by Darren ng | Aug 29, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein from the transferrin family — richest in colostrum, present in milk, tears and the granules of our own neutrophils. Its two lobes each grip a ferric ion and hold it down to roughly pH 3, which lets the protein...
by Darren ng | Aug 29, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble derivative of vitamin B1 (thiamine) — a prodrug that crosses the intestinal wall far more efficiently than the water-soluble thiamine salts in ordinary supplements, then converts to active thiamine inside the body. The...
by Darren ng | Aug 29, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Apigenin — the flavonoid best known from chamomile — is almost insoluble in water (well under 2 µg/mL), so a standard powder capsule can leave most of a dose unabsorbed. That makes it a natural candidate for compounding: a registered pharmacy can fix the...
by Darren ng | Aug 25, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Butyrate is the short-chain fatty acid that colonic bacteria make from dietary fibre, and it is the preferred fuel of the cells lining the colon — by common estimates supplying the majority of their energy. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome,...
by Darren ng | Aug 19, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Ergothioneine (ET) is a naturally occurring sulfur-containing amino-acid derivative made by fungi and certain bacteria — humans cannot synthesise it and obtain it almost entirely from food, mushrooms above all. What makes it unusual is that the human...
by Darren ng | Aug 19, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: GlyNAC is not a single ingredient — it is glycine and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) given together. The point of the pairing is glutathione, the cell’s master antioxidant, which the body assembles from three amino-acid residues: glutamate, cysteine and...
