THE PURSER WELLNESS ENCYCLOPEDIA
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What’s searchable?Supports vision, immune function and tissue development. Also called: Vitamin A What it does Supports vision, immune function and tissue development. Possible deficiency symptoms Deficiency can cause night blindness and eye-surface damage. …
Provides building blocks for NAD and NADP, which participate in cellular energy reactions. Also called: Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Niacin What it does Provides building blocks for NAD and NADP, which participate in cellular energy reactions. Poss…
Supports DNA synthesis and one-carbon metabolism, including the pathway that processes homocysteine. Also called: Vitamin B9 (Folate), Folate, B9, folic acid, methylfolate, 5-MTHF, folinic acid, foods high in folate Different folate forms, …
Helps calcium absorption and bone mineralization. Also called: Vitamin D A nutrient level and a receptor gene answer different questions Dr. Purser places vitamin D in immune, hormone and bone-related teaching. The conversion-genetics chapt…
A carotenoid found in foods and in the retina. Also called: Zeaxanthin What it does A carotenoid found in foods and in the retina. How supplementation is approached Zeaxanthin is a plant pigment found in the eye and often paired with lutein…
Supports enzymes, immune function, wound healing and taste. Also called: Zinc Read zinc together with copper Zinc connects with immune function, hormones, copper handling and antioxidant enzymes. A plan for zinc should also account for othe…
BCO1, also called BCMO1, helps convert beta-carotene from plant foods into retinal, a form used in vitamin A metabolism. Plant carotenoids and preformed vitamin A therefore enter the pathway at different points. Also called: BCMO1, Beta-Car…
BRCA1 helps repair damaged DNA. Clinically classified pathogenic variants can affect inherited cancer risk; a common SNP or a variant of uncertain significance is a different finding. Also called: Breast Cancer 1 DNA repair and inherited ca…
BRCA2 helps repair damaged DNA. Clinically classified pathogenic variants can affect inherited cancer risk; a common SNP or a variant of uncertain significance is a different finding. Also called: Breast Cancer 2 DNA repair and inherited ca…
CBS helps move homocysteine into the pathway that supplies building blocks for glutathione. Also called: Cystathionine Beta-Synthase From homocysteine toward glutathione Dr. Purser places CBS in the sulfur-handling pathway that connects hom…
CD14 helps immune cells recognize microbial components, including bacterial lipopolysaccharide, as part of innate immune signaling. This places it upstream of some cytokine responses. Also called: Cluster of Differentiation 14 How immune ce…
CHDH helps convert choline toward betaine, a nutrient involved in the homocysteine pathway. Also called: Choline Dehydrogenase Choline can serve more than one purpose CHDH helps convert choline toward betaine, while PEMT helps make phosphat…
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