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Coping with gastritis and all its many symptoms is about as much fun as getting punched in the stomach! Your first instinct may be to reach for an antacid medication because that usuallyprovides quick gastritis relief. But if you want to keep painful gastritis symptoms away for good, the key is to discover your own individual gastritis cause. Identifying the underlying cause of your gastritis will quickly guide you to the best and safest therapies for long-lasting relief.

Common Gastritis Symptoms

Gastritis pain centers in the upper abdomen, just under the rib cage, and stems from inflammation and irritation in the stomach. The following gastritis symptoms can come on quickly or gradually inchronic cases:

  • Nausea or upset stomach
  • Bloating
  • Belching
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting (including vomiting blood or material that looks like coffee grounds)
  • Indigestion
  • Heartburn
  • Burning, gnawing, or sore feeling between meals
  • Hiccups
  • Loss of appetite
  • Black, tarry stools

Medications and alcohol are causes of gastritis

Sometimes, gastritis symptoms can stem from taking medications, including some very common drugs such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs). NSAIDs, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen, are widely known to damage the stomach lining and can cause gastritis and ulcers.[1]

If you’ve been taking NSAIDs for chronic pain or inflammation and have any of the symptoms listed above, it’s important to see your doctor to determine whether gastritis and/or an NSAID-induced peptic ulcer is present. If possible, work with a practitioner versed in natural alternatives to NSAIDs, such as anti-inflammatory diets and natural supplements with inflammation-fighting actions, like curcumin.

Despite the widespread belief that alcohol and acidic foods and drinks, such as coffeeand citrus, cause gastritis, the evidence for this is absent. In fact, moderate alcohol consumption and certain antimicrobial essential oils in citrus may even be therapeutic.[2-4] Nevertheless, some people with gastritis may want to temporarily avoid coffee, alcohol, and acidic foods during treatment as they may aggravate symptoms.

Bacterial infection—the single most common gastritis cause

The most common cause of gastritis symptoms is an infection with the bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).The chronic form of gastritis caused by H pylori infection may eventually lead to peptic ulcers or stomach cancer.[5] A doctor can test for the presence of this bacteria and then can prescribe a combination of medications, including two or more antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), to try and eradicate the infection.  However, conventional drug therapy frequently fails due to increasing antibiotic resistance.

Fortunately, natural protocols for eradicating H. pylori and treating gastritis caused by the bacteria can be very effective.  These protocols typically feature certain botanical medicines with either antimicrobial properties or the ability to help heal and protect the gastric mucosa as well as probiotics.[6]

Probiotics have become an integral part of the treatment of gastritis caused by H. pylori, even among many conventional doctors. Many studies have now shown that adding probiotics to conventional treatments improves the eradication of H. pylori, decreases gastritis symptoms, and prevent or reduce antiobiotic side effects.[7]

Extracts and essential oils from medicinal plants from all over the world have demonstrated the ability to kill H. pylori, including: [8-10]

  • Aged garlic extract
  • Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal) root extract
  • Agrimonia eupatoria (agrimony) extract
  • Filipenula ulmaria (meadowsweet) extract
  • Salvia officinalis (sage) extract
  • Coptis chinensis extract

Although few human studies have been conducted to show whether these and other herbal extracts work as stand-alone therapies for treating H. pylori infections in patients, they are commonly used by licensed naturopathic doctor or other practitioners trained in botanical medicine with good results, especially when combined with other herbs and nutrients known to help decrease inflammation in increase healing of the gastric mucosa, such as deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL), slippery elm, L-glutamine, and zinc carnosine.[10,11]

It is important that you work with a licensed health care practitioner for the appropriate dosages of all these natural treatments. Also, please be aware that if H. pylori infection is the primary cause of your gastritis, your symptoms will completely resolve, your stomach lining won’t heal, and you won’t reduce your risk of peptic ulcers and stomach cancer until you treat this infection.

Consider Gluten and other Food Intolerances

Gastritis can also be induced by bile reflux (when bile from the gallbladder backwashes into the stomach), pernicious anemia (an autoimmune B12 anemia), and food intolerances. Gluten, in particular, may be associated with gastritis. A recent study found that people with celiac disease are much more likely to suffer from gastritis.[12] They are also more likely to have symptoms of heartburn and reflux, and these symptoms have been shown to completely resolve on a gluten-free diet.[13] This may also be true for people with non-celiac gluten sensitivity.  Other food intolerances, such as to dairy, soy, corn, egg, yeast, ), nuts, all grains, or other foods, should also be ruled out as the very cause of your gastritis.

