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  • Preventive Health Care Requires Personal Accountability

    Preventive Health Care Requires Personal Accountability

    27th Mar 2020 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    When the topic is preventive healthcare, the conversation typically steers toward what measures healthcare providers – such as physicians, hospitals, etc. – can do to help us stay healthy and avoid illness, injury, or infirmity. Notice, though, that each of those three words beings with an ‘I,’ which is appropriate. Ask yourself: “What can I do?” Preventive healthcare is as much your duty as it is a doctor’s or hospital’s. Make this your new motto: “I am also responsible for my own health.”

     

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  • Collagen’s Benefits Are More than Skin Deep

    Collagen’s Benefits Are More than Skin Deep

    25th Mar 2020 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Products containing collagen have long been highly sought out in the beauty aisle of stores. That’s for collagen’s ability to help maintain beautiful hair, enhance the appearance and elasticity of skin, and support strong, beautiful nails. But collagen’s powers when it comes to amplifying how good you look also extends to how you feel inside, and that covers a whole lot of territory inside your body as well as outside.

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  • Vitamin D and Its Immune System Support Role

    Vitamin D and Its Immune System Support Role

    24th Mar 2020 Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Aggressive flu viruses and their effects on the general population have been on the minds of many people this year. Knowing that, it’s interesting to learn that scientists have identified vitamin D as one of the most important vitamins when it comes to immune system health. There’s an irony there: vitamin D is often referred to as the “sunshine vitamin,” although when you happen to be in the throes of being sick with the flu, sunshine and lollipops are the among the last things that come to mind.

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  • Calcium and Its Immune System Support Role

    Calcium and Its Immune System Support Role

    23rd Mar 2020 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Even as winter gives way to spring and temperatures start to climb, cold and flu season continues to linger, putting our immune systems to the test. Count calcium among the assorted vitamins and minerals that each play a role in supporting our immune system, as calcium appears to have a part in activating the immune system’s cells, per National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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  • Oils and Foods that Help Control Body Inflammation

    Oils and Foods that Help Control Body Inflammation

    19th Mar 2020 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    In recent years, it has become popular for public health advocates and consumers alike to take precautions against inflammation. But what exactly is inflammation? According to webmd.com, inflammation is when your body’s white blood cells work to protect the body from infection in the form of viruses and bacteria. So it turns out that inflammation is actually supposed to be a good thing!

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  • Eight Natural Treatments for Shingles

    Eight Natural Treatments for Shingles

    18th Mar 2020 Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    If you’ve ever had chicken pox, the bad news is that the same virus that gave you those uncomfortable symptoms such as red spots, blisters, fever, and headache as a youngster is still lurking in your body, poised to possibly rear its ugly head sometime later in life in the form of painful shingles. The good news is that shingles are treatable, and some of those treatments are home remedies that can bring you relief and assist you in getting healed.

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  • 9 Simple Tips for Preventing or Relieving Strep Throat

    9 Simple Tips for Preventing or Relieving Strep Throat

    16th Mar 2020 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    The name itself, strep throat, sounds ominous and it suggests pain and suffering, which pretty much sums it up. It’s a bacterial infection that renders your throat sore and scratchy, and at times it can seem like there’s no end in sight. That’s because strep throat can last days or weeks. Alleviating the symptoms and making strep throat disappear within a reasonable amount of time usually requires antibiotic medications, available only through a doctor’s prescription.

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  • How to Treat Infections in Lieu of Antibiotic Drugs

    How to Treat Infections in Lieu of Antibiotic Drugs

    8th Mar 2020 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Doctors have been prescribing antibiotics for patients dating back to the first half of the 20th century; the goal to help hasten a complete recovery for those afflicted with potentially fatal diseases and other serious illnesses. Antibiotics were once hailed as wonder drugs, and they are still regarded that way by anyone who has ever bounced back from a miserably persistent cough or a stubborn skin infection that won’t go away on their own.

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  • 12 Ways to Boost Your Testosterone Naturally

    12 Ways to Boost Your Testosterone Naturally

    5th Mar 2020 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    One of man’s biggest fears – and this includes women as well, to some extent – is low testosterone. It is a hormone that has been called the “holy grail of male hormones,” and it’s no wonder why. Testosterone not only gives men their sense of vitality, it fuels their sex drive, without which quality of life can become one big question mark – a question mark that becomes more prominent as a man ages and testosterone levels drop.

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  • 8 Reasons to Like Bees and Love Their Honey

    8 Reasons to Like Bees and Love Their Honey

    3rd Mar 2020 Food & Nutrition, Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Bees can be a real pest when it comes to invading your backyard barbecue, but they sure do their good deed in providing the goods for people to enhance their health – and they are downright sweet about it. Bee-produced honey has been used for centuries as both a food and a medicine, and it serves its purpose quite well in both regards.

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  • Melatonin Is a Sleep Aid, and Has Other Benefits Too

    Melatonin Is a Sleep Aid, and Has Other Benefits Too

    26th Feb 2020 Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Tens of millions of Americans have trouble sleeping, which can lead to such problems as loss of energy, reduced productivity during waking hours and heightened risk of diseases including hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes. Your ability to sleep depends in large part on melatonin, a naturally produced hormone that lets your body know when it’s time to hit the hay. And if you have sleep issues, you might need melatonin in supplement form to help you get to sleep at night.

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  • What Are Polyphenols, and What Purpose Do They Serve?

    What Are Polyphenols, and What Purpose Do They Serve?

    24th Feb 2020 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Polyphenols are naturally occurring chemical compounds sourced from plants, providing plants their color and working to protect their host plants from assorted dangers. Those protections also transfer to you when you eat foods with polyphenols. Knowing where to find polyphenols isn’t the issue as such foods are very plentiful, but the willingness to eat those foods and benefit from them is up to you.

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  • Saw Palmetto Can Be a Boon to Men's Health

    Saw Palmetto Can Be a Boon to Men's Health

    17th Feb 2020 Wellness & Well-being

    Many of the herbs and other supplements used and popularized in America have their roots in medical practices dating back thousands of years in places thousands of miles away. Then there’s saw palmetto, which is one herbal remedy found and grown right here in the United States.

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  • What Is Homeopathy, and How Does It Work?

    What Is Homeopathy, and How Does It Work?

