Vitamin C preparations: Are they all the same?
Lau Hui Ling PhD, MPharm, RPh While there is no difference in terms of the absorption and bioavailability between natural and synthetic vitamin C, the type of formulation or dosage form in which the vitamin C is delivered to the body may affect its absorption from your gastrointestinal tract into your blood stream. Vitamin C is available as […]
Alkaline water a cure for cancer: Fact or fiction?
John Tiong Jeh LungMPharm, PhD, RPh The anticancer effect of alkaline water (pH above 7) is at present a controversial topic of hot discussion. It is believed that acidogenic diets can cause the blood which has a normal physiological pH of approximately 7.4 (slightly alkaline) to become too acidic (pH less than 7), hence increasing the […]