Lolly
01-12-2005, 03:01 PM
Since most of us are taking supplements, it would be wise to remember that gelcap's are composed of geletin, which is sometimes made from animal by-products, so check your labels! Many vitamin and supplement companies are taking steps to address this concern.
Thanks Steph, for pointing out the natural gelcaps used in the tumeric product you posted!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Prions - short for proteinaceous infectious particle - are infectious self-reproducing protein structures. Though their exact mechanisms of action and reproduction are still unknown, it is now commonly accepted that they are responsible for a number of previously known but little-understood diseases generally classified under transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs) diseases, including scrapie (a disease of sheep), kuru (found in members of the cannibalistic Foré tribe in Papua New Guinea), and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). These diseases affect the structure of brain tissue and are all fatal and untreatable.
Prions were first hypothesized in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner of UCSF, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1997 for the discovery. Prusiner formed the word "prion" from a combination of the words "proteinaceous infectious particle".
Thanks Steph, for pointing out the natural gelcaps used in the tumeric product you posted!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Prions - short for proteinaceous infectious particle - are infectious self-reproducing protein structures. Though their exact mechanisms of action and reproduction are still unknown, it is now commonly accepted that they are responsible for a number of previously known but little-understood diseases generally classified under transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs) diseases, including scrapie (a disease of sheep), kuru (found in members of the cannibalistic Foré tribe in Papua New Guinea), and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). These diseases affect the structure of brain tissue and are all fatal and untreatable.
Prions were first hypothesized in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner of UCSF, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1997 for the discovery. Prusiner formed the word "prion" from a combination of the words "proteinaceous infectious particle".