    12th Feb 2020 Wellness & Well-being, Immune System, Children's Health

    For someone not familiar with homeopathy, one way to describe it is that it is an alternative form of medical treatment that adheres to the proverbial “hair of the dog that bit you.” That’s the old expression for one possible way of dealing with a hangover, such as what millions of people will likely experience on January 1 following New Year’s Eve celebrations typified by the imbibing of excessive amounts of alcoholic libations.

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  • What Roles Do Electrolytes Play in Our Health?

    What Roles Do Electrolytes Play in Our Health?

    10th Feb 2020 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Anyone who works out a lot and knows all about perspiring (or sweating), often profusely, also know that it’s important to be attentive about replenishing their fluids because staying hydrated is crucial in guarding your health. It’s not just the fluids that need to be replaced but also electrolytes, which are chemicals with an electrical charge that conduct electricity when dissolved in water, and they are needed for a variety of bodily functions.

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  • What Is Guarana, and How Can It Benefit Your Health?

    What Is Guarana, and How Can It Benefit Your Health?

    4th Feb 2020 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Guarana is a tiny berry packed with the potent power needed to provide a variety of health benefits – yet one more example of how big things can come in small packages. Amazonian tribes have embraced the use of guarana for centuries for its health benefits, among them its properties as an astringent and stimulant that help maintain your body’s proper nutritional levels during days of fasting.

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  • 7 Health Benefits of Reishi Mushrooms

    7 Health Benefits of Reishi Mushrooms

    2nd Feb 2020 Wellness & Well-being, Immune System, Heart & Cardiovascular Health

    There are hundreds of varieties of mushrooms in the world, and a select few of them are known to have significant health benefits, if used properly and, presumably, under the guidance of a health-care professional. One of the ‘star’ players in the field of mushrooms with health benefits is the reishi mushroom, which has been used for many centuries, predominantly in Asian countries and primarily for their effectiveness in staving off infections.

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  • How to Detect and Deal with an Iron Deficiency

    How to Detect and Deal with an Iron Deficiency

    29th Jan 2020 Children's Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    As one of your body’s essential nutrients/minerals, iron plays a key role in carrying oxygen throughout your body so as to keep you properly energized and able to perform the dozens of not hundreds of tasks you perform daily. An iron deficiency can be signaled by a variety of symptoms that can afflict you, any of which can be mistaken for something else unless you have it examined and diagnosed by your physician. In America at least, there really is no excuse for being shirt of iron, even though many people somehow aren’t getting enough of it.

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  • Follow the Path to a Healthy Prostate

    Follow the Path to a Healthy Prostate

    27th Jan 2020 Food & Nutrition, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Most men have heard about their prostate’s existence, most likely in a discussion with their doctor. Face it, though, most probably don’t really know what it is or what role it plays in their health. But they need to know. By the time a man is about 25 years old, his prostate has started to grow, possibly leading to one or more of several health issues that could require medical attention. Relatively few men over the age of 70 are immune from a prostate problem of one sort or another that is almost inevitable the older a man gets.

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  • 8 Home Remedies to Relieve the Agony of Hives

    8 Home Remedies to Relieve the Agony of Hives

    24th Jan 2020 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    If you’ve ever suffered from a case of poison ivy, or know someone who has, you should have a pretty good idea of what’s involved for anybody who gets hit with hives. When it happens, an onslaught of hives typically causes your face and neck to break out in reddish or skin-colored welts. It eventually spreads to other parts of your body, with the unsightly hives leaving you alarmingly annoyed from the amount of itching.

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  • Let Nutrition Clear Up Your Brain Fog

    Let Nutrition Clear Up Your Brain Fog

    23rd Jan 2020 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    If you ever encounter a time when your mental powers suddenly seem to go on hiatus, leaving you unable to fully concentrate, at a loss for just using the right words when in conversation, or lacking the ability to think through problems that ordinarily are a snap for you, don’t assume the worst. Don’t think you automatically are suffering from some form of dementia. The solution might be as close as your kitchen.

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  • Eat Your Way to Healthier Skin

    Eat Your Way to Healthier Skin

    16th Jan 2020 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    You are what you eat, or so we’ve been told countless times, but there is plenty of truth in that statement when it comes to deciding what to put into your mouth relevant to having healthy-looking skin. This might be hard to picture, but the skin on your body encompasses your body’s largest organ, and as such it is exposed to much potential damage from things like sunlight and air pollution. The right food and nutrients can help with that.

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  • 10 Health Benefits of Turmeric

    10 Health Benefits of Turmeric

    16th Jan 2020 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    If you’ve ever eaten in an Indian restaurant, which typically offers among the tastiest of buffet lines, you have likely partaken of a botanical known for conveying numerous potential health benefits that have been observed for thousands of years. The key ingredient in Indian fare is turmeric, which is a member of the ginger family and has been a staple in Ayurvedic medicine dating back centuries.

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  • Healthy Chicken Vegetable Noodle Soup

    Healthy Chicken Vegetable Noodle Soup

    14th Jan 2020 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    You don't have to struggle this winter to find a healthy option for you and your family for dinner. This delicious soup is full of essential vitamins and minerals to get you on a fresh start for the new year. An ideal soup for a cold day or for providing you with another source of fluids during the winter cold and flu season. Try it with your favorite noodle shape to make it fun and mix it up.

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  • Eight Reasons to Embrace Berberine

    Eight Reasons to Embrace Berberine

    10th Jan 2020 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    You’ve probably heard the age-old hypothetical about how if you were marooned on a remote island and could take only one thing with you, what would it be? In a similar vein, if you wanted to stock only one nutritional supplement in your cupboard, which one would you choose? There are many worthy options out there, but it would be difficult to choose a supplement better than berberine, which can provide health benefits across a wide spectrum.

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  • What You Can Do to Battle the Bloat

    What You Can Do to Battle the Bloat

    6th Jan 2020 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    A good meal is something to savor and enjoy, especially on holidays such as Thanksgiving. But filling up at the table often comes at a price. And that cost is often that bloated feeling. That’s when you’ve filled your stomach with a hearty meal before you finally push away from the table wondering just how ‘fat’ you’ve gotten and how hard it will be to even stand up. You’re not busted; you’re bloated, and you feel like busting at the belt!

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  • Good Nutrition Can Help Keep Gums Healthy

    Good Nutrition Can Help Keep Gums Healthy

    2nd Jan 2020 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Two trips a year to the dentist is what health care professionals have recommended for decades, the idea being to keep your teeth strong, healthy, clean, and secure in your mouth. But that’s just the half of it. There’s also the matter of taking care of your gums. If you don’t have healthy gums, you risk health problems that can turn serious, starting with the loss of your teeth no longer properly anchored in your gums.

