{"id":899697,"date":"2026-10-30T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/899697\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:24:12","slug":"science-shorts-shatavari-root-magnesium-biotics-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/899697\/","title":{"rendered":"Science shorts: Shatavari root, magnesium, biotics in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ShatavariShatavari (Asparagus racemosus) has a long history in Ayurveda and is dubbed the \u201cQueen of Herbs\u201d (kiran nagare\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Daily supplementation with a standardized Shatavari root extract may improve women\u2019s sexual health and well-being, according to findings of an eight-week clinical trial. <\/p>\n

Published in the International Journal of Women\u2019s Health, the study also reported that combining the Shatavari extract with Ashwagandha has led to greater overall improvements, suggesting a possible additive effect.<\/p>\n

Shatavari is an Ayurvedic herb containing shatavarins and is known to manage and improve female reproductive health, as well as symptoms of menopause. <\/p>\n

\"WomanWoman having watery eyes from hay fever (nicoletaionescu\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Supplementation with the postbiotic Lacticaseibacillus paracasei KW3110 has been shown to alleviate ocular symptoms associated with hay fever, Kirin Holdings said during the 75th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Allergology (JSA) held in Kyoto. <\/p>\n

In the eight-week study, 130 adults with allergic rhinitis were randomized to take either a functional food containing 50mg of heat-killed L. paracasei KW3110 or a placebo. <\/p>\n

L. paracasei KW3110 is a lactic acid bacterium discovered through joint research conducted by Kirin and Koiwai Dairy Products Company and has been studied for its potential to support immune balance. <\/p>\n

\"MeasuringSlimbiotics GmbH was founded in 2019 with the goal of developing plant-derived, clinically-backed biotics and making them available to consumers looking to support metabolic wellbeing (Iuliia Pilipeichenko\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Supplementation with the probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum J26 could significantly lower body weight and body mass index (BMI) but has limited effects on lipid profile, glycemic levels and blood pressure. <\/p>\n

Probiotic supplementation also significantly increased Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium levels, which researchers said could have mediated these changes. <\/p>\n

Writing in npj Science of Food, researchers from Sun Yat-sen University and Zhongshan City People\u2019s Hospital said the probiotic could have improved adiposity-related outcomes, partly through gut microbiota remodeling.<\/p>\n

\"WomanWhile the review concluded that there is not enough evidence to establish magnesium as a tool for sleep, lead author Adrian Lopresti said it\u2019s possible the research hasn’t yet fully captured the benefits that some people experience. (Maskot\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A recent systematic review of randomized controlled trials raised questions about magnesium\u2019s effectiveness as a sleep aid, concluding that the current evidence is inconsistent and of low certainty. <\/p>\n

The review, which analyzed 12 placebo-controlled trials, found that while magnesium may provide modest benefits for sleep in certain populations, the current evidence does not support its use as a routine treatment for insomnia. <\/p>\n

Despite these findings, lead author Adrian Lopresti, managing director at Clinical Research Australia, said magnesium may genuinely help some people, including those with inadequate magnesium intake or particular sleep difficulties, and further research is therefore needed to distinguish between these groups. <\/p>\n

\"Close-upLower blood levels of NAD+ are associated with higher rates of frailty, says a new study from Japan (Igor Suka\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Older adults with lower levels of NAD+, an important cellular co-factor for improvement of mitochondrial performance and energy metabolism, may be at higher risk of frailty, said a new study from Japan. <\/p>\n

Data from 529 participants in the Itabashi Longitudinal Study on Aging indicated that for every small (1 micromole per liter) increase in NAD+ levels, the risk of frailty decreased by 13%. <\/p>\n

The findings support NAD+ as an important biomarker of healthy aging and physical resilience, although researchers noted that their data do not prove that increasing NAD+ will reduce frailty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) has a long history in Ayurveda and is dubbed the \u201cQueen of Herbs\u201d (kiran nagare\/Getty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[16126,414,341268,104597,272830,375402,226298,166367,375403,7936,2854,375404,97,25247,20257,122719,23081,375405,21254,375406,149,8373,259287,17150,29772,269,24492,1684,197473,375407,375408,375409,375410,375411,101793,375412,1596,37164,375413],"class_list":["post-899697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-alternative","tag-and","tag-aroma","tag-ayurvedic","tag-balancing","tag-blemishes","tag-botanical","tag-cluster","tag-enhance","tag-golden","tag-green","tag-healer","tag-health","tag-healthy","tag-help","tag-herbal","tag-herbs","tag-holistic","tag-indian","tag-inhalation","tag-lifestyle","tag-maintenance","tag-medicinal","tag-memory","tag-natural","tag-nutrition","tag-odor","tag-plants","tag-properties","tag-racemosus","tag-satawari","tag-satwari","tag-shatavari","tag-shatavir","tag-slimming","tag-solve","tag-the","tag-therapy","tag-whitening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}