For those who wish to ensure the proper refolding of their proteins, life extension scientists Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw's new nutritional drink mix, FoldRight, brings together what may be the most important natural compounds currently recognized for helping to achieve the proper form and function of your body's proteins. FoldRight contains organic osmolytes, such as the amino acids proline, glycine and beta-alanine, along with the nutrients inositol, betaine (trimethylglycine), taurine and creatine, which are also osmolytes, and now the disaccharide trehalose, which is also an osmolyte.

Osmolytes are necessary for protein stability and to help maintain proteins in a correctly folded state. They preserve stability by keeping protein denaturing agents (such as urea) away from the proteins' surface, acting as chemical "chaperones" to protect against contact with these denaturing agents, while not themselves interfering with protein/solvent (water) interactions.

The osmolytes selected for FoldRight's "cocktail" of ingredients are found naturally in living tissue in substantial quantities, are readily available, have been used safely in relatively large amounts as supplements or as components of foods for long periods of time and are reasonably inexpensive.