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  • 11 Nutritional Solutions for Fending Off Anxiety

    11 Nutritional Solutions for Fending Off Anxiety

    31st Dec 2019 Food & Nutrition, Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    If you’ve ever had a problem with anxiety, whether for a short term or of a more chronic nature, it might be some consolation to know that you are not alone. Anxiety is also often cited as a common accompaniment to the holidays, between preparing big meals, picking out and buying the ‘perfect’ gifts, and hosting a mob of houseguests in and around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Even thinking about it can stir some anxious thoughts.

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  • 8 Promising Home-Based Solutions for Watery Eyes

    8 Promising Home-Based Solutions for Watery Eyes

    27th Dec 2019 Children's Health, Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    We depend on the tears flowing from our tear ducts to keep our eyes properly lubricated and to assist us in cleansing away dust and foreign articles before they can get into our eyes. Our tears also work with our immune system in guarding against infections. But like anything good, too much of a good thing in terms of tear production can leave us with a condition of excess tears known as “watery eyes,” also known in medical terms as “epiphora.”

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  • Oil Pulling Is Not a Big Drag

    Oil Pulling Is Not a Big Drag

    26th Dec 2019 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Proper oral hygiene usually entails the traditional practices of brushing and flossing, with the idea being to brush after each meal (or at least twice a day) and flossing once a day, typically at night before bedtime. The goal is to clean your teeth and gums of food bits and other toxins and bacteria that can lead to cavities and gum diseases like gingivitis.

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  • 8 Best Practices for Dental Hygiene

    8 Best Practices for Dental Hygiene

    17th Dec 2019 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    October was National Dental Hygiene Month, but if you’ve been in the habit of having your teeth checked and cleaned twice a year (as recommended), you should know by now that dental hygiene is an every-month proposition. Keeping your teeth healthy involves a lifetime of care, and it involves more than just brushing your teeth once a day (if even that).

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  • How Nutrition Can Alleviate Depression

    How Nutrition Can Alleviate Depression

    11th Dec 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Anyone who suffers from depression that has been diagnosed as such by a healthcare professional knows that it’s not just something you can just eat your way out of. But eating a healthy diet as part of an overall treatment plan can alleviate your symptoms and improve your mood beyond just a temporary reprieve.

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  • Wonder Labs Creates a New Way To Save

    Wonder Labs Creates a New Way To Save

    25th Nov 2019 Announcements & News

    Wonder Labs is excited to announce our first ever essential vitamins bundle deals. We wanted to provide not only a solid starting point for our customers to get invested in their health through content and vitamins and supplements, but now through providing special curated collections focused on your overall health.

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  • Foods and Nutrients to Bolster Your Sex Life

    Foods and Nutrients to Bolster Your Sex Life

    18th Oct 2019 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Ponce de Leon searched for the fountain of youth and Indiana Jones sought the holy grail, but most folks would be content just to search (and, hopefully, find) a better sex life. And that begins with a healthy sex drive, which in turn starts with feeling physically and emotionally healthy. To get to that point, we need to be fueling our bodies properly, and that means consuming the right foods and nutrients.

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  • What Health Benefits Does Licorice Root Provide?

    What Health Benefits Does Licorice Root Provide?

    9th Oct 2019 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Licorice root has been used for years as a sweetener in beverages and some candies – although some licorice candy gets its flavor from anise oil, which mimics the taste of licorice root. The plant’s main use for centuries has been as a medicinal agent, thanks to its anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting properties. It has also shown promise in soothing gastrointestinal issues linked to food poisoning, stomach ulcers, and heartburn.

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  • What Can I Do about Dry Mouth?

    What Can I Do about Dry Mouth?

    7th Oct 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Dry mouth, also referred to as xerostomia or hyposalivation, occurs when your saliva-producing glands aren’t functioning properly. It’s usually a symptom linked to a diagnosable condition or certain medications, with symptoms of its own that includes, well, no surprise, dryness in your mouth, difficulty in swallowing, cracked lips, bad breath, loss of your ability to taste foods, a raw tongue, excessive thirst, and dried-out nasal passages.

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  • How Do Ketones and Ketone Bodies Benefit Health?

    How Do Ketones and Ketone Bodies Benefit Health?

    2nd Oct 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Most of us who have participated in endurance sports such as running or biking have heard about how the consumption of carbohydrates hours before an event can provide an extra dose of energy during the event. While burning carbs can produce the glucose that fuels our bodies, it might surprise you to know there is an alternative source of energy for the body, and it involves burning body fats and the use of compounds known as ketones and ketone bodies.

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  • What Does It Mean Being Gluten-Free?

    What Does It Mean Being Gluten-Free?

    30th Sep 2019 Food & Nutrition, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    The bombardment of advertising and other messages proclaiming and touting the arrival of “gluten-free” products onto store shelves has seemingly cooled off in the last year or two. Take that as a sign that “gluten-free” has become a routine part of our lives, although the availability of gluten-free products is not routine for one group of people – those who are afflicted with celiac disease, a disease of the immune system estimated to affect about 3 million Americans.

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  • What Can I Do to Detoxify My Body?

    What Can I Do to Detoxify My Body?

    25th Sep 2019 Food & Nutrition, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    In a sense, your body is like your house, your car, your garage, or your desk. Over time, any of those things get cluttered, and then it comes time to focus on picking up, cleaning up, and tossing stuff in order to get yourself back to a clean state. Just like your entire house and yard has to go through spring cleaning – and fall cleaning can’t hurt, either – your body is always in need of a cleansing of its own, or what we like to call “detoxification.”

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  • What Is Inositol, and What Does it Do?

    What Is Inositol, and What Does it Do?

    23rd Sep 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Inositol is a carbohydrate molecule – sometimes referred to as “vitamin B8,” although it is not really a vitamin – that can be found in a variety of forms. All have a commonality in that each form of inositol comprises a chemical structure similar to glucose, which is the main type of sugar found in your blood.

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  • What Is Pau D'Arco, and What Are Its Benefits?

    What Is Pau D'Arco, and What Are Its Benefits?

