Ingredient Resource Center

The Gundry MD Ingredient Resource Center was created to share pertinent information about our supplements' premium-quality ingredients. Here you'll find a collection of research behind our ingredients and insight on why we hand-selected each one to support your wellness goals. Please browse our ingredient library for a brief education on each Gundry MD ingredient.

Ingredients

Aronia Berries

Aronia Berries contain significant stores of good-for-you polyphenols, which can help support heart health.

Tributyrin

Tributyrin is a triglyceride compound that gets converted within your body. Once you consume it, it becomes butyric acid, an active metabolite.

Mulberry Extract

Mulberry extract has had an extensive history as an edible therapeutic agent.

Organic Flax Seeds

Organic brown flax seed is harvested for its seeds and its abundant fiber content. Who knew such a tiny seed could have such a powerful impact on your digestive health?

Green Tea Extract

Green tea extract shows significant promise for potential health benefits.

Lactobacillus Acidophilus

Lactobacilli acidophilus are good bacteria and they make lactic acid by breaking down the carbohydrates in your body.

Lactobacillus-reuteri

Lactobacillus-reuteri is one substantial strain of probiotic bacteria that exists in the body.

Sunfiber

Sunfiber is a natural dietary fiber. It often comes in the form of a white, water-soluble powder.

Microcrystalline Cellulose

Microcrystalline cellulose is cultivated from the stem of the Sorghum caudatum plant and is most often used in various human foods.

Magnesium Stearate

Stearic acid is the predecessor of oleic acid — a good-for-you fatty acid in olive oil.

Noni Fruit Extract

Noni fruit is notable because it’s said to combine a plethora of different vitamins and minerals

Cellulose

Cellulose is a molecule that consists of thousands of the following types of atoms: hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen.

Magnesium Beta-hydroxybutyrate

Magnesium Beta-hydroxybutyrate is a ketone body synthesized in your liver from fatty acids

Glycyrrhiza Glabra

Glycyrrhiza glabra also goes by the names sweetwood, mulaithi, and, more commonly, licorice.

Wormwood Powder

Wormwood powder comes from absinth wormwood, and herbaceous perennial plant with the characteristic aroma of sage.

Polysaccharide

A polysaccharide is one larger molecule that is made of several smaller molecules called monosaccharides.

Piper Nigrum

The piper nigrum plant, aka Black Pepper, yields black pepper fruits, which are the sources of black peppercorns, white peppercorns, and green peppercorns.

Althea Officinalis

You may know the perennial herbaceous plant Althaea officinalis by its more common name: marshmallow.

N-acetyl-d-glucosamine

The amino sugar N-acetylglucosamine plays an essential structural role at the cellular level — specifically with the surface of various cells.

Galacto-Oligosaccharides

Galacto-oligosaccharides is the collective word for the group of carbs composed of oligo-galactose.

Organic Agave Inulin

As a prebiotic ingredient, organic agave inulin is a member of a family of fibers called fructans.

Bladderwrack

Bladderwrack has been found to provide a healthy supply of important nutrients, like protein, minerals, and carbohydrates.

Larch Arabinogalactans

Arabinogalactans are considered a tremendous source of dietary fiber

Mucin

Mucins are glycoproteins with high molecular weights and a protein backbone high in carbohydrates.

Bifidobacterium Longum

Bifidobacterium longum is a multifunctional probiotic. Studies report that it may help support gastrointestinal health and immune function.

Bifidobacterium Breve

There are two strains of the bacteria that fall under the name Bifidobacterium breve: parvulorum and B. breve.

Okra

Okra is a superfood that is considered a relatively high-value crop due to its nutrient content.

Vegetable Peptase

Vegetable peptase is a type of enzyme derived from non-animal sources that can break down proteins.

Lactobacillus Brevis

Lactobacillus Brevis is a vessel for the production of lactic acid production, and it’s utilized to ferment dairy-based food products.

Grape Seed Extract

Grape seed extract is the product of wine grapes being pressed to extract their precious oil, and they contain a heaps of polyphenols.

Acerola Fruit

Acerola fruit just so happens to be one of the richest natural sources of ascorbic acid, otherwise known as vitamin C.

Bitter Melon Extract

Bitter Melon is one of the most bitter vegetables, and the oldest cultures in the world have long-hailed this vegetable as a useful therapeutic aid.

Ginger Root

People use Ginger Root in dishes and also as an herbal therapeutic agent.

Probiotics

Probiotics are becoming an essential part of a proper gut health regimen.

Bifidobacterium Lactis

Bifidobacterium Lactis is one of the strongest, multi-purpose species of probiotic bacteria. They live in your gut.

Bacillus Coagulans

Bacillus Coagulans is a probiotic strain deemed safe for supplements, functional, and high in nutritional value.

Prebiotics

Probiotics are the live yeasts and good bacteria in your body, and prebiotics are the food on which they live.

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose consists of modified cellulose dietary fibers which you may find in several pharmaceutical products. It’s an advantageous ingredient because it is both tasteless and odorless.

Silica

Silica has several different uses when it comes to tablet-making for supplements.

Grapefruit Extract

Grapefruit is a widely cultivated citrus fruit that contains a heap of different flavonoids and nutrients.

Citrus Bioflavonoids

Citrus bioflavonoids are natural plant-based compounds that are quite abundant in citrus fruit.

Rutin

Rutin is classified as a citrus flavonoid and is an essential nutritional component in several different natural foods and plant-based food products.

L-Glutamine

You can find glutamine in pretty high concentrations in a bunch of different vegetables and animal sources of protein.

Cinnamomum Burmannii

Cinnamomum Burmannii is one of the most flavorful and satisfying spices out there.

Syzygium Aromaticum

Goes by the common name of clove, Syzygium Aromaticum has been utilized for years as an agent for food preservation.

Citrus Paradisi

Citrus paradisi goes more commonly by another name — grapefruit.

Pepzin GI

When you talk about PepZin GI, you have to talk about two elements: zinc and carnosine.

Phellodendron Amurense Rupr

The ingredient Phellodendron amurense rupr comes from a tree by the same name. More commonly, the tree is known as the Amur cork tree.

Organic Acacia Gum

Organic acacia gum is full of insoluble fiber made up of oligosaccharides and glycoproteins.

Organic Guar Gum

Mostly, organic guar gum powder is utilized as a food additive. But it can also be found in dietary supplements, textiles, and cosmetics.

D-Mannose

D-Mannose supports the release of insulin within the human body.

Methylsulfonylmethane

Methylsulfonylmethane, or MSM, can be consumed with supplements or consumed by eating specific foods such as various fruits, vegetables, wine, tea, coffee, and dairy.