WEEKEND FLASH SALE: Save 15% on Any Test Kit Combination that Includes Your Omega-3 Index with Code “Omega3Day24”! Key Points 80% of people worldwide are not getting enough EPA and DHA omega-3s (and in...
Dr. Heaney describes two additional physiology-based approaches to defining “normal” nutrient status – something that the currently employed phenomenological approach cannot do Key Points Nutrition policymakers lack a shared vision of “normal” and are...
A new study among adults with Type 1 Diabetes shows those taking more vitamin D had better glycemic control Key Points Measuring the percentage of HbA1c in the blood provides information about the average...
Studies find added benefit from the combined supplementation of vitamin D and L-cysteine for vitamin D status and activity versus vitamin D supplementation alone Key Points Research over the last several years has illustrated...
For all nutrients for which we can define a plateau, the determination of the nutrient requirement follows directly from these behaviors; an intake sufficient to get 97.5% of a healthy population up onto the...
Save on Select Combinations that Include Markers for Heart and Cardiovascular Health Although February happens to be American Heart Month, and this week, Heart Failure Awareness Week, our cardiovascular health should be a daily...
A two-year follow up of VITAL trial participants highlights the lasting benefit of omega-3 supplements and the importance of continued daily supplementation with vitamin D Key Points Two years after discontinuing supplementation through the...
Vitamin D deficiency upon ICU admission shown to increase 28-day mortality risk by over 4-fold, worse post-surgical outcomes also associated with low vitamin D status Key Points A study of 236 intensive care unit...
From a physiological set-point perspective, ‘normal’ vitamin D status would be a 25(OH)D concentration that requires little or no compensatory PTH response under basal conditions, where minimal adaptation is necessary, which occurs around 50...
A new study confirms systemic inflammation as a major pathway between stress and metabolic dysfunction development and severity Key Points Having at least three of the following risk factors could indicate metabolic syndrome: high...