    19th Sep 2019 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    If you look long and hard enough, and have an affinity for what trees can offer other than providing shade in a forest or fallen leaves in the fall, you might be interested to know that there are types of tree bark that can provide a variety of health benefits for people. One of those trees is the pau d’arco tree, a large, evergreen tropical tree native to Central and South America with extracts from its bark long used in herbal medicine for the treatment of an assortment of medical conditions.

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  • How Can Alfalfa Leaves Benefit my Health?

    How Can Alfalfa Leaves Benefit my Health?

    16th Sep 2019 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Alfalfa is good for animals and it can also contribute to the healthy well-being of humans. For centuries, alfalfa, is a plant that has been cultivated as a source of feed for livestock because of its exceptional provision of nutrients, minerals and proteins, setting it apart from other feed sources. Its versatility also has made alfalfa a long-time staple as a medicinal herb for people, with its seeds and leaves available in supplement form, although its seeds can also be sprouted and eaten as alfalfa sprouts.

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  • How Can I Best Take Care of My Skin?

    How Can I Best Take Care of My Skin?

    13th Sep 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Your skin (on your face) is usually the first thing a person will notice when they see you. That in itself is incentive to take care of it. An even greater incentive is knowing that your skin taken as a whole comprises the largest organ of your body. You know how important it is to take special care of your other major organs, such as your heart and your liver; now it’s time to get really serious about your skin.

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  • What Can I Do to Get Rid of Belly Fat?

    What Can I Do to Get Rid of Belly Fat?

    11th Sep 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Big bellies long have been a source of light-hearted humor, a means to fill roles as Santa Claus at Christmastime, and a source of pride for sumo wrestlers, but for most of us it’s not a goal to aspire to. We now know from health science that excessive fat in the abdominal area has been associated with diseases such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Shedding a good portion of your oversized belly is a good idea if you want to live a long, healthy life.

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  • What Can I Do to Fight Off Fall Allergies?

    What Can I Do to Fight Off Fall Allergies?

    6th Sep 2019 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Dealing with seasonal allergies once a year for several weeks at a time can put a big damper for a good chunk of your life with the usual symptoms of rhinitis, such as itchy, watery eyes; sneezing; and runny nose. Spring is the season most often associated with seasonal allergies, but double trouble comes in the form of fall allergies as well. And experts have pointed to 2019 as a good bet to be a particularly bad year for fall allergies.

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  • What Is Royal Jelly, and What Does It Do?

    What Is Royal Jelly, and What Does It Do?

    4th Sep 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Other than buzzing folks at backyard barbecues, bees are best known for their production of honey, which serves many useful and delectable purposes at the breakfast, lunch, or dinner table. But that’s not all. Bees also give us royal jelly, a nutritional supplement adept at providing a wide variety of health benefits across the spectrum.

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  • What Benefits Can I Get from Magnesium?

    What Benefits Can I Get from Magnesium?

    23rd Aug 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    There should be plenty of magnesium to go around for everybody, considering that it is one of the 10 most abundant elements in the earth’s crust and is the fourth-most-prevalent mineral in the human body. Yet many people suffer from a magnesium deficiency, even if they aren’t aware of it at first. Magnesium also happens to be one of seven essential macro minerals in your body.

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  • What Benefits Can I Get from St. John's Wort?

    What Benefits Can I Get from St. John's Wort?

    21st Aug 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    St. John’s wort is viewed in much of the United States as nothing more than a weed, but in much of the rest of the world it is known as so much more. It’s a wild, yellow flower, an herb actually, named after St. John the Baptist that has been used for centuries for medical purposes, most notably for treating depression.

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  • What Are Amino Acids, and What Purpose Do They Serve?

    What Are Amino Acids, and What Purpose Do They Serve?

    16th Aug 2019 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    Amino acids play many critical roles in your body, but they are best known for being what many health experts refer to as “the building blocks of proteins.” Additionally, amino acids, packaged by Wonder Labs in supplemental form as amino acid complex, play a key role in the synthesis of hormones and neurotransmitters. Their use for potentially enhancing mood or boosting performance among athletes likewise make them very versatile.

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  • What Is Shark Cartilage, and What Is It Used For?

    What Is Shark Cartilage, and What Is It Used For?

    16th Aug 2019 Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Talking about sharks is not an easy conversation for swimmers who like to dip more than a toe into the ocean. Better you encounter a dead shark than a live one, and to know the benefits that go with a dead shark beyond its meat being a seafood delicacy at high-end restaurants. Shark cartilage, a strong, elastic tissue that provides structural support much like a bone does, is also used in the treatment of conditions such as arthritis, psoriasis, healing of wounds and damage to the eye caused by diabetes.

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  • What Can I Take for Sports Nutrition?

    What Can I Take for Sports Nutrition?

    14th Aug 2019 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Athletes, perhaps more than any other group of people, are committed to and enthused about – some even obsessed – with learning all they can about nutrition and discovering that winning edge. The field of nutrition in the sports world has become cutting edge, with athletes – mostly those at the professional level – constantly in search of whatever nutrition will help them in their never-ending quest to be bigger, faster, stronger.

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  • What Can I Take and Do for My Thyroid Health?

    What Can I Take and Do for My Thyroid Health?

    12th Aug 2019 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Your thyroid might not be a pain in the neck, but it is a butterfly-shaped gland that can be found at the base of your neck. Hormones produced and stored by your thyroid primarily function to regulate your growth, repair, body temperature, and metabolism. These thyroid hormones can affect nearly every cell in your body, so, yes, you need to be aware you have such a gland and that it is to be treated with TLC (thyroid loving care).

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  • What Can I Take and Do for My Liver Health?

    What Can I Take and Do for My Liver Health?

    7th Aug 2019 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Your liver plays several important roles in your body, enough so that maybe it’s time to show your liver some love. You can start by eating the right foods, avoiding toxins, and limiting your alcohol intake. All that is so your liver can properly perform its primary missions of removing toxins and medications from your body, while also breaking down (metabolizing) the food you consume.

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  • Going Vegan? Make Sure You Know About These 6 Vitamins & Supplements

    Going Vegan? Make Sure You Know About These 6 Vitamins & Supplements

    6th Aug 2019 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Whether it’s a lifestyle or a one-month experiment, more people than ever before are going vegan. Food Revolution Network shares these global statistics as evidence:

    • Self-identifying vegans have increased by 600% over the last three years in the U.S.
    • GrubHub users chose “vegan food” 19% more in the first half of 2017 than in the first half of 2016.
    •  "Nestlé, the largest food company in the world, predicts that plant-based foods will continue to grow and … this trend is here to stay.’”

