Category: Nutraceuticals

Micronutrient Testing in Celiac Disease – When a Gluten-Free Diet is Not Enough

Republished with permission from SpectraCell Laboratories Celiac disease is characterized by the inability to tolerate gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. When gluten is ingested by a person with celiac disease, an allergic reaction follows that causes serious damage to the intestinal wall, ultimately creating malabsorption issues and a host… Read More »

Melatonin: More Than Just a Sleep Hormone

Posted by Dr. Allison Smith – Republished with permission from ZRT Laboratory I’ve been up to my elbows in melatonin research for a week now. I always felt like I had a pretty good working knowledge of where melatonin came from in the body, roughly how it was synthesized, the signals that propagate its production, and where… Read More »