CELL MEMBRANE, OUR CHOICE

CELL MEMBRANE, OUR CHOICE

WHAT ARE FATS NEDEED FOR? It is expected that to this question, we all answer: fats constitute our energy reserves (and we must do everything to burn them because they make us fat). In reality this is an (inexact) answer that hides a purely anthropocentric point of...
FATTY ACIDS SUPPLEMENTATION

FATTY ACIDS SUPPLEMENTATION

The essentiality of fats The 4th issue of the “Choice of supplement” column concerns fats, molecules necessary for our body without whom life would not exist. Based on their chemical structure, fatty acids are divided into two large families: saturated and...
FIBROMYALGIA and inflammation

FIBROMYALGIA and inflammation

Fibromyalgia: one of the Central Sensitization Syndromes Central Sensitization Syndrome is a definition that brings together all those conditions that have a common characteristic: the development and maintenance of a state of chronic pain for which the central...
ENDOMETRIOSIS and DIET SUPPORT

ENDOMETRIOSIS and DIET SUPPORT

Endometriosis: how it manifests itself Endometriosis is a gynecological disease characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside its physiological localization, such as the myometrium, ovary and peritoneum resulting in inflammation, fibrosis, adhesion...
FORMS OF ADMINISTRATION IN NUTRACEUTICS

FORMS OF ADMINISTRATION IN NUTRACEUTICS

FROM SOFT-GEL CAPSULES TO MICROEMULSIONS The research in the pharmaceutical field has addressed a crucial aspect of the efficacy of drugs and biologically active substances: the effective ability of administration (oral versus intramuscular and intravenous) to make...
The role of DHA in pregnancy

The role of DHA in pregnancy

How to satisfy fetal needs DHA is a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) belonging to the omega-3 series. Its biological activity is carried out in the membranes of all the cells of the organism where it is present in variable proportions depending on the cell type,...