The Dangers of Relying on Antacids for Gastritis Relief

Gastritis symptoms are a red flag your digestive system is in distress. Although antacids and heartburn medications can provide quick gastritis relief, they simply turn off the alarm bells but do not address the underlying causes of your stomach pain. They also come with risks, such as increased development of osteoporosis.

It’s better to identify and then manage the root cause of your gastritis. Our Directory of Integrative Physicians can help you find a doctor who knows exactly how to help you identify the etiology of your gastritis and can then offer healing therapies individualized to that cause. For occasional flare-ups, however, a number of herbs and nutritional compounds have been shown to tame the “fire in your stomach” and provide safe gastritis relief:

  • Deglycyrrhizinated licorice root extract (DGL)
  • L-glutamine
  • Mastic gum
  • Citrus bioflavonoids
  • Bismuth citrate
  • Gamma oryzanol

Change Your Diet

Of course, what you actually put in your stomach can determine whether you have gastritis. Relief and prevention isn’t just about avoiding spicy or acidic food and drink. Rather, it’s about eating a diet that respects the integrity of your stomach lining by focusing on whole, unprocessed, natural foods and the avoidance of foods to which you are intolerant

Many people find that they can relieve or prevent gastritis symptoms by avoiding a high-carbohydrate diet of processed foods, sweets, sodas, coffee drinks, and foods with trans fats. Instead, opt for a whole foods diet with plenty of protein, natural fats (not processed vegetable oils), and produce.


[1]  Arthritis Res Ther. 2013; 15(Suppl 3): S3.

[2]  Int J Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;125(12):2918-22.

[3] BMC Complement Altern Med. 2015 Jul 30;15:256.

[4] Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:509451.

[5] Gut. 2015 Oct;64(10):1650-68.

[6] FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2011 Nov;63(2):153-64.

[7] Helicobacter. 2016 Feb;21(1):3-10.

[8] Toxicol Res. 2014 Mar;30(1):45-8.

[9] Phytother Res. 2010 May;24(5):649-56.

[10] Ann Transl Med. 2015 Jun;3(9):122.

[11] Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 1999 Apr;13(4):483-7.

[12] Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2015 Jul;42(2):180-7.

[13] Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011  Mar;9(3):214-9.

This blog was originally written by contributing author Elaine Fawcett, N.T.P. and published in 2012 as “Looking for Genuine Relief for Gastritis Symptoms?”

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Quand j’étais petit, il m’arrivait parfois de voir un tatouage sur le bras d’un homme.

Une croix bleue, quelques lettres irrégulières, un symbole, j’observais avec une curiosité mêlée d’effroi cette marque qui ne m’évoquait rien à part l’ancre sur le bras de Popeye.

Car les tatouages étaient rares. Seuls les « gros bras » en portaient. Ex-prisonnier, voyou, caïds, rockers, trafiquants, membres de gang, marins et soldats de certains corps d’élite, le tatouage était un signe de reconnaissance pour les « durs ».

On nous parlait aussi à l’école du terrible sort des prisonniers des camps de concentration qui devaient se faire tatouer leur matricule sur le corps, comme le bétail. Cela nous paraissait abominable.

Les choses ont bien changé dans les années 90.

Le tatouage est devenu un commerce de masse, parfois un art, souvent un accessoire de mode et très souvent un symbole érotique. On se tatoue pour s’amuser, pour déclarer une passion, pour « s’éclater » lors d’une soirée entre amis.

Tout le monde le fait et c’est donc devenu quelque chose de normal, qu’on fait même parfois sans plus savoir exactement pourquoi.

« Moi, j’ai mon nom en idéogrammes chinois sur le poignet, et toi ? » ; « Ben moi, j’ai une étoile sur la cheville. » Et puis c’est tout.

Tout ?

Hé bien, non, justement. Ce n’est pas tout. Tandis que monte la popularité des tatouages, monte également l’inquiétude sur les effets à long terme des produits qui sont injectés dans la peau.

Le danger devient bien réel alors que la mode est aux tatouages de plus en plus couvrants.

