Comparisons

Dark leafy greens beside a single small white tablet on a kitchen board

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...

Deep orange CoQ10 capsules spilling from a small bottle onto a dark counter

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...

Three differently shaped white tablets beside a single lozenge on grey linen

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,...

Two similar capsules, one pink tinted and one deep red, resting on a white dish

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...

Two small piles of dried herb root, ashwagandha chips and rhodiola slices, side by side on a pale ceramic dish

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...

A measuring spoon of white creatine powder beside a small digital scale

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...

  • Magnesium

    The dose ranges that show up in trials, and the forms that were actually used in them.

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  • Ashwagandha

    Stress and sleep scores, the trial sizes behind them, and where industry funding sits.

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  • Creatine

    What the trials measured outside strength sports, including work in older adults.

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