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Japan Dietary Supplements Market to Grow at a CAGR 5.8%

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Chicago, July 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to a research report “Japan Dietary Supplements Market by Type (Botanicals, Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids, Enzymes, Probiotics), Function, Mode of Application, Target Consumer, Distribution Channel (Pharmacy, Supermarket/Hypermarket, Online) and Region – Global Forecast to 2028″, published by MarketsandMarkets, Japan Dietary Supplements Industry to Grow at a CAGR 5.8% from 2023 to 2028.

The growing demand for sports nutrition products and the adoption of active lifestyles.

The strong focus on physical fitness and sports participation creates a higher demand for dietary supplements among athletes and fitness enthusiasts. These individuals seek supplements that

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A Dietary Supplement That Might Really Work: Taurine

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Readers of this column will know that I’m highly skeptical of dietary supplements. So you might imagine my reaction when I saw headlines a few days ago about Taurine, “the elixir of life?” (at CNN) and “Supplement Slows Aging In Mice And Monkeys” (New York Times).

Unlikely, I thought. But I read the scientific article behind these reports, and now I’m intrigued.

What is taurine? And could

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Readily Available Dietary Supplement Reverses HIV-Related Organ Damage in Preclinical Trials

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HIV-infected H9 t-cell. Credit: NIAID

MitoQ, a publicly accessible dietary supplement that acts as a mitochondrial antioxidant, was discovered through a mouse study to counteract the harmful impacts that HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART) inflict on the mitochondria within the brain, heart, aorta, lungs, kidney, and liver.

The research team employed a molecular technique to calculate the proportion between human and murine mitochondrial (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA (ntDNA), a key indicator of mitochondrial dysfunction. A decrease in this ratio signals impaired mitochondrial function. Relative to their healthy counterparts, mice infected with HIV and treated with ART demonstrated mitochondrial dysfunction in

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Most US adults and a third of children use dietary supplements, survey finds

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Most American adults and more than a third of children use dietary supplements, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and those numbers have remained steady or been on the rise.

The researchers from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics looked only at supplement use from 2017 to March 2020. Experts say that use is probably even higher now because it grew during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly before the arrival of vaccines and treatments, studies and surveys showed, when people were trying to boost immunity any way they could.

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