Posted by Manuela Boyle
on 19 January 2021
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Vitamin B12 does a lot of things for your body. It helps make your DNA and your red blood cells, for example.
Since your body does not make vitamin B12, you must get it from animal-based foods or from supplements. You should do one of those on a regular basis because your body does not store vitamin B12 for a long time.
How much is enough?
The answer depends on things including your age, your eating habits, medical conditions and what medications you take.
The average recommended amounts, mea...
Posted by Manuela Boyle
on 18 January 2021
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In recent decades, several biologically active polysaccharides and polysaccharide-protein complexes have been isolated from plants, lichen, algae, yeast, fungi, and mushroom, and due to their antitumor and immunomodulatory properties, these compounds have received considerable attention from researchers and health care professionals.
Overall, the two key mechanisms by which polysaccharides act on tumour cells are direct action (inhibition of cancer cell growth and induction of programmed cell...
Posted by Manuela Boyle
on 3 December 2020
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Fish oils also known as marine oils, are fats found in fish, particularly cold-water fish and other marine life such as phytoplankton and krill. These oils are rich sources of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, also called omega-3 fatty acids. The two most studied fish oils are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). These oils are rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and compete with arachidonic acid for incorporation into phospholipids, particularly of...
Posted by Manuela Boyle
on 3 December 2020
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Magnesium is an essential mineral found in the body. It is naturally present in many foods and it is also available as a dietary supplement.1 It serves as a cofactor in more than 300 enzymatic reactions, and it is therefore also critical to the cardiovascular system.1 The adult body contains approximately 24g of magnesium, with 50% to 60% present in bones with the rest being contained in soft tissues. Serum magnesium represents less than 1% of total body magnesium.2 In industrialised western ...