It is not surprising, therefore, that the Chinese have used bear bile for 3000 years for the treatment of numerous health problems.88–90 After all, T/UDCA makes up more than 50% of the bile acid pool in bear bile compared to 2% in humans! Nature, through this circulating factor, may have given black bears the ability to hibernate for long periods of time without untoward effects. Perhaps the next millennium will witness the use of this ancient remedy for a wide-ranging number of clinical disorders; and while humans do not hibernate, they do plan on taking long trips through space in route to Mars. Already, novel and more active analogues of these molecules are being synthesized
The Unexpected Uses of Urso- and Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid in the Treatment of Non-liver Diseases Published online 2014 May 1
A friend just sent this. It may be something Steve will like.
ALS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, all may be helped by TUDCA, which is bear bile, synthesized, of course.
My friend’s comment.