FBCM is currently considered to be the most common cause of vitamin B12 deficiency, caused by impairment in the release of the vitamin from food, commonly because of conditions such as gastritis, achlorhydria, gastrectomy, use of antacids, or proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), gastric atrophy in the elderly, and Helicobacter pylori infection (63, 74)
When struggling with lower levels of the antioxidant, IV therapies can be the ideal solution
The compound was also investigated as PL14736 in early-phase IBD clinical work, as described in a 2008 paper by Klicek and colleagues in Journal of Pharmacological Sciences , though that clinical program was never completed or approved
Liu L-J, Leung K-H, Chan DS-H, Wang Y-T, Ma D-L, Leung C-H (2014) Identification of a natural product-like STAT3 dimerization inhibitor by structure-based virtual screening
Though not a particularly good source of protein, avocados are one of the highest food sources of glutathione, a small protein made of just 3 amino acids linked together: glycine, cysteine, and glutamic acid