Hailey Pryor

LOW-DOSE L-ARGININE IMPROVES INSULIN SENSITIVITY A recent study1 tested the proposition that low-dose intravenous L-arginine supplements might improve insulin-mediated vasodilation and insulin sensitivity in patients with Type 2 diabetes (NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus). (Perhaps the study used intravenous L-arginine to assure control of the dose. However, L-arginine is also well absorbed orally.) Adequate intracellular supplies of L-arginine are believed to … Read more

INDEX OF FILES AND DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS CODEX:  Public Comments submitted by Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw to the FDA on Sept. 30, 1997 on Docket 97N-0218, whether FDA should harmonize U.S. standards on dietary supplements to those of the Codex Alimentarius, an international body.  We discuss constitutional, as well as scientific and cultural, reasons … Read more