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Re:Pomegranate compound with anti-aging effects passes human... by DSingularity on Monday June 17, 2019 @10:36AM (#20203395)
The article states that Urolithin-A is not produced by everybody. That acid in these fruits needs to be converted to UA in our gut. So no, it’s not always as simple as eating these fruits.
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Re:Pomegranate compound with anti-aging effects passes human... by strainer on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:19AM (#20203815)
However at the same time, the gut is so confoundingly complicated that substances in concentrated tablet form are often less readily absorbed than less concentrated amounts occurring in food.
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