Is butyric acid a new vitamin for humans?

Is butyric acid a new vitamin for humans?

Ball-and-stick model of butyric acid (butanoic acid) © Benjah-bmm27 in the public domain Butyric acid is an unlikely contender for a newly discovered vitamin in the human species. Yet that is what we contend – apparently for the first time – here at Exploring the...
Is butyric acid a new vitamin for humans?

A new vitamin hiding in plain light

One secret of balanced nutrition may be a malodorous acid which human cells cannot make for themselves. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Osteoporosis and skin cancer are both caused by effects of sunlight on the human skin, with osteoporosis resulting from too little...
A biological secret of the Maasai

A biological secret of the Maasai

The Maasai of East Africa claim a staple[1] of bovine milk as their birthright. Such a diet in adulthood has no precedent among mammals. Furthermore, no physiological adaptation in the Maasai to such specialisation has been discovered. We investigated how humans might...
Salvation by the yellowest of tides in the bluest of seas

Salvation by the yellowest of tides in the bluest of seas

The most famous castaway of all time, Jose Salvador Alvarenga, estimated age 37 years, has now returned to obscurity in central America. The media circus has moved on, ready for the next miracle. The limited information contained in news bulletins, with only...