    If you’re making the decision to go vegan in 2019, make sure you pay special attention to these six vitamins and supplements for vegans that can be more difficult to get adequate amounts from a plant foods diet.

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  • What Can I Take to Bolster My Immune System?

    What Can I Take to Bolster My Immune System?

    5th Aug 2019 Children's Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    You can thank your lucky stars that your body came complete with an immune system. Without an immune system, think of the havoc that would be wreaked in your life fighting off microorganisms that can inflict infectious diseases. That’s not to count the likes of flu viruses and cold bugs frequently pestering you, knocking on your door trying to get in, even when you can’t see or feel them. Without an immune system, we would be left defenseless against any invading germ imaginable.

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  • How Can I Naturally Lower My High Blood Pressure?

    How Can I Naturally Lower My High Blood Pressure?

    29th Jul 2019 Food & Nutrition, Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, has a third name, a nickname, familiar to anyone who has the disease or has heard of it – it’s also known as the “silent killer.” That’s because high blood pressure, left untreated and unmonitored, can put a person at heightened risk of a heart, stroke, or even death – even when he or she can’t feel anything wrong with their body. High blood pressure can run silent, and it can kill.

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  • What Benefits Can I Get from Hyaluronic Acid?

    What Benefits Can I Get from Hyaluronic Acid?

    26th Jul 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Your body could not survive long without being properly lubricated, and we don’t mean with engine oil. The key ingredient in that regard is what’s known as hyaluronic acid, which is a clear, syrupy type substance that is naturally produced by the body, most of which can be found in your skin, your body’s connective tissue, and eyes.

     

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  • What Is Bromelain, and What Is It Used For?

    What Is Bromelain, and What Is It Used For?

    24th Jul 2019 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    If you want to find bromelain in its raw form, you can start by looking for pineapples. Bromelain is a compound that is an enzyme mixture found in pineapples, and it is available over the counter (OTC) in nutritional supplement form. Bromelain is useful for treating such health conditions as sinus problems, inflammation, and issues involving your digestive system.

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  • How Does Berberine Benefit Diabetics?

    How Does Berberine Benefit Diabetics?

    22nd Jul 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Berberine, a bioactive compound sourced from a small variety of plants, has demonstrated itself capable in clinical trials of providing several key health benefits to your body. One of the most significant of those is lowering elevated blood sugar. That’s especially meaningful for someone afflicted with type 2 diabetes, a reversible form of the disease characterized by raised blood sugar levels, a condition that berberine has proved itself adept at solving.

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  • How Do I Treat My Child Who Has Juvenile Diabetes?

    How Do I Treat My Child Who Has Juvenile Diabetes?

    17th Jul 2019 Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    What we generally know and refer to as juvenile diabetes is actually Type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition that for diabetics typically shows up in childhood. It involves the pancreas’s inability to produce insulin, or at least sufficient insulin for your body. And that’s a problem because insulin is a hormone needed by your body to allow sugar, or glucose, to enter your cells so as to produce energy.

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  • What Are Antioxidants and How Do They Benefit Me?

    What Are Antioxidants and How Do They Benefit Me?

    12th Jul 2019 Food & Nutrition, Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Whether you know it or not, and whether you like it or not, your body is always at war, even if you don’t feel it. At any given time and in a variety of places, there is a skirmish going on here, a battle there. Above all else, sometimes agents within your body are engaged in full-blown war – such as “good” bacteria vs. “bad” bacteria, or, for the sake of this conversation, antioxidants vs. free radicals.

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  • What Can I Do to Prevent or Treat Diarrhea?

    What Can I Do to Prevent or Treat Diarrhea?

    10th Jul 2019 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Dealing with the sudden arrival of a nasty case of diarrhea is never fun. It’s almost always unexpected, and it is usually a shock to you as well as to your digestive system. The first thing you are wondering when it happens is what caused it, and what can I do about it? The onslaught of diarrhea demands instant relief from symptoms that include loose/watery stools, abdominal cramps and/or pain, dehydration, fever, bloating and nausea.

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  • 9 Natural Remedies to Prevent or Treat Back Pain

    9 Natural Remedies to Prevent or Treat Back Pain

    8th Jul 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Anyone who has suffered from low-back pain, and many of us have, knows how vulnerable a painful back can make us feel. Even getting in or out of bed can be a painful, delicate process, and a ready reminder that treating your back with TLC is a high priority that sticks with you for a lifetime. Yes, school-aged kids suffer from back problems, too – this cautionary tale isn’t just for over exuberant Dad or Aunt Millie.

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  • What Is Bilberry, and How Can It Benefit Our Health?

    What Is Bilberry, and How Can It Benefit Our Health?

    3rd Jul 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vision & Eye Health, Announcements & News

    Bilberry is a plant that grows on bushes and is native to many regions, to include parts of North America as well as areas in Europe and Asia. Since the Middle Ages, its berries – the fruit itself – as well as its leaves have been used to treat a variety of health conditions, most notably in dealing with eye and sight issues.

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  • What Can I Do to Treat Constipation?

    What Can I Do to Treat Constipation?

    28th Jun 2019 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Constipation is a condition that many of you are, unfortunately, familiar with. Maybe it helps to know that you have plenty of company. It is reported that about 20 percent of Americans have been affected by constipation, with women more likely to become constipated, a condition typically accompanied by abdominal bloating and discomfort, even pain, when passing stools.

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  • What Can I Give My Dog for Pain Relief?

    What Can I Give My Dog for Pain Relief?

    26th Jun 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Feeling pain is never fun, and it can hurt even more when it’s your dog suffering from pain, especially when you don’t know what’s causing the pain. Anyone who has ever owned a furry, four-legged pet knows well the urgency to find relief for your canine loved one when he or she is in pain.

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  • 8 Benefits You Can Get from Vitamin B-12

    8 Benefits You Can Get from Vitamin B-12

    24th Jun 2019 Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Your body craves (and loves) vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin. That’s because it can deliver health benefits in a variety of ways all across the spectrum. It can help if you need a boost in red blood cells, or if you are concerned about your bone health and eventual osteoporosis, or if you need a kick to restore your emotional bounce and get you out of a nagging rainy-day funk.

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  • What Natural Remedies Can Treat/Prevent Dental Issues?

