Category: Nutrients
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Prenatal Iron
Arija et al. (2019), in a prospective cohort study in Spain, found that children born to mothers who had taken prenatal iron supplements (14-30 mg/day) scored better on tasks designed to evaluate working memory and executive functioning at age 7 than those whose mothers had not taken prenatal iron. Nguyen et al. (2021), in a…
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Coenzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q10 is also called ubiquinone, because it is ubiquitous in the human body, found in the membranes of all of our cells. In a 2018 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Zhang et al.1 looked at coenzyme Q10 supplementation in 40-61 year old Chinese people with high cholesterol to see which of several risk factors for…
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Magnesium
A 2017 systematic review by Boyle et al.1 aimed to gather results showing whether taking a magnesium supplement could help people dealing with anxiety. About half of the studies they looked at found that it helped people with either mild anxiety, PMS, or high blood pressure. The authors concluded that more research should be done,…
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K2 and D3
In a 2022 meta-analysis and systematic review, Zhou et al1 investigated the efficacy of vitamin K2 in preventing loss of bone mineral density. They had a good methodology, with inclusion and exclusion criteria. They looked at RCTs, and found some significant effects when osteoporotic women took vitamin K2. Their bone mineral density actually increased. In…
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Lima Beans
Lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus) are thought to have evolved into a distinct species about a million years ago in the Andes.1 They then went on to adapt slightly differently to the environment, for example elevation, in three different areas.1 Lima beans are thought to have been domesticated from this wild species independently by three different…
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Quercetin
Among the polyphenol phytochemicals found in blueberries, broccoli, onions, and green tea is the flavonoid quercetin (Li et al., 2021). Quercetin is also found in apples and grapes (Gugliandolo et al., 2020). Sanver et al. describe the structure of quercetin in a peer-reviewed primary article; they found that the different structures of different types of…
