Cobra Gut: 7 компонентов для желудка и кишечника
Что в капсуле, как каждый компонент работает в пищеварительном тракте и что показали исследования на людях
177 evidence-based articles + 10 holistic-medicine book reviews — in each of the 3 languages. Endocrinology, metabolism, nutraceuticals, anti-aging. Scientific perspective without populism.
Short answers to the questions people search for most: what it is, who it matters for and what to do.

Polycystic ovary syndrome is not a disease of the ovaries but a metabolic disorder, and one of its key links is insulin.…

In winter, the sun at our latitudes barely triggers vitamin D production in the skin, and levels drop in many people. Th…

Vitamin B12 is needed for nerves, blood and energy, and running short of it is more common than it seems: after 60, in v…

Zinc is needed for immunity, skin, taste and smell, wound healing and hormones. Supplements may shorten a cold, but the …

The omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA have the strongest evidence for lowering triglycerides, and prescription purified EP…

Statins lower the level of coenzyme Q10, a substance cells need to produce energy. The good news: in heart failure, Q10 …

Every dividing cell needs folate, and folic acid before conception is one of the best-proven supplements: in trials it l…

Vitamin C is needed for skin, blood vessels and iron absorption. In most people it barely lowers the risk of a common co…

The thyroid needs iodine, including in Hashimoto’s, and pregnancy calls for more of it. The caution concerns supplements…

Biotin is a popular supplement “for hair and nails”. If you are deficient in biotin, it may help, and it helped brittle …

Vitamin B6 is needed for amino acid metabolism, and in studies it eased nausea in early pregnancy and, probably, the sym…

Calcium is the main mineral of bone, and getting enough of it matters at any age. Food is the place to start. Calcium ta…

Vitamin A is needed for vision, skin and immunity, and its main source is a varied diet. Retinol from animal foods and b…

Real conflicts between vitamins and minerals are few, and the most important of them involve medicines: thyroid pills, s…

In usual doses, vitamins and minerals are safe: problems start with high doses, long-term use and stacking several suppl…

Chromium is called insulin’s helper and a remedy for sugar cravings. The good news: in people with type 2 diabetes, meta…

L-carnitine helps cells burn fat, and the body makes it on its own. A supplement may be needed by those who lack carniti…

Burning, tingling and numbness in the feet are common complaints in diabetes. The good news: in studies, short courses o…

Lutein and zeaxanthin are yellow pigments in the center of the retina that absorb blue light. Their benefit is best stud…

Vitamin B1 is needed to get energy from food and for the nerves to work. It runs short with alcohol misuse, after bariat…

TSH is a simple, inexpensive test and the first step in checking the thyroid. The usual normal range is roughly 0.4 to 4…

Hands and feet that feel cold even in a warm room are a common complaint. The good news: many causes are easy to check —…

Fatigue and low energy occur both with a shortage of thyroid hormones and with burnout. The good news: a simple blood te…

Has your hair started shedding and your nails splitting? Most often there is an explanation: shedding after an illness, …

Thyroid testing starts with one test — TSH — and the rest are added as needed. In plain words: what TSH, free T4 and T3 …
Long-form videos on YouTube (in Russian): a topic walked through chapter by chapter, with sources.
8:59Семь компонентов одной капсулы — куркумин, прополис, болгарская палочка, кардамон, кверцетин, желчь кобры: что каждый делает в пищеварительном тракте и что показали исследования на людях при диспепсии, раздражённом кишечнике и хеликобактере. Как принимать и кому сначала к врачу.
11:04Четыре вида эстрогена и пять путей введения, равноценные дозы, прогестагены и защита матки, три схемы приёма, недельный пластырь, тиболон, местная терапия и средства без гормонов — и таблица «кому что подходит» по рекомендациям NICE и British Menopause Society.
11:16Что на самом деле снижает антитела к ТПО при тиреоидите Хашимото — селен, витамин D, безглютеновая диета, йод, мио-инозитол, чёрный тмин — по исследованиям на людях. И почему решения о лечении принимают по ТТГ, а не по антителам.
10:50Итальянская капельница фруктозо-1,6-дифосфата: как эта молекула заряжает АТФ, футбол Серии А 1990-х, правило ВАДА про 100 мл за 12 часов и 11 исследований у людей — от операций на сердце до истощения при ХОБЛ.
10:34Почему глюкоза ночью проваливается, а потом подскакивает, и что её выравнивает: тарелка на ужин, 10 минут ходьбы после еды, сон, кофе до 14:00. Когда к врачу: повторно ниже 3,0 ммоль/л (54 мг/дл) или выше 8,9 ммоль/л (160 мг/дл).
Phone-sized PDFs (in Russian) for the posts and articles: composition, mechanism, human studies, how to take.
Что в капсуле, как каждый компонент работает в пищеварительном тракте и что показали исследования на людях
Patient PDFs (in Russian): what the result means, what to do next and when to call the doctor.
Что значат антитела к щитовидной железе, почему это не всегда болезнь, что лечат, что проверяют заодно — и когда звонить
Что означает этот результат анализа, что делать дальше и когда звонить врачу
Сахар уже выше нормы. Что это значит для сердца, почек и зрения, сколько лет жизни это может стоить — и как это остановить, пока обратимо
Что значит «нашли узел», почему это чаще всего не опасно, что делают дальше и когда звонить
Почему вы устаёте, что стоит проверить, что значат анализы на кортизол, что действительно помогает — и когда звонить
One topic, several formats (in Russian): article, guide PDF, plain-language PDF, video. Grey = not ready yet.

