Supports iron handling, connective tissue and antioxidant enzymes.
Also called: Copper
Copper amount and copper handling are different questions
Dr. Purser’s course discusses copper, zinc and metallothionein in its fibromyalgia and mineral …
A compound involved in mitochondrial electron transport and antioxidant chemistry.
Also called: CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10), Coenzyme Q10
Ask which CoQ10 was tried
Dr. Purser’s mitochondrial chapter connects CoQ10 with cellular energy and antioxid…
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
Also called: Cysteine
A building block for glutathione
Dr. Purser’s course connects cysteine and NAC with the raw-material side of glutathione production. CBS and CTH he…
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
Also called: Glutamine
What it does
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
How supplementation is approached
Review glutamine within prot…
Is needed to make thyroid hormones.
Also called: Iodine
What it does
Is needed to make thyroid hormones.
Possible deficiency symptoms
Low intake can contribute to an enlarged thyroid and impaired thyroid hormone production. Symptoms are not…
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
Also called: Isoleucine
What it does
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
How supplementation is approached
Isoleucine is a branched-ch…
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
Also called: Leucine
What it does
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
How supplementation is approached
Leucine is a branched-chain es…
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
Also called: Lysine
What it does
An amino acid used in protein synthesis and other metabolic processes.
How supplementation is approached
Lysine is an essential amino ac…
Helps several enzymes, including a mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme, function.
Also called: Manganese
The mitochondrial SOD connection
Manganese helps support SOD2, an antioxidant enzyme that works in mitochondria. Enzymes and the nutrients…
…uced form of a coenzyme involved in cellular energy reactions.
Also called: NADH
What it does
The reduced form of a coenzyme involved in cellular energy reactions.
How supplementation is approached
NADH belongs to cellular-energy chemistry,…
A family of fats that includes ALA, EPA and DHA.
Also called: Omega-3
Food source, chemical form and membrane function
Dr. Purser’s course connects omega-3s with membranes, brain function and inflammatory/metabolic teaching. FADS1 and FADS2…
Different families of fatty acids. They do not all have the same dietary requirements or biological roles.
Also called: Omega-6, Omega-7, and Omega-9
What it does
Different families of fatty acids. They do not all have the same dietary requ…
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