Bitter melon, also known as karela or bitter gourd, is a unique fruit-vegetable that can be used as food or remedy. Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) is...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is among the most nutritious subtropical and tropical vegetables. It is also used in traditional medicine practices for type 2 diabetes...
Phytase is the enzyme that neutralizes phytic acid and liberates the phosphorus. This enzyme co-exists in plant foods that contain phytic acid. Ruminant animals such...
WHAT IS PHYTASE AND WHAT DOES IT DO? ♦ Phytase is any type of phosphatase enzyme that breaks down phytic acid (chemicallycalled dephosphorylation, produces...
Until recently the mechanism of action of metformin was unknown. Recent studiessuggest that metformin affects LKB1 which activates and increases AMPK activity. We have discussed...
Supplement Source – Name Particular supplement Xenohormetic Ingredient Positives and Problems with the particular Supplement Extra virgin olive secoiridoids decarboxymethyl oleuropein aglycon...
The contemporary American diet figures centrally in the pathogenesis of numerous chronic diseases–‘diseases of civilization’–such as obesity and diabetes. We investigated in type 2 diabetes...
The human colonic flora has both beneficial and pathogenic potentials with respect to host health. There is now much interest in manipulation of the microbiota...
An obvious difference between breast-fed and formula-fed newborn infants is the development of the intestinal flora, considered to be of importance for protection against harmful...