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After nearly a century, we’re still learning what Vitamin C actually does for us TL/DR Synopsis: Last time, we took a look at how many other nutrients Vitamin C interacts with in our body’s infinitely complex symphony, but the first published studies on nutrient interactions didn’t emerge until about a quarter-century after Vitamin C was … Read more
TL/DR Synopsis: Back in 1934, there was money to be made in simple vitamins because it was new technology in a new market, and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., an American subsidiary of a European company, acquired the patent rights to synthesize the very first vitamin manufactured-from-scratch in a factory. It was Vitamin C, first sold in … Read more
Human life, or any other type of life, is truly miraculous when you take a minute to consider the details. We need energy to function, but we don’t have to be plugged into a wall socket. The tiniest ant moves quickly and finds food without needing a map app to locate a McDonald’s, and is … Read more