Nutrition is Health

GLP-1 support supplements are booming — built on two scary numbers about muscle loss and nausea. We read past the headlines: why losing 45% lean mass is normal for rapid weight loss, why body composition and strength improve anyway, and why side effects are mild, transient, and unrelated to how well semaglutide works. A calm, mechanism-first look at what's actually worth taking. Spill your science-based tea 📖 Read the full article https://nutritionishealth.com/ 📘 Follow on Facebook...

Tocotrienols are the forgotten half of vitamin E — four molecules overshadowed by alpha-tocopherol, the form your liver's alpha-TTP protein preferentially retains. We examine why alpha-tocopherol took over the category, what tocotrienols do differently, and the unsettled hypothesis that high-dose alpha-tocopherol may work against them. A calm, mechanism-first look at why "vitamin E" was never really one thing. Spill your science-based tea 📖 Read the full article https://nutritionishealth...

Geranylgeraniol is marketed as a testosterone and CoQ10 booster — but the more interesting science is what it reveals about statin muscle pain. We trace the mevalonate pathway, why statins deplete more than cholesterol, protein prenylation, and why replacing CoQ10 alone may have been aimed one step too far downstream. A calm, mechanism-first look at a twenty-year puzzle — and why the evidence is still unfinished. Spill your science-based tea 📖 Read the full article https://nutritionishea...

Beta glucan is really two different supplements sharing one name — a soluble oat fiber that lowers LDL cholesterol by trapping bile acids, and a yeast compound that engages the Dectin-1 receptor and trained immunity. They are not interchangeable, and dose matters: grams for cholesterol, milligrams for immunity. We examine the structural difference, the human evidence, and how to buy the right one. Spill your science-based tea 📖 Read the full article https://nutritionishealth.com/ 📘 Follo...

Black Ginger is sold for energy, blood flow, and male vitality — and its human evidence is better than most supplements. But the same polymethoxyflavones behind those effects also inhibit CYP3A4 and P-glycoprotein, the systems that regulate half of all prescription drugs. We examine the mechanism, the grapefruit parallel, and why the supplement's ideal customer is the one who should be most careful. Spill your science-based tea 📖 Read the full article https://nutritionishealth.com/...