    What Natural Remedies Can Treat/Prevent Dental Issues?

    21st Jun 2019 Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Dental problems are like baseball umpires – you don’t think about them until they start causing you a problem, whether it be a toothache or that pitch you swore was outside but gets called strike three. Problems can range from a relatively simple (even if excruciating) toothache to the need for a root canal that hits you as hard in the wallet as it does in discomfort.

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  • What Remedies and Measures Can Alleviate Snoring?

    What Remedies and Measures Can Alleviate Snoring?

    19th Jun 2019 Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Snoring is not good for anyone. It’s not good for anyone who sleeps in the same room or in close proximity to someone who snores, and nothing good comes of it for the person who does snore. Snorers are often the butt of jokes, but it’s no laughing matter for anyone within earshot who is losing sleep or having their own sleep affected because they are the ones registering on the Richter scale even if they are not aware of it while they are doing it.

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  • 8 Home Remedies for Treating Yeast Infections

    8 Home Remedies for Treating Yeast Infections

    14th Jun 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    A yeast infection, which is rather common and typically found in a person’s genital area, is not a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or infection. What it is, is a prevalent type of fungal infection, one that 75 percent of women will experience once in their lifetime, and which men can also confront. The most common cause is a fungus known as candida albicans, although it can be treated relatively easily, to include various home remedies available over the counter.

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  • What Is Bee Propolis, and How Can It Benefit Me?

    What Is Bee Propolis, and How Can It Benefit Me?

    12th Jun 2019 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    We detest bees at backyard barbecues or for buzzing around the flower garden, but we love them for the honey they produce. That’s not all they are good for, either. There are several bee-manufactured compounds drawing rave notices in the world of nutritional supplements; one of those is a waxy substance known as “bee propolis.” It is a potent health balm sometimes referred to as “bee glue,” which has been used in folk medicine for thousands of years.

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  • What Benefits Can I Get from Turmeric?

    What Benefits Can I Get from Turmeric?

    9th Jun 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Turmeric, the spice, is what gives curry powder its yellow tint; turmeric extract, the nutritional supplement, is what gives consumers health benefit options conveniently available in one capsule. Turmeric is a plant related to ginger that is grown in India, other parts of Asia, and Central America, and its many benefits emanate primarily from its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

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  • What Is Perimenopause and How Do I Deal with It?

    What Is Perimenopause and How Do I Deal with It?

    7th Jun 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Before a woman becomes post-menopausal, she reaches menopause and experiences typical menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Before menopause there is perimenopause, which you don’t often hear about in regards to women’s health, but it is there and it gives a woman a preview of what it’s like dealing with menopause. Perimenopause is a transitional period that typically begins when a woman is in her 40s, although it has been known to start in her late 30s or even earlier.

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  • What Benefits Can I Get from Valerian?

    What Benefits Can I Get from Valerian?

    31st May 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Going through life with sleep problems can be brutal. Whether it’s trouble falling asleep at night, tossing and turning, or waking up every couple hours, making it through the next day on a lack of sleep can be a chore. It can be more about surviving than thriving whether at work or at play. In which case your next new best friend might be valerian, an herb that is native to Asia and Europe but can also be found in North America.

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  • What Is Rutin, and How Can It Benefit Me?

    What Is Rutin, and How Can It Benefit Me?

    30th May 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    How many times have we been told that a healthy diet should contain plenty of fruits and vegetables, and in a variety of bright colors? There’s something to be said about the benefits afforded by those assorted fruits and veggies, and color is key. The pigments that give those foods their colors themselves provide of health benefits, taking the form of such compounds as rutin.

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  • What Benefits Can I Get from Berberine?

    What Benefits Can I Get from Berberine?

    28th May 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Berberine is a compound derived from a Chinese herb, offering a variety of health and a track record in traditional medical practices dating back thousands of years. In recent years, the effects of berberine have caused it to re-emerged as one of the newest ‘it’ supplements, its many reported benefits ranging from lowering cholesterol and blood pressure to supporting cognitive and digestive health.

     

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  • What Is Black Cohosh, and What’s It Used For?

    What Is Black Cohosh, and What’s It Used For?

    17th May 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    The name sounds like something a gum-smacking waitress might slop down in front of you at a greasy-spoon eatery, but the fact is that black cohosh for centuries has been viewed and used as an herb with an assortment of purported healing properties. Most notable among those is its apparent ability to relieve the uncomfortable if not outright painful symptoms of menopause for women.

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  • Added Dietary Sugar: Sweet Substitutes (Part II)

    Added Dietary Sugar: Sweet Substitutes (Part II)

    15th May 2019 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    We recently blogged in this space about how sugar can be Public Enemy No. 1 for people who aren’t careful with their diets and consume an excess amount of added sugar (sugar in addition to already comes in their regular diet). Americans as a whole have been eating way too much sugar for too long, and the consequences are showing up in unwanted health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, mental health issues, and even acne problems.

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  • Added Dietary Sugar: Health Risks (Part I)

    Added Dietary Sugar: Health Risks (Part I)

    13th May 2019 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Sometimes being told what you should be eating in place of what you want to be eating is news you don’t want to hear, and this might be one of those occasions. For those who have a serious sweet tooth and think little of adding sugar to a food item such at any meal, the bad news is this – sugar might be Public Enemy No. 1 – more so even than fat – when it comes to a healthy diet and a healthy you.

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  • What Is L-Citrulline, and What’s It Used For?

    What Is L-Citrulline, and What’s It Used For?

    10th May 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Here’s another reason to consume watermelon with plenty of gusto – other than tasty relief on a hot day – it is a food known for its abundance of the amino acid L-citrulline, which does many things well. One of those is to boost the body’s production of nitric oxide, which works to enhance blood flow by helping your arteries to relax and function more efficiently.

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  • Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions for a Vitamin K Deficiency

    Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions for a Vitamin K Deficiency

    8th May 2019 Children's Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Vitamin K doesn’t get a lot of attention in the high-profile world of vitamins and minerals, but it plays a crucial role in our health, and parents of newborns are especially cognizant of this. The most important thing vitamin K does is to produce the proteins that assist the blood in clotting, thus reducing the chances of excessive bleeding both internally and externally.

