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Urolithin A and the Mediterranean Diet: How a Polyphenol-Rich Eating Pattern Supports Cellular Health
Nov 4, 2026 Urolithin A and the Mediterranean Diet: How a Polyphenol-Rich Eating Pattern Supports Cellular Health The Mediterranean diet is built around the ellagitannin-rich foods — pomegranate, walnuts, and berries — that your gut bacteria turn into urolithin...
Can Antioxidant Supplements Blunt Your Exercise Gains?
Nov 3, 2026 Can Antioxidant Supplements Blunt Your Exercise Gains? High-dose vitamin C and E can blunt some cellular adaptations to training by muting the ROS “signal” exercise produces. Here's what the...
Mitochondria and Muscle Fiber Types: Slow-Twitch vs Fast-Twitch
Nov 3, 2026 Mitochondria and Muscle Fiber Types: Slow-Twitch vs Fast-Twitch Slow-twitch fibers are packed with mitochondria for endurance; fast-twitch fibers hold fewer for power. Here's how mitochondrial density defines each fiber type...
How to Support a Healthy Gut Microbiome: Evidence-Based Habits
Nov 3, 2026 How to Support a Healthy Gut Microbiome: Evidence-Based Habits Supporting a healthy gut microbiome is mostly about diet and lifestyle: eating diverse plants and fiber, adding fermented foods, sleeping well, moving...
Apoptosis and Mitochondria: How Cells Decide When to Die
Nov 3, 2026 Apoptosis and Mitochondria: How Cells Decide When to Die Apoptosis is the body's orderly way of clearing damaged cells, and mitochondria run the decisive “intrinsic” pathway. Here's how MOMP, cytochrome c,...
Mitochondria-ER Contact Sites (MAMs): Where Two Organelles Meet
Nov 2, 2026 Mitochondria-ER Contact Sites (MAMs): Where Two Organelles Meet Mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs) are contact sites where mitochondria meet the ER to swap calcium and lipids and help launch mitophagy. Here's what...
Proteostasis and Aging: How Your Cells Keep Proteins in Working Order
Nov 2, 2026 Proteostasis and Aging: How Your Cells Keep Proteins in Working Order Proteostasis is how your cells fold, maintain and recycle proteins. Here's how this network declines with age, why it matters, and the...
Your Gut Microbiome and Urolithin A: The Conversion Connection
Nov 2, 2026 Your Gut Microbiome and Urolithin A: The Conversion Connection Urolithin A is a postbiotic your gut bacteria make from dietary ellagitannins, but only an estimated 30-40% of people host the microbes...
Mitokines: How Your Mitochondria Signal the Rest of Your Body
Nov 2, 2026 Mitokines: How Your Mitochondria Signal the Rest of Your Body Mitokines are signaling molecules that stressed mitochondria release into the bloodstream. Here's what the research shows about FGF21, GDF15 and how they...
Can You Take Urolithin A and Collagen Together?
Nov 1, 2026 Can You Take Urolithin A and Collagen Together? Yes. Urolithin A and collagen work through different mechanisms with no known interaction, so they can be taken together. Here is what...
Is Urolithin A a Postbiotic? How a Gut Metabolite Became a Cellular Health Supplement
Nov 1, 2026 Is Urolithin A a Postbiotic? How a Gut Metabolite Became a Cellular Health Supplement Yes — urolithin A fits the modern definition of a postbiotic: a compound your gut bacteria make from dietary ellagitannins. Here is...
Should You Take Urolithin A Before or After a Workout?
Nov 1, 2026 Should You Take Urolithin A Before or After a Workout? Urolithin A is not a pre-workout stimulant, so there is no proven best moment to take it around exercise. Human trials dosed...