Comparisons
Folate vs Folic Acid vs Methylfolate: What Differs
Three names, three different molecules Folate is a family name, not a compound. It covers the naturally occurring vitamers in food, which arrive reduced and carrying a chain of several...
Folate vs Folic Acid vs Methylfolate: What Differs
Three names, three different molecules Folate is a family name, not a compound. It covers the naturally occurring vitamers in food, which arrive reduced and carrying a chain of several...
CoQ10 Ubiquinol vs Ubiquinone: What the Absorpt...
One molecule, two oxidation states Coenzyme Q10 is a benzoquinone ring with a tail of ten isoprene units, which is where the 10 in the name comes from and why...
CoQ10 Ubiquinol vs Ubiquinone: What the Absorpt...
One molecule, two oxidation states Coenzyme Q10 is a benzoquinone ring with a tail of ten isoprene units, which is where the 10 in the name comes from and why...
Zinc Picolinate vs Gluconate vs Citrate
Reading the label The number that matters is elemental zinc, and it's a fixed fraction of whatever salt is in the capsule. Zinc gluconate runs about 14% zinc by weight,...
Zinc Picolinate vs Gluconate vs Citrate
Reading the label The number that matters is elemental zinc, and it's a fixed fraction of whatever salt is in the capsule. Zinc gluconate runs about 14% zinc by weight,...
B12 Cyanocobalamin vs Methylcobalamin: What Was...
Two molecules, one processing step Cobalamin is a cobalt ion held inside a corrin ring, and the commercial forms differ only in the group above the cobalt: cyano, methyl, hydroxyl...
B12 Cyanocobalamin vs Methylcobalamin: What Was...
Two molecules, one processing step Cobalamin is a cobalt ion held inside a corrin ring, and the commercial forms differ only in the group above the cobalt: cyano, methyl, hydroxyl...
Ashwagandha vs Rhodiola: What Each Was Studied For
What ashwagandha was studied for Chandrasekhar and colleagues enrolled 64 adults with a history of chronic stress and randomized them to 300 mg of a full-spectrum root extract twice daily...
Ashwagandha vs Rhodiola: What Each Was Studied For
What ashwagandha was studied for Chandrasekhar and colleagues enrolled 64 adults with a history of chronic stress and randomized them to 300 mg of a full-spectrum root extract twice daily...
Creatine 3 g vs 5 g: Does the Dose Matter
Where the 3 g figure comes from Hultman and colleagues published the study most creatine dosing traces back to in the Journal of Applied Physiology in 1996. Thirty-one men took...
Creatine 3 g vs 5 g: Does the Dose Matter
Where the 3 g figure comes from Hultman and colleagues published the study most creatine dosing traces back to in the Journal of Applied Physiology in 1996. Thirty-one men took...
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Magnesium
Read the fileThe dose ranges that show up in trials, and the forms that were actually used in them.
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Ashwagandha
Read the fileStress and sleep scores, the trial sizes behind them, and where industry funding sits.
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Creatine
Read the fileWhat the trials measured outside strength sports, including work in older adults.
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