder?
If you buy magnesium citrate as a laxative, it is a clear liquid in a bottle. It often comes with crap in it like saccharin and alcohol.
If you buy magnesium citrate as a health supplement it is usually a powder or tablet.
Is there any difference…
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Is fortifying nutrients in food dangerous?
What prevents from adding any nutrient to a certain food? And I saw in Wikipedia and other places that food fortification is considred as a very possitive measure helping to reduce population deffiniencies so with the main risk is to have a surplus…
