Yes, supplements are often necessary for several reasons: Severe Deficiencies Require therapeutic doses of food that cant be provided Example: Correcting vitamin D deficiency often requires 5,000-10,000 IU daily initially Food alone cannot address severe depletion quickly Genetic Variations Affects how you process nutrients MTHFR mutations require methylated B vitamins Some people need 10x normal amounts of certain nutrients Chronic Health Conditions Increase nutrient needs significantly Autoimmune diseases deplete specific nutrients Diabetes affects multiple nutrient pathways Digestive disorders impair absorption Medication Interactions Create nutrient deficiencies Proton pump inhibitors block B12 absorption Birth control pills deplete B vitamins and magnesium Statins deplete CoQ10 These situations make evidence-based supplements truly necessary for functional medicine practitioners recommend
Methylcobalamin (Vitamin B12)
The stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157, an original cytoprotective antiulcer peptide that is used in ulcerative colitis and recently in a multiple sclerosis trial and that has an LD1 that has not been achieved [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11], is known to have pleiotropic beneficial effects [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11] and to interact with several molecular pathways [2, 27,28,29,30,31,32]
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