Non seulement les tatouages couvrent un membre entier, le cou, le torse, le dos, ou plus encore, mais les motifs eux-mêmes sont de plus en plus opaques ; les tatouages consistent parfois désormais à se colorer entièrement une partie du corps.

Tatouages
Les tatouages sont de plus en plus courants et toujours plus couvrants

Des produits chimiques qui peuvent migrer et devenir toxiques

Cette tendance est complètement incroyable à l’époque où les gens se ruent sur les magazines qui font des enquêtes (plus ou moins sérieuses d’ailleurs, mais c’est un autre sujet) pour dénoncer les allergènes, des irritants, des perturbateurs endocriniens dans les produits ménagers, les cosmétiques. [1]

Le derme et l’épiderme sont de très efficaces barrières de protection contre l’environnement. Même le pire des virus, que ce soit la peste, le sida ou l’Ebola est inoffensif lorsqu’il est sur votre peau !

Pour pénétrer dans votre corps, il a besoin d’une plaie ou au moins d’une muqueuse.

Or, les tatouages consistent précisément à s’introduire directement dans la peau des encres chimiques persistantes qui ne sont soumises à aucune réglementation particulière. C’est à peine si les fabricants sont obligés d’indiquer leur composition.

Les encres à tatouage viennent souvent à l’origine de produits qui n’avaient pas été conçus pour : encres de calligraphie, encres à dessin, et même encres d’imprimantes. Les encres sont souvent achetées sur Internet, à l’étranger : comment être sûr de ce qu’elles contiennent ?

Le problème est que, une fois dans la peau, les pigments peuvent migrer et rejoindre d’autres organes où ils peuvent avoir un effet toxique.

Risques infectieux et verrues

Durant la séance de tatouage, les aiguilles percent la peau et induisent une brèche dans la barrière cutanée. Cette petite plaie qui cicatrisera en quelques semaines peut être la porte d’entrée à des infections bactériennes, notamment à Staphylocoques.

Le tatouage s’accompagne d’un saignement qui entraînait autrefois un risque de contamination par certains virus transmissibles par le sang comme l’hépatite B, le virus de l’immunodéficience humaine (VIH) et surtout l’hépatite C. Mais l’usage du dermographe (une machine à tatouer électrique) avec des aiguilles à usage unique ou stérilisées a fait disparaître ce risque aujourd’hui.

En revanche, des verrues virales peuvent parfois se retrouver à apparaître sur des tatouages sans que l’on sache réellement pourquoi. Il s’agit probablement de verrues présentes avant le tatouage, mais non visibles à l’œil nu ou pas reconnues par le tatoueur, et disséminées ensuite sur les tracés du tatouage.

Les aiguilles ne sont pas la seule source d’infection possible. L’eau utilisée pour diluer les encres, peut aussi présenter des défauts de stérilisation.

Il faut savoir que le métier de tatoueur n’est pas reconnu par la loi française. Seule une charte d’hygiène existe depuis 2003, écrite conjointement par le Syndicat National des Artistes Tatoueurs et des médecins de l’hôpital Rotschild à Paris.

Allergies

Les allergies sont la complication la plus fréquente après tatouage. Le tatouage se met à démanger, gonfler – parfois après exposition solaire. C’est ce qu’on appelle la « photo-toxicité ». Les pigments réagissent aux rayons du soleil et subissent une transformation chimique qui les rend irritants. Le plus souvent, une seule couleur est affectée par le phénomène (habituellement le rouge).

Ces réactions sont imprévisibles et peuvent arriver dans des délais allant de quelques semaines à plus de 40 ans après le tatouage. Il ne sert donc à rien de faire une « zone test » de tatouage sur un coin de peau cachée.

Les tatouages rituels traditionnels étaient différents

Les tatouages à la mode ne sont ni naturels, ni même traditionnels.

Il est vrai que les êtres humains utilisent les tatouages et les autres formes d’art corporel depuis des milliers d’années comme signaux et symbolique sociale.

Mais jusqu’à présent, ils avaient utilisé des substances naturelles, pas des produits chimiques.

De plus, ils utilisaient des pierres, et pas des aiguilles, pour faire pénétrer les couleurs, ce qui limitait énormément leur portée et leur durée.