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  • 10 Natural Ways to Prevent Hair Loss

    10 Natural Ways to Prevent Hair Loss

    6th May 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Hair loss isn’t just an inevitable event for most of us; it can be a life changer. For many of us, hair is a security blanket and something we like to take care of and make look good, whether male or female. What we have on top of our head is a prominent part of what we present in public, and that makes it a part of the source of our self-esteem, if not vanity.

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  • 8 Superfoods to Cleanse Your Colon

    8 Superfoods to Cleanse Your Colon

    1st May 2019 Food & Nutrition, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Now that spring cleaning time is here, consider taking a scrub brush to what’s inside you as well as what’s around you. Today’s subject is your colon, also known as your large intestine (or large bowel). This is the locale where the food you have consumed, and which has been digested in your small intestine, is further broken down by bacteria (to include the healthy removal of moisture) in preparation for leaving your body.

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  • What Is Tribulus Terrestris, and How Does It Work?

    What Is Tribulus Terrestris, and How Does It Work?

    29th Apr 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Spoken three times quickly in succession, ‘tribulus terrestris’ can be a real tongue twister. You also want to be careful holding this fruit-producing plant in your hands because it is covered with spines, which explains why it’s also sometimes referred to as the ‘puncture vine.’ Beyond all that, however, the fruit, leaf, and root of tribulus terrestris has various health-inducing and medicinal properties that make it a plant worth embracing – at least in the figurative sense.

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  • 9 Health Benefits That Honey Can Provide

    9 Health Benefits That Honey Can Provide

    26th Apr 2019 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    The enjoyment of consuming honey begins with the premise that it’s best not to picture how it is produced. Simply, bees collect the sugar-rich nectar from assorted flowers; once they get back to their beehives, they repeatedly eat, digest, and regurgitate the nectar. Eventually, they produce the end product we know as honey – a thickish liquid that is food for bees, with a smell, color, and taste contingent on the varieties of flowers being “tapped.”

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  • 7 Indicators of a Vitamin A Deficiency

    7 Indicators of a Vitamin A Deficiency

    23rd Apr 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Vision & Eye Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    When folks go shopping for vitamins that provide the most healthy bang for their bucks, they usually don’t begin with A like they do with the alphabet. That is, vitamin A isn’t regarded as one of your ‘it’ supplements these days. But it should be. Getting enough vitamin A into your body is essential for your good health; otherwise, you risk developing problems with your vision, immune system, reproduction, and even skin health, among other assorted health issues.

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  • Eight Ways to Support Your Liver's Health

    Eight Ways to Support Your Liver's Health

    17th Apr 2019 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Your body has an assortment of major organs, the most prominent of which are your brain and heart, and who’s going to debate that? But all of our organs require TLC, and there’s no overstating the important role that your liver plays within your body. It performs a multitude of key tasks, to include breaking down toxins so that they can be properly expelled from your bodies, as well as producing proteins, cholesterol, and bile as well as storing minerals, vitamins, and carbohydrates.

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  • Spring Cleaning: Start with the Cobwebs in Your Head

    Spring Cleaning: Start with the Cobwebs in Your Head

    12th Apr 2019 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    So it’s April and as good a time as any to clean out your closets and garage, and maybe start working on that landscaping, right? Spring cleaning time is here, and it’s also as good a time as any to clean out some, if not all, of those cobwebs inside your head. Whether your brain has been cluttered with tax prep or you are a student prepping to cram for final exams, or a senior lifer aspiring to improve memory functions, many of you can always use some cognitive cleanliness and fine tuning.

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  • 5 Symptoms of a Vitamin E Deficiency

    5 Symptoms of a Vitamin E Deficiency

    10th Apr 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Vision & Eye Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that is classified as essential. Because it is a fat-soluble vitamin, E requires a provision of fat from the food we eat in order to be properly absorbed. That’s one more reason to no longer fear knowingly including at least some fat in our diet, a concept we’ve had hammered into our heads in recent decades, only to now know that fat is not our true enemy—sugar now wears that crown.

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  • How to Relieve Sinus Congestion, Even During Allergy Season

    How to Relieve Sinus Congestion, Even During Allergy Season

    5th Apr 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Mention ‘sinus congestion’ or ‘stuffed-up nose” to someone, and odds are they picture biting cold in the dead of winter, while trying to ‘honk’ the contents inside their frozen nostrils into a folded handkerchief held between hands bundled in mittens, each breath visible in the frosty air. But sinus congestion can rear its annoying symptoms almost any time of year, and certainly during spring allergy season, when a mere runny nose can become a congested one fairly quickly.

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  • 6 Ways to Boost Testosterone Levels Naturally

    6 Ways to Boost Testosterone Levels Naturally

    27th Mar 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    As men age, they think more and more about testosterone, and why not? Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone, but as men get older, their body produces less and less of it. It’s no wonder men come to be preoccupied with the subject, as testosterone is a key to athleti8c performance – even if it’s just lifting light weights in the gym – as well as sexual performance in the bedroom.

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  • 10 Signs of a Vitamin D Deficiency

    10 Signs of a Vitamin D Deficiency

    25th Mar 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Your body doesn’t produce vitamin D on its own, but it needs plenty of it in order to function properly. Although that sounds a bit ominous and introduces a sense of urgency, the good news is that vitamin D is also known as the “sunshine vitamin.” Something to smile about, right? Sunlight is a rich source of vitamin D, so if you want to do your body some good, make it a point to get outside on a sunny day and soak up some of the rays, enjoying life as you enhance your health!

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  • How to Understand and Handle Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

    18th Mar 2019 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    You shouldn’t feel too bad if you have ever suffered, or are suffering, from a bout of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). You have plenty of company. Well, let’s rephrase that: then again, feeling bad goes with the SAD territory, and it might even seem unavoidable. Feeling bad, depressed, or just plain down in the dumps for an extended period of time every year is a very real thing for many people, and there’s nothing amusing or uplifting about it.

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  • Gymnema Sylvestre: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    Gymnema Sylvestre: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    14th Mar 2019 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Much of what we see and know about regarding nutritional herbs and supplements dates back hundreds, even thousands, of years, which is proof that our ancestors – regardless your ethnicity – knew what they were doing way back when. Gymnema sylvestre, a wood-climbing shrub native to Indian, Africa, and Australia is among those plants whose robust medicinal properties have stood the tests of time.

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  • 7 Signs of a Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    7 Signs of a Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    11th Mar 2019 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    For years now, health-conscious people have practically flocked to their local grocery store or pharmacy to load up on vitamin B12, and they have done so for good reason. Of all the “members: of the B complex family of vitamins, and there are lots of them, B12 might be the most important. Simply put, without a sufficient supply of B12 in your body, you would not be able to function properly.

