Researchers conducted a secondary analysis on the Women First Preconception Maternal Nutrition Trial and found high rates of maternal hypozincaemia despite daily zinc supplementation for the Indian cohort. “Despite daily zinc supplementation for at least seven months or more, high rates of maternal hypozincaemia were observed. The association of hypozincaemia with impaired foetal growth suggests …
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease often results in persistent disability and diminished quality of life due to impaired communication between the brain and the body. This disease manifests in four clinical course patterns, RRMS being the most prevalent. Recent evidence shown that over 80% of individuals with MS experience gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, …
Prof Kazuyuki Kasahara, assistant professor of Metabolic, Nutrition, and Microbiome Medicine, at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, pointed out the above while presenting on day two of the Growth Asia Summit held in Singapore between September 26 and 28. He was presenting the topic “Impact of diet and gut microbiome in …
Glycine supplementation was also shown to improve insulin responses. Writing in GeroScience, a group of researchers from the Centre for Healthy Longevity at Singapore’s National University Health System (NUHS) assessed the effects of glycine oral supplementation in both healthy and diseased populations. The effects of glycine supplementation on multiple health areas such as the endocrine, …