Chromium is called insulin’s helper and a remedy for sugar cravings. The good news: in people with type 2 diabetes, meta…

Burning, tingling and numbness in the feet are common complaints in diabetes. The good news: in studies, short courses o…

At night the sensor shows 2.6 mmol/L (47 mg/dL), then 7.4 mmol/L (133 mg/dL), and the urge is to «bring the spike down».…

Polycystic ovary syndrome is not a disease of the ovaries but a metabolic disorder, and one of its key links is insulin.…

Hands and feet that feel cold even in a warm room are a common complaint. The good news: many causes are easy to check —…

Fatigue and low energy occur both with a shortage of thyroid hormones and with burnout. The good news: a simple blood te…

Phosphocreatine has been registered in Italy since 1965 with a single indication — protecting the heart during surgery. …

Esafosfina recharges the cell’s «battery»: a single drip raises blood phosphate and red-cell ATP (adenosine triphosphate…

The mitochondrion is remembered as the plant that makes energy. It turns out to have a voice as well: inside its own DNA…

The thyroid needs iodine, including in Hashimoto’s, and pregnancy calls for more of it. The caution concerns supplements…

TSH is a simple, inexpensive test and the first step in checking the thyroid. The usual normal range is roughly 0.4 to 4…

Thyroid testing starts with one test — TSH — and the rest are added as needed. In plain words: what TSH, free T4 and T3 …

In winter, the sun at our latitudes barely triggers vitamin D production in the skin, and levels drop in many people. Th…

Vitamin B12 is needed for nerves, blood and energy, and running short of it is more common than it seems: after 60, in v…

Zinc is needed for immunity, skin, taste and smell, wound healing and hormones. Supplements may shorten a cold, but the …

German researchers took ten recognised healthy-eating scores — Mediterranean, DASH, MIND, Nordic and others — and matche…

Medicine calls it an anomaly. But the data says otherwise. 60 documented cases of radical remission — unexpected recover…

NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is a central coenzyme of energy metabolism whose levels decline by roughly 50% …

Biotin is a popular supplement “for hair and nails”. If you are deficient in biotin, it may help, and it helped brittle …

Has your hair started shedding and your nails splitting? Most often there is an explanation: shedding after an illness, …

Hereditary haemochromatosis is found late not because it is hard to recognise, but because the right test is most often …

A review of modafinil based on labels from the FDA, EMA and other regulators and on research: what is known about the me…
A list of opioids by potency reads like a ranking: sufentanil, fentanyl, buprenorphine, then the rest. But the study tho…
For the first time in decades a painkiller has arrived with a genuinely new mechanism: it switches off a sodium channel …

The omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA have the strongest evidence for lowering triglycerides, and prescription purified EP…

Statins lower the level of coenzyme Q10, a substance cells need to produce energy. The good news: in heart failure, Q10 …

A meta-analysis of 19 Chinese RCTs showed a signal of benefit from Ningxinbao capsules as an add-on to arrhythmia treatm…

In Fabry disease a lysosomal enzyme is missing, and the substance it should break down piles up in the kidneys, heart an…

In primary hyperoxaluria type 1 the liver manufactures oxalate that the body has nowhere to put: it leaves only through …

In type 2 diabetes the kidneys fail quietly: first protein appears in the urine, then filtration drifts downwards for ye…

Curcumin, two kinds of propolis, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, cardamom, quercetin and dried cobra bile in one capsule. A co…

A mini-guide to the RepairGut supplement (Prescription Nature, France): what is in the daily serving, at what doses and …

Berberine came first in a network meta-analysis of SIBO treatments — and that is true. But a ranking is not «it beat rif…

Baricitinib became the first pill approved in the US for severe alopecia areata in adults. In large trials, after 8 mont…

Pumpkin seed oil, persimmon leaf with green tea, liquorice and peony, plum-blossom needling, squill, amla, ashwagandha, …

Ordinary JAK inhibitors bind where ATP binds — the enzyme's active site. The trouble is that this site looks similar acr…

Peter Attia, a physician and longevity researcher, reframes what "treating" means in his book "Outlive" (2023). Three ke…

Sara Gottfried, a Harvard-trained gynaecologist, formulates three theses in "The Hormone Cure" (2013) that have reshaped…

Matthew Walker, a neuroscientist at UC Berkeley, formulates three ideas in "Why We Sleep" (2017): the four phases of sle…