Ces tatouages artistiques, décoratifs, religieux ou guerriers, disparaissaient d’eux-mêmes après le moment pour lequel ils avaient été faits – comme le henné.

Tatouages
Le tatouage traditionnel au henné présente l’avantage d’être provisoire.

Or, on en sait très peu sur les risques toxicologiques des nouveaux pigments des encres à tatouage, qui peuvent migrer et rejoindre les organes vitaux. On ne dispose pas de données fiables sur la bio cinétique et la toxicité à long terme des pigments utilisés en tatouage.

Le coût et les ennuis, de retirer un tatouage

Nous avons aussi besoin d’en savoir plus sur les moyens sûrs et efficaces de retirer les tatouages. Généralement, les gens ne s’aperçoivent que des années plus tard des conséquences de ce qu’ils ont fait (mais aussi parfois dès le lendemain quand ils se réveillent avec la gueule de bois).

Il n’y a pas que le coût, très supérieur à celui de se faire tatouer. Les techniques d’élimination ne sont pas au point et laissent souvent des traces définitives.

Le violet intense, le fluo, le jaune et le blanc sont très difficiles à enlever. Les tatouages arc-en-ciel sont impossible à enlever entièrement. [2] On parle de laser, de chirurgies, mais ces techniques ne sont pas efficaces à 100 %.

Cela veut dire que le corps est marqué à vie.

De plus, l’opération est douloureuse et elle est chère : il faut 3 à 10 séances, chacune coûtant en moyenne 150 €.

Or, les jeunes qui se font tatouer n’ont pas toujours conscience à quel point la vie est longue et compliquée. Un symbole, une image, un nom ou une citation qui leur plait à l’âge de 20 ans leur suggérera certainement tout autre chose à l’âge de 50. Un tiers des personnes tatouées en arrivent un jour à ne plus le supporter, selon l’American Adademy of dermatology (AAD 2013).

Le plus paradoxal est que les personnes qui se font les tatouages les plus artistiques, sont aussi en général les personnes qui se disent, ou se croient, les plus proches de la nature, de l’écologie. Elles n’accepteraient jamais d’avaler un produit chimique ou de s’en frotter le corps. Or, là, elles acceptent, elles demandent même, qu’on leur en mette sous la peau.

Bientôt, des tatouages sur les yeux et des tatouages animés

Certaines personnes se font désormais tatouer les yeux. Pas les paupières : les globes oculaires. Je vous dispense des photos atroces, mais si vous souhaitez les voir, suivez la référence indiquée en note. [3]

Les premiers tatouages électroniques, qui transforment la peau en écran, sont également en train d’apparaître. Je ne ferai aucun commentaire à ce sujet. [4]

Conseil à mes enfants

Vous l’avez compris, je ne suis, à titre personnel, pas « fan » de tatouage.

Je sais apprécier certains dessins spectaculaires. J’admire le travail minutieux qu’ils ont demandé. Je suis impressionné par certains monstres, serpents, dragons, visages du Christ sanglant, que certains arborent fièrement sur leur corps. Je comprends bien sûr le caractère suggestif d’un tatouage placé à la limite d’un endroit intime, à l’endroit même où l’on n’ose laisser glisser son regard…

Toutefois, à mes enfants, le jour où ils décident de se faire tatouer, je leur ferai lire une version imprimée de cet article avant qu’ils ne commettent l’irréparable.

Je les enverrai sur les forums Internet où les gens racontent leurs témoignages, comme par exemple :

« Bonjour

j avais un tatouage à une cheville que j’ai voulu recouvrir car je ne l’aimais plus malheureusement c est un rater total … j ai meme demander au tatoueur d arreter ! j ai donc un enorme tatouage pas fini, un griboullage que j ai du mal a supporter meme si les autre le voient pas c ‘est dans ma tete …

ca fais un an qu ‘il est ainsi et je n’ose pas aller chez un tatoueur ni chez un detatoueur tellement j’ai honte ! » [5]

Ils feront ce qu’ils voudront de mes conseils, bien entendu.

A votre santé !

