by Darren ng | Aug 3, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Curcumin is the textbook example of a good molecule with a bad delivery profile. It is strongly fat-soluble and almost insoluble in water, it is metabolised and cleared quickly once it does get in, and the result is that most of a standard oral dose...
by Darren ng | Aug 3, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Vitamin C has an absorption ceiling that most prescribing conversations ignore. Uptake from the gut runs through a saturable sodium-dependent transporter (SVCT1), so once a patient is at steady state, plain oral doses above roughly 500 mg a day are...
by Darren ng | Aug 3, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Inositol — most often the pairing of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol — is one of the most commonly discussed supplements in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and insulin-resistance care, usually cited in a 40:1 myo-to-D-chiro ratio at around 4 g of...
by Darren ng | Aug 3, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Vitamin D insufficiency is surprisingly common in Malaysia despite the tropical sun — some Klang Valley studies have reported a majority of adults below the usually cited sufficiency threshold, with rates varying by ethnicity, sun exposure and body...
by Darren ng | Aug 3, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Oral iron is one of the most poorly tolerated supplements in everyday practice — surveys report that around 40% of people on standard-dose oral iron experience gastrointestinal side effects such as constipation, nausea and cramping, and a meaningful...
by Darren ng | Aug 2, 2026 | Supplements
Short answer: Zinc is sold in many chemical forms — bisglycinate, picolinate, citrate, gluconate, sulphate, acetate and oxide — and they are not interchangeable. They differ in how much elemental zinc each gram carries, how well the gut absorbs them, and how likely...
