I have literally no idea what the article means by “[A5] is not yet officially recognized as a vitamin by mainstream institutions”. A vitamin is just an organic molecule necessary in very small amounts for human metabolism. What institutions? What constitutes “official recognition”?
It does, so far, seem to have scarce scientific literature published about it. Against my better judgment and if only because it seems like there’s nothing better, I’ll link to this 2025 article in Nutrients – despite being a journal published by notorious, predatory trash factory MDPI and despite two of the authors having major financial conflicts of interest.
Lastly, I think “With a background in biomedical science” is fluffing Mic, who has a BSc in sustainability and a master’s in public health. That makes him more qualified than most, but to me not qualified enough to inform me about the health implications of a novel vitamin with like eight papers on PubMed that allegedly isn’t even formally recognized by mainstream medical institutions.
I have literally no idea what the article means by “[A5] is not yet officially recognized as a vitamin by mainstream institutions”. A vitamin is just an organic molecule necessary in very small amounts for human metabolism. What institutions? What constitutes “official recognition”?
It does, so far, seem to have scarce scientific literature published about it. Against my better judgment and if only because it seems like there’s nothing better, I’ll link to this 2025 article in Nutrients – despite being a journal published by notorious, predatory trash factory MDPI and despite two of the authors having major financial conflicts of interest.
Lastly, I think “With a background in biomedical science” is fluffing Mic, who has a BSc in sustainability and a master’s in public health. That makes him more qualified than most, but to me not qualified enough to inform me about the health implications of a novel vitamin with like eight papers on PubMed that allegedly isn’t even formally recognized by mainstream medical institutions.