Jean-Marc Dupuis



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Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment

Pyrilinks-D – Simple Osteoporosis Tests Provide Unique Value Over Density ScansAre you currently losing bone at an accelerated rate? Bone loss is much easier to prevent than to reverse, so wouldn’t you rather start treatment before you have actual bone loss? Or, if you already know you have low bone density and are trying to improve your bone health, how do you know if your current treatments are working? You could wait until your next DEXA scan, but that might be two or more years  away. The tests that make it possible to answer these important questions, such as the Pyrilinks-D, are called bone resorption tests and are available to you right now. In fact, Pyrilinks-D and other bone resorption tests have been available for at least a decade, but until recently their benefits were not widely known.

How are bone resorption tests like the Pyrilinks-D different than DEXA scans?

Although tests for bone resorption like the Pyrilinks-D are still not regularly utilized in the conventional medicine world, many integrative and natural healthcare practitioners are taking advantage of them for osteoporosis treatment and prevention. These tests go beyond traditional DEXA scans which measure bone density by taking a

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static image of bone and don’t show changes for at least a year or two. DEXA scans are still essential for osteoporosis diagnosis but they provide no information about the rate of bone loss. That’s where Pyrilinks-D and other bone resorption tests come in—they use urine or blood to measure markers of bone resorption (breakdown), allowing for the identification of bone loss before it has become excessive.

What is bone resorption?

Bone is not stable; rather, it is an active, changing tissue, continually being remodeled, which means that new bone  is  being formed while old bone is simultaneously being resorbed (broken down).  Osteoporosis results when new bone formation does not keep up with bone break down. When the rate of resorption exceeds the rate of formation, the bones become progressively more porous, brittle, and fragile. Numerous tests to measure bone remodeling have been developed and researched during the past two decades and today there are multiple bone resorption tests, such as the Pyrilinks-D, to choose from. This remainder of this article will focus on Pyrilinks-D, also called deoxypiridinoline or DPD. In part 2 of this article, you will learn about two more well-researched and widely used bone resorption tests:  the CTX test and urine NTX test.

What does the Pyrilinks-D test measure, exactly?

The Pyrilinks-D test is based on the fact that the mineral structure of bone accumulates upon a protein matrix which consists of collagen. This collagen contains unique protein structures that are linked in a crossing pattern in order to strengthen it, this giving bone greater stability. Bone resorption involves a breakdown of this collagen protein structure. The resulting protein fragments from this breakdown get excreted in the urine. The Pyrilinks-D test measures one of these specific protein fragments, deoxypyridinoline (DPD), to test the rate of bone resorption. The test also goes by the name deoxypyridinoline, or just DPD.

DPD is found in bone only and urine DPD levels reflect the true rate of bone turnover. It is one of the most useful markers for identifying accelerated bone breakdown and predicting the probability of bone loss. The “normal” DPD level varies, depending on the laboratory’s measurement methods and other factors, but for women generally ranges from 3 to 7.4. In one recent study, DPD levels above the upper limit of the normal premenopausal range were found to be associated with an increased hip fracture risk.[1] Another recent study in 522 Japanese postmenopausal women found that high levels of DPD in the urine was associated with spinal fractures and could predict spinal fractures in women up to ten years out.[2]

Pyrilinks-D test details

Many of the major national laboratories, such as LabCorp, as well as some specialty laboratories, such as Genova Diagnostics and Metametrix, perform the Pyrilinks-D or similar tests for DPD. Like most lab tests now, you can order the Pyrilinks-D or DPD test yourself without a doctor’s involvement in most states in the United States through various online companies that offer direct-to-consumer access to lab tests, such as DirectLabs (they offer Genova’s Bone Resorption Assessment, for instance). However, given the complexity of bone resorption testing, it is recommended that you work with a healthcare practitioner experienced using and interpreting Pyrilinks-D or another bone resorption test.

If you want to get a Pyrilinks-D or similar test to measure your DPD levels, experts suggest that you stick with the same lab for serial measurements since different labs have different methods of measurement and different reference ranges. The best way to take advantage of bone resorption tests like the Pyrilinks-D is to find out your initial level of bone resorption and then plan to re-test every 3 to 6 months using the same laboratory. The retail cost of the Pyrilinks-D or similar DPD test is about $105 to $150, and insurance typically covers the test if it is ordered by your doctor.

