How do you source urolithin A? How do you find out if you have the microbiome to convert elagitannins into it?

[Alex K Chen]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-021-00950-1

 

Edited December 6, 2024 by Alex K Chen

[Mike Lustgarten]

This might be helpful: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.08.579493v2

[Alex K Chen]

 

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About Urolithin A

And when you look at the outcome metrics in the studies, they’re not really that impressive or consistent across the various studies. So, again, there is no magic bullet, I would caution people against a single entity. 52:45

 

 

[Mike Lustgarten]

Including foods (not supplements) that contain ellagitannins to potentially increase Urolithin A is the best strategy, imo. Whether one has the microbes to make the conversion is another question, though.