Vitamin D is basically a hormone. Vitamin D is produced in the skin when exposed to sunlight. This is also the reason why we speak of the sun hormone. Its chemical name is cholecalciferol.
Metaphorically speaking, vitamin D brings light into the cells. For vitamin D to work, it needs to be activated in two more steps.
The first activation step takes place in the liver. From vitamin D, the 25-hydroxy vitamin D is created. Continue reading
Modern science has extensive insights into biochemical processes in the human body.
But in my opinion, the findings are often not sufficiently and quickly enough recognized. Doctors only receive treatment guidelines after many years, if not even decades later. Teaching content at the universities usually lag behind many years of current research.
The fact that a certain receptor is more frequently found in more than 50% of breast cancer patients is long known. Continue reading
Vitamin D has extensive effects. Widespread assumption that vitamin D is a pure “bone vitamin” is still existent. This is far from true. Vitamin D is transformed into a bioactive form in the skin only after exposure to UV radiation. Bioactive vitamin D, which then again is Continue reading
Radiation damage is an annoying side effect of radiation therapy causing the so-called endothelial dysfunction, which often results in tissues damage.
Radiotherapy may cause damage to the cells of the vascular endothelium (endothelial cells), since oxidative stress is increased by radiation.
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The folic acid absorbed through food may be partially destroyed by cooking and industrial processes [1].
To compensate for a deficiency, biologically active folic acid should be used when possible. Synthetic folic acid must first be converted in the body in several steps into the active form. For the body, this is associated with energy expenditure and requires a series of enzymatic reactions.
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Without the “Antioxidant Network” the body cannot survive. Many diseases that occur more frequently in old age, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, eye and skin diseases, tumors, etc. are the result of oxidation processes of body tissues. Here L-glutathione (GSH) in its reduced form has a key position.
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