BACKGROUND AND AIMS Individuals with Lynch syndrome have a high lifetime risk of developing colorectal tumors. In this prospective cohort study of individuals with Lynch syndrome, we examined associations between use of dietary supplements and occurrence of colorectal adenomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using data of 470 individuals with Lynch syndrome in a prospective cohort study, associations ...

HMB has recently become a popular dietary supplement used to promote exercise performance and skeletal muscle hypertrophy by many exercise enthusiasts. A lot of previous studies have found that HMB supplement is beneficial to reduce muscle damage and decrease protein catabolism, which leads to increased gains in muscle size and strength when associated with resistance exercise. However, it is v...

Insects fed to captive insectivores are deficient in calcium with inverse calcium to phosphorous ratios (Ca:P), and supplementation is required to avoid nutritional metabolic bone disease (NMBD). One method of improving the nutritional value of feeder insects is by “dusting” with powdered supplements, although it is often suggested that these are rapidly shed from prey insects. Here we analysed...

Background: Calcium tartrate tetrahydrate has been reported as the main mineral in urinary stones in rats that have significant tartrate in their diet, but in humans, there has been only one mention of calcium tartrate stones in the form of bladder stone, and that case was in Africa. Case Presentation: Patient is a 34-year-old Caucasian male who presented with typical symptoms of nephrolithiasi...

Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is widely used in pharmaceutical industries and as a supplement in probiotics. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of biofield energy treatment on the physicochemical properties of the CaCO3. The CaCO3 powder was divided into two parts and referred as control and treated. The control part was remained untreated, whereas treated part was subjected to T...