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Calcium Carbonate: Why are you recommending it?

Posted by James on 04/30/2017 | Comment

A visitor to the epic4health web site recently asked: “Why are you recommending calcium carbonate?” This visitor went on to say in the email inquiry: “Calcium carbonate is nothing but chalk and is not the choice you should be recommending to people. Calcium citrate and ma …Read More

Coral Calcium: Hope or Hype?

Posted by James on 04/30/2017 | Comment

For what its worth, here’s our take on the Coral Calcium phenomenon.

Maybe the word “phenomenon” – as in “marketing phenomenon” — has already given you an idea where we stand as claims abound in advertising that Coral Calcium can virtually …Read More

Coral Calcium and FTC settlement

Posted by James on 04/30/2017 | Comment

Under a January 2004 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Robert Barefoot, Deonna Enterprises, Inc., and Karbo Enterprises, Inc. are prohibited from making claims that the dietary supplement “Coral Calcium Supreme” or any other coral calcium product can treat or c …Read More

Curcumin Plus Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help Prevent Pancreatic Cancer

Posted by James on 04/30/2017 | Comment

In a study done at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2008, researchers found evidence that Curcumin Plus Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help Prevent Pancreatic Cancer.

The study used mice injected with pancreatic canc …Read More

L-carnitine and dietary intake

Posted by James on 04/30/2017 | Comment

The human body contains a total of 20-25 gm of L-carnitine, about 98% of which is in the skeletal and heart muscles. This shows the importance of carnitine in muscle function. The dietary intake is estimated to about 100-300 mg per day on a Western diet. Meat and dairy products are the major dietary sources of carnitine (Re …Read More

L-Carnitine and exercise

Posted by James on 04/30/2017 | Comment

Carnitine has been considered an ergogenic compound mainly because of its role in energy production. While there are several studies showing a beneficial effect of supplemental carnitine on exercise performance, the overall evidence is equivocal at this point (Brass, 2000). This may be due …Read More

L-Carnitine and other conditions

Posted by James on 04/30/2017 | Comment

Carnitine and Alzheimer’s disease

There are several reports in the literature on the beneficial effects of carnitine supplementation in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Carnitine as acetyl L- carnitine was employed in these studies, with very encouraging outcome. The data suggest that …Read More