sadly, I received the package from MitoPure (a package with a card that you dripped some blood onto) but I got busy and never sent it back to them. So, never got any results. It is still of interest to me. Apparently its a pretty simple test. Not sure if anyone else provides it.
Alex
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Well as far as I can tell, the study that determined the 40% number only came up with that by dosing subjects with pomegranate juice. Prior to that, they could only detect a small amount in 12%. So my inference from this is that this supplement would likely be useful to all regardless.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-021-00950-1
Only 12% of subjects had detectable levels of UA at baseline. Following PJ intake ~40% of the subjects converted significantly the precursor compounds into UA. UA producers were distinguished by a significantly higher gut microbiome diversity and ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroides. Direct supplementation with UA significantly increased plasma levels and provided a >6-fold exposure to UA vs. PJ (p < 0.0001).
Yes. I’m a regular consumer of pomegranates at this time of year (never the juice) so I was interested in this. But otherwise, yes, most people would need to supplement.
The issue of course, is the cost/benefit ratio of supplementation, which is very hard to determine.
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