Ingredient framework; direct source links are available in the studies library when published.
How it works
Transform -- essential cofactor for prolyl/lysyl hydroxylase enzymes that hydroxylate procollagen
Build -- enables collagen synthesis, a structural protein for connective tissue
Exchange -- reduces dietary non-heme iron to its more absorbable ferrous form in the gut, enhancing iron uptake
Maintain -- recycles oxidized vitamin E and scavenges free radicals; lowers serum uric acid
Form matters
The same nutrient can be made in very different forms -- and a study done on one form does not automatically apply to another. Methylcobalamin is not cyanocobalamin; magnesium glycinate is not magnesium oxide; a whole-food extract is not the synthetic isolate that was studied. Two things decide whether what is in the bottle behaves like the research: the exact form, and independent lab verification (a Certificate of Analysis) that the form and dose on the label are truly what is inside. Without a COA, you are trusting a label, not the science.
The science on Vitamin C with polyphenols
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