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Timing of supplements: should you take them on an empty stomach, with a meal or divided over the day?
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  01-10-2017

Timing of supplements: should you take them on an empty stomach, with a meal or divided over the day?

Timing of supplements We frequently receive the question whether it really matters when to use a particular supplement. Most supplements come with instructions to ingest them with a meal. This is in the assumption your meals contain fat, as fat will aid...

Silicon supplement rejuvenates skin, hair and nails
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  24-09-2017

Silicon supplement rejuvenates skin, hair and nails

Silicon supplement rejuvenates skin, hair and nails It's not only gelatine and biotin that make your nails stronger. Studies show that silicon compounds do so too. Belgian researchers demonstrated the effect of orthosilicic acid in an experiment in which...

Magnesium & muscle: more muscle strength with more magnesium
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  21-09-2017

Magnesium & muscle: more muscle strength with more magnesium

Epidemiological study: more muscle strength with more magnesium The more magnesium elderly people have in their blood, the more muscle strength they have. This is the conclusion from an Italian epidemiological study done at the University of Palermo,...

Uridine for a healthy brain and liver: uridine supports formation of brain synapses and neuronal membranes
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  17-09-2017

Uridine for a healthy brain and liver: uridine supports formation of brain synapses and neuronal membranes

Uridine for a healthy brain and liver Uridine supports formation of brain synapses and neuronal membranes. Uridine is a nucleotide that acts as a precursor of brain synapses and membrane phospholipids in conjunction with the omega-3 fatty acid...

Why you should combine B12 with Biofolate
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  27-08-2017

Why you should combine B12 with Biofolate

Why you should combine B12 with Biofolate Combining B12 and Methylfolate in one lozenge The Jarrow Formulas lozenge of Methyl B-12 + Methyl Folate + B6 (P-5-P) combines the more bioavailable and biologically active forms of the vitamins B6, B-12 and...

What happens in the citric acid cycle and why is it critically important for all life?
 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  18-06-2017

What happens in the citric acid cycle and why is it critically important for all life?

What happens in the citric acid cycle and why is it critically important for all life? Influence of oxaloacetic acid and nicotinamide-riboside on life processes. The Citric Acid Cycle, also known as the Krebs Cycle, is an important series of...

 •  Yvana van den Hork  •  11-06-2017

Separating chaff from the wheat or the importance of indigestible fiber

Sandwiched in between sugar and the starches are a group of carbohydrates called oligosaccharides, that we never heard much about until recently, and most people  probably still have no idea what they are. Oligosaccharides are carbohydrates which have...

05-06-2017

Tocotrienol as the reason why vitamin E is so popular again

Vitamin E was first discovered in 1922 when it was deduced to be an important dietary factor, necessary for reproduction, hence why it was called “fertility factor.” Only in 1938 the structure of the most common form of vitamin E, alpha tocopherol was...