Earlier this year I discovered that binges with Diet Dr. Pepper were dropping my platelet counts. I needed the caffeine and didn’t feel the dropped count physically but did feel stupid about overdoing it. After dipping into 6 or 8 potential blogs’ worth of background, I’ve since realized that food effects on platelets are varied …
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Foods that Boost Drug Potency
Recently I wrote that the body’s rapid excretion of quercetin leaves far too little time for the clear medical activity detected in test tubes. But it turns out there’s a much deeper irony. Even during its short stay quercetin enhances the bioavailability of other medicinal compounds. The technical term is “bioenhancer” and numerous other compounds …
Quercetin: Waiting for the Right Moment
Coming-of-age stories can be brutal critiques of parents. Speaking as someone with grown kids, I notice these things. At this point in life the young-adult tales that resonate with me have a loving parent out of sight, giving the fledgling liberty to try out their wings. And at some point along the way, the young …
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