Ultra Botanica Needs Larger Studies For Curcumin Bioavailability Claims – NAD
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Ultra Botanica’s supporting research relied on human studies with one to three participants and mice studies without direct comparisons to competing products.
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