Pyrilinks-D is an ideal way to determine whether you are losing too much bone, providing an early warning sign before a DEXA scan might reveal a problem. And if you start a natural bone building regimen like the comprehensive plan we recommend in our step-by-step guide to treating osteoporosis naturally, a repeat Pyrilinks-D test after six months or so will give you a report card on the progress you are making to reverse your osteoporosis or osteopenia. What could work better as motivation to continue your current natural bone health treatment plan or as information that your current regimen is not working and needs to be changed?


[1] J Bone Miner Res. 1996 Oct;11(10):1531-8.

[2] Osteoporos Int. 2013 Mar;24(3):887-97.

 

Originally published in 2013, this blog has been updated.

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On a longtemps cru que les cellules du cerveau étaient incapables de se régénérer contrairement aux cellules de la peau, des os, du sang, des intestins et surtout du foie. Certaines cellules du sang se reconstituent au bout de quelques heures, d'autres,...

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Natural Health 101

3 Ways an Oxaloacetate Supplement Can Protect YouNeurotransmitters, on a very simplified level, are like mail carriers. They deliver messages to nerve cells that tell the neurons what to do. When they do their job correctly, everything works well.

But one particular neurotransmitter, glutamate, can become toxic to cells when there is too much of it. Glutamate can cause extensive brain damage in the event of a stroke or concussion, and it is a preferred fuel for many different types of cancer cells.

Researchers have discovered that oxaloacetate, an obscure molecule that plays a role in energy production, can remove excess glutamate from the bloodstream and has a protective effect against these hazards.

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1. Oxaloacetate increases energy production.

Cells can produce energy in two different ways. The more primitive, less effective method is glycolysis. The more advanced and efficient method is oxidative phosphorylation. This occurs in the mitochondria, and it produces eight times more energy than glycolysis—while using the same amount of fuel.[1]

Oxaloacetate is an important part of the metabolic cycle that allows oxidative phosphorylation to occur. Without this molecule, cells are forced to rely more heavily on glycolysis.[2] This can lead to decreased production of energy and a decreased supply of blood sugar. In fact, studies indicate that a lack of oxaloacetate can cause energy production to fall by nearly 500%.[3]

2. Oxaloacetate starves cancer.

Cancerous cells rely on simple sugars and glutamate for their fuel supply, and this is especially true for brain tumors.[4] Glutamate also allows cancer cells to grow and divide.[5] When simple sugars and glutamate are abundant, cancer cells can produce more energy. This makes them more capable of spreading and more resistant to treatment.

Fortunately, studies have shown that the consumption of an oxaloacetate supplement can decrease blood glutamate levels by 40%.[6,7] This leads to a reduction of tumor size and invasiveness.[8] Furthermore, patients who are given an oxaloacetate supplement experience an increased survival rate of 237%.[8]

3. Oxaloacetate reduces brain trauma.

In addition to its use as a cancer fuel, glutamate can also trigger the excitation of neurons.[9] This is especially dangerous to stroke victims, and over time, it causes damage to brain cells. However, as oxaloacetate removes glutamate from the bloodstream, glutamate in the brain and spinal fluid is forced to exit, as well.[10]

This allows the brain to recover from strokes and traumatic injuries.[10] Without glutamate, neurons can naturally restore their long-term potentiation, allowing the cells to transmit signals more quickly, which leads to faster neural communication and improved brain function.

How to find an oxaloacetate supplement

Because oxaloacetate is a cellular metabolite, there is no effective way to obtain it from dietary sources. It must be refined and used as a supplement, and is available in capsule form.  As a natural part of the body’s cellular processes, oxaloacetate is a safe supplement with no side effects. Read about another glutamate-fighting supplement, N-acetyl cysteine here.

Share your experience

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References

[1] The Cell: A Molecular Approach. 2nd edition.

[2] Biochemistry. 5th edition.

[3] J Neurochem. 1988 Mar;50(3):673-80.

[4] Invest New Drugs. 2012 Feb 2.

[5] Trends Biochem Sci. Aug 2012; 35(8): 427-433.

[6] Exp Neurol. 2007 Jan;203(1):213-20.

[7] Neurotherapeutics. July 2012; 9(3): 649-657.

[8] Invest New Drugs. 2012 Feb 2.

[9] Stroke. 1996 Jun;27(6):1060-5.

[10] Eur J Pharmacol. 2009 Feb 14;604(1-3):51-7.

Originally published in 2014, this blog has been updated.

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