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Bio-advantage of krill may not be relevant in the long run | Plus: What we learned about krill oil in 2018 I've previously written about the question whether krill oil is, in fact, as the proper Latin name of the small critters it is made of, i.e.  Euphausia superba , would suggest "superba", ahh... I mean better than fish oil when it comes to its effects plasma and organ DHA and EPA. A large number of previous trials - almost all short-term, by the way - verify the commonly held belief that the largely (35-65%) phospholipid-bound krill oil (KO)  has a bioavailability advantage over the exclusively   triglyceride-bound fish oil (FO)  Di Marzo 2010 ;  Konagai 2013 ;  Ramprasath 2013 ). Another "K" you should have plenty of in your diet is  potassium (K)  (in German it's Kalium)! Potassium vs. Diet-Inducded Insulin Resis. In the Lime Light: The Ill Effects of Low K Intakes Bad News: Most Americans are Sign. K Deficient Lean...

Feeling like your brain veiled in clouds? Could be the D-lactate from the gut bugs overpopulating your small intestine... and you know what: your fancy probiotic may have triggered it or made it worse. If you remember my article about SIBO , i.e. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth from March 2017, you will remember that I listed probiotics as "anti-SIBO" tools. Back in the day when I wrote the article that was also the state of the art... pardon, research, which showed a significantly lower SIBO risk in people who consume a probiotic. Now, with the publication of the latest study from the Digestive Health Clinical Research Center at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  ( Rao 2018 ) I will probably have to revise this article, as using a probiotic to prevent or even treat SIBO could very well backfire and make the classic symptoms like brain fog and bloating worse, not better. Learn more about probiotics and the microbiome a the SuppVersity Mi...

Curcumin has become increasingly popular over the past years. No wonder in view of the ever-extending list of potential health benefits - "potential" is, as T. Tsuda highlights , yet a keyword in this context. No, you don't have to email me asking for the brand names of the 87 products Skiba et al. bought and analyzed (32 of them) for their latest study in Molecular Nutrition and Food Science  ( Skiba 2018 ) ... honestly, bros: I would have told you the names if I knew them. Unfortunately, the scientists from the  University of Arizona, Tucson , follow the example of so many colleagues before them and tell us only the criteria they used to narrow down the 228 surveyed items to a list of 87, of which they later sent 32 to the HLPC analysis. After excluding identical products available at multiple retailers (n = 99) or containing different capsule counts (n = 42), Skiba et al. recorded the exact type, amount, and recommended daily dosage of turmeric; whether or not a...

While generalizations are problematic, it is true that the average canned product is better than its reputation would suggest. As a SuppVersity -reader, you will know that frozen vegetables and fruit are much healthier than their reputation would suggest ( learn more ). In previous articles, I have even pointed out that for some foods, such as spinach, the frozen variety is superior to the "fresh" one with respect to almost all relevant nutritional aspects. Now, this raises the question: If frozen fruits and veggies are so much better than most people believe, could the same be true for canned fruits and vegetables? Looking for more ways to improve your diet? Increase your potassium (K) intake! Potassium vs. Diet-Inducded Insulin Resis. In the Lime Light: The Ill Effects of Low K Intakes Bad News: Most Americans are Sign. K Deficient Lean, Healthy ... Correlates of High Hair Potassium Eating a High Protein Diet? Better Watch K! Potassium Bicarbonat...