Rhonda Patrick· PhD
And basically, any metabolite that can be converted into the active form is beneficial.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And basically, any metabolite that can be converted into the active form is beneficial.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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Now, we know if we feed the worms D3, they're able to make the 1,25 vitamin D. So we think that there's conserved metabolism between mammals and worms that suggests that maybe the worms are really making it in the wild as well. They've got the apparatus. They've got the enzymes.