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The Lipid Membrane: The Unsung Hero of Cellular Health

The cell membrane, a lipid bilayer just a few nanometers thick, plays a critical role in cellular function by regulating nutrient transport, immune signaling, and maintaining overall cell integrity. Essential fatty acids, like omega-3 and omega-6, are crucial for maintaining membrane fluidity and functionality, which supports energy production, cellular communication, and resistance to degenerative disease.

Dr. Thomas Wnorowski | 09.13.2021

Diabetes and Gut Health: What is the Gut Microbiome-Diabetes Connection?

In this article, we’ll walk through the factors that lead to diabetes, the connection between diabetes and the microbiome, and managing diabetes by supporting gut health, including probiotic and postbiotic (butyrate) therapy.

Dr. Thomas Wnorowski | 08.17.2021

8 Benefits of Phospholipids for Your Health and Longevity*

Phospholipids are one of the true essential building blocks your body needs to function on a minute-to-minute basis. As the puzzle pieces composing the structure of the cell membrane, we literally could not exist without phospholipids. Chief among them is phosphatidylcholine (PC), accounting for 50% of the outer layer of the cell membrane, the barrier between the busy factory inside of the cell and the bloodstream outside. But there are many other types of phospholipids, and they all have a role to play in human health.

Dr. Thomas Wnorowski | 08.09.2021

Do Selenium Benefits Include Thyroid Health?

In this article, we’ll review the purpose of the thyroid gland, suboptimal thyroid conditions, how selenium interacts with the thyroid, the benefits of selenium and risks of deficiency, and the ways you can get more selenium if you need it, including selenium supplements.

Jessica Kane | 08.06.2021

12 Essential Pregnancy Supplements for Healthy Moms and Babies

Our health journeys are all so personalized and, being a part of BodyBio, I have access to incredible doctors and researchers to guide me along the way. Here are my pregnancy recommendations and how I take care of myself and my babies while pregnant and nursing

bottle of liposomal vitamin C from BodyBio

Dr. Thomas Wnorowski | 07.28.2021

Vitamin C: Benefits and Frequently Asked Questions

Vitamin C is more absorbable and bioavailable in the body because the vitamin C is encased within liposomes, microscopic droplets surrounded by a lipid bilayer, the same kind of barrier as our cell membranes. This liposome makes the vitamin C fat soluble (instead of water soluble) and more easily transported into our cells, where it can be used.

Dr. Thomas Wnorowski | 07.26.2021

10 Benefits of Butyrate for Total Body Health

When considering all of the supplementation options for your personal health and well-being, it can be overwhelming to try to narrow down just a few—or even just one—key player. Naturally, what you choose to take depends on your personal health history, but when in doubt, most people could benefit from something that works to improve the gut, widely considered by functional and holistic health professionals to be the foundation of total body health.

Teri Cochrane | 07.09.2021

Calm: A Symphony of Stress-Relieving Ingredients

When consulting clients in my private practice, I look for the lowest common denominator of supplements that their body needs to be optimally healthy, and when selecting those supplements, I look for the least amount of ingredients that will get me that desired outcome. As a rule of thumb, the more ingredients a supplement contains, the more likely it is that there will be a mechanism of action that is counter-productive, that disrupts another process or triggers an unfavorable genetic tendency.

Dr. Thomas Wnorowski | 07.06.2021

Vitamin D and the Sun: What You Need to Know About the “Sunshine Vitamin”

The synthesis of vitamin D is just one reason we need healthy sun exposure on a daily basis, but it is an important one. In this article, we’ll investigate how vitamin D is absorbed from sunlight exposure, how much vitamin D we can actually get from the sun, and other factors affecting vitamin D production from sun exposure.

Effective Spend | 06.18.2021

Cellular Health and Phospholipids with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald and Dr. Bruce Hoffman

We’re bringing you something a bit different today with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald’s New Frontiers in Functional Medicine podcast featuring Dr. Bruce Hoffman.

The two functional medicine pioneers talk about many subjects near and dear to us at BodyBio: the importance of cell membrane health, phospholipids, lipid therapy, and how our Phosphatidylcholine, Balance Oil, and Butyrate supplements can be used in a protocol to treat complex chronic illness.

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