BITS BLOG
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Alpha-Lipoic Acid: Food Sources, the Evidence, and What It Does in Your Mitochondria
Alpha lipoic acid foods explained: where lipoyllysine occurs, why diet gives tiny amounts versus supplements, what trials show, and key safety cautions.
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Iron and Folate in Pregnancy: Food Sources, Algae, and Prenatal Basics
Iron rich foods for pregnancy, explained: 27 mg iron and 600 mcg folate targets, heme vs non-heme, portions, prenatal basics, and where spirulina fits.
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L-Carnitine and Fat Metabolism: Can Food Cover It?
Carnitine food sources by serving, how your body makes its own, what vegans get, and what supplement trials show for fat loss and exercise, plus...
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Intermittent Fasting and Mitochondria: What Human Studies Show
Does fasting improve mitochondria? Separate mouse and cell findings from human trials, see what time-restricted eating studies show, and who should skip it.
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Healthspan vs Lifespan: What the Difference Means and How to Close the Gap
Healthspan vs lifespan explained: what each means, why the global gap is 9.6 years, what drives healthy aging, and where nutrient-dense whole foods fit.
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Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) and Aging: What Changes After 30, and What Algae Can Actually Offer
Learn what superoxide dismutase (SOD) does, what research says about antioxidants and aging, and how much SOD spirulina and chlorella can really offer.
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CoQ10 vs Spirulina: Two Different Jobs in Your Cells
CoQ10 vs spirulina: one is a mitochondrial electron carrier, the other a whole-food algae. Compare roles, sources, statin evidence and safety side by side.
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How the Brain Makes Energy: Fuels, Mitochondria, and the Nutrients Involved
How does the brain make energy? Learn how glucose, ketones, mitochondria, and nutrients like B12, iron, and magnesium work, and what evidence says about algae.
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Chlorophyll Water: Does It Actually Work? What the Research Says
Chlorophyll water is mostly chlorophyllin, not plant chlorophyll. See what the research shows on detox, skin and energy, side effects, and whole-food sources.
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Foods That Support NAD+: What Diet Can Do, and What It Can't
Foods that support NAD+: how niacin, tryptophan and milk feed your body's NAD+ supply, what NR and NMN trials show, and why no food boosts...
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Peptides vs Protein: What Is the Difference, and Where Does Spirulina Fit?
Peptides vs protein: what is the difference? See how digestion turns protein into peptides, what spirulina research shows, and how protein quality is scored.
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How to Support Mitochondria With Food: A Nutrient-by-Nutrient Guide
How to support mitochondria with food: the B vitamins, magnesium, iron, CoQ10, carnitine and omega-3s they use, where to find them, and where algae fits.
