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One of the questions we get asked is do we neeed more magnesium if we’re stressed? To answer that question, we have to consider how stress works. Stress has a profound effect on the body. The sympathetic nervous system response drives the body into fight and flight at the expense of many other bodily processes. Calcium shuttles into our muscles for contraction and cortisol streams round our body along with adrenaline. Energy stores become liberated and glucose becomes instantly available for our body to burn. This is an amazing response which has allowed our species to survive. If we didn't have...

Since human's chemically isolated vitamin C (ascorbic acid), it has been one of the most widely used compounds on the planet. Vitamin C used to be derived naturally from rose hips but we soon discovered a more cost effective way of developing this vitamin which involved the use of corn. To create a concentrated form of vitamin C using corn takes a lot more processing than you might think. Melanie Werner describes the production of ascorbic acid in her book about the food industry. 'It starts not with corn kernels or even corn starch but with sorbitol, a sugar alcohol found naturally...

Have you ever heard of taurine before? Like many people, you may not be familiar with this compound. Taurine is an amino sulfonic acid, but it is often referred to as an amino acid. It is found in the tissues of all animals, including humans. In fact, taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in the human body. It is highest in the brain and heart, followed by the muscles. Taurine is also found in breast milk. Unlike many other amino acids, taurine is not used to build new tissues. Instead, it's considered a conditionally essential amino acid, meaning it...

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