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  • Taking a Calm Approach to Nervous System Health

    Taking a Calm Approach to Nervous System Health

    7th Mar 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Your nervous system deserves your full attention and utmost self-care at all times. You could call it a 24/7 proposition as making sure you have a proper night’s sleep every night is crucial to the proper care of your nervous system. Maintaining your nervous system’s strength is paramount because it is the most important and yet complex system in your body, responsible for proper response to all internal and external stimuli related to various actions and emotions.

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  • Klamath Blue Green Algae: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    Klamath Blue Green Algae: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    4th Mar 2019 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    If you ever get a hankering to go searching for type of superfood that you haven’t tried before, get your adventurous spirit in gear. How about a dip in Upper Klamath Lake in southern Oregon? There, you might be able to get your hands on some of the world-renowned Klamath blue green algae, a nutritional food that contains no less than a dozen vitamins, more than 20 minerals, and an assortment of high-quality protein as well as a variety of essential amino acids.

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  • Treat Your Dog Right with Biotin

    Treat Your Dog Right with Biotin

    1st Mar 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    A dog is man’s best friend, so it’s only natural that man return the favor by supplying their favorite dog or pup with biotin, a vitamin commonly associated with skin care and hair care products for people. Biotin also works well for the canines, so, if you have a dog (or two or more), consider buying biotin as a food additive as it can also provide your loyal pet(s) with a healthy skin and coat to make their lives that much better.

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  • Bromelain: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    Bromelain: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    28th Feb 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Many of us have grown up believing that anything that’s good for what ails us isn’t going to taste very good, and were it not medicinal, we wouldn’t be touching it with a 10-foot pole. There are exceptions to the rule. One of them is that sweet, juicy fruit known as pineapple, which contains a protein-digesting enzyme known as bromelain. Once extracted from the pineapple, bromelain has the potential to clear things up healthwise in a variety of ways.

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  • Mani/Pedi Trauma? Meet the Top Two Supplements for Healthy Nails!

    Mani/Pedi Trauma? Meet the Top Two Supplements for Healthy Nails!

    25th Feb 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Ah, that first pedicure! Quite the dramatic before/after, right? And the second one… still lookin’ good! Three… Four… Five… Six…

    At a certain point, you may notice the “law of diminishing returns” coming into effect. That is to say, with each manicure or pedicure, the improvements are fewer. The time at the salon becomes more about maintaining a look. And, meanwhile, your natural nails and cuticles become dry and brittle.

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  • Water Soluble v. Fat Soluble Vitamins: What's the Difference?

    Water Soluble v. Fat Soluble Vitamins: What's the Difference?

    21st Feb 2019 Vitamins & Minerals

    When the doctor says, “Make sure to get your vitamins,” did you know that statement isn’t nearly as generic as it sounds? In fact, there are precisely thirteen vitamins that everybody needs. Not twelve. Not fourteen. Thirteen. Having a primary or secondary deficiency in any of these thirteen vitamins could, over time, lead to serious health consequences.

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  • Get a Caffeine-Like Energy Boost without the Caffeine

    Get a Caffeine-Like Energy Boost without the Caffeine

    20th Feb 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Millions of people do it every day, in many cases as soon as they get up in the morning. They fire up the coffee pot, to get that first hot, steaming cup of joe, sipping from it and waiting (not long) for that first kick in the pants they need to get a move-on. Not everyone is a coffee fan, though. Perhaps they don’t like the taste or they aren’t comfortable with what the caffeine kick does to their body, such as getting the heart to race or even get ‘jumpy.’

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  • How to Head Off Migraine Headaches at the Pass

    How to Head Off Migraine Headaches at the Pass

    18th Feb 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    If you’re not sure if you’ve ever had a migraine headache, you probably haven’t. If you did, you surely would have remembered the experience. A real-life nightmare accompanied by symptoms that typically include some or all of the following: throbbing pain (usually on one side of the head), sensitivity to light or sound, blurred vision or visual changes known as an ‘aura,’ nausea, and vomiting.

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  • Fenugreek: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    Fenugreek: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    15th Feb 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    We start with a quick quiz: What do nursing mothers with lactation difficulties, grown men experiencing the effects of low testosterone, diabetics looking to reduce their blood sugar levels, and anyone who eats too much and has trouble controlling their appetite have in common? All could benefit from taking nutritional supplements containing fenugreek.

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  • GTF Chromium: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    GTF Chromium: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    14th Feb 2019 Weight Management, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Chromium is a mineral that is essential for your body’s nutritional needs, yet it is a hard metal that, in its natural state, is difficult for your body to absorb. Hmmm. That sounds like it could be a problem, even a contradiction of human biology, except such minerals can be chelated, or bound, to another compound to enhance its absorption capability. Such is the case with GTF chromium.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Farmers

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Farmers

    11th Feb 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Announcements & News

    There are a number of professions about which you could say that the work is never done, but when it comes to farmers, that’s really true. That’s even the case in this era of advanced agricultural technology, in which computers and high tech can now be found yards away from acres adorned with wheat or corn or a couple barns full of cattle, or all of that.

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  • Alpha Lipoic Acid: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    Alpha Lipoic Acid: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    8th Feb 2019 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Alpha lipoic acid is also known as lipoic acid and thioctic acid, but whatever you choose to call it, it remains a compound found in almost every cell in your body – providing protection to those cells. Its primary role is to support your body’s normal functions by converting glucose – aka blood sugar – into the energy needed to drive those bodily functions.

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  • Resveratrol -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Resveratrol -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    7th Feb 2019 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    We all know all too well that drinking and driving don’t mix, that there’s not much good to be gained by drinking too much alcohol. Drinking a moderate amount of red wine, though, can apparently be a boon to our health, starting with how it seems able to protect brain function and lower blood pressure – and that isn’t all.

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  • Melatonin: Its Sources, Benefits and Uses

    Melatonin: Its Sources, Benefits and Uses

    6th Feb 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Falling asleep as quickly as possible is the goal of everyone when their head hits the pillow at night, although that is often easier said than done. Sometimes we need extra help dozing off when we want to be dozing off – late at night, usually – preferably without need of a prescription. Melatonin in over-the-counter supplement form can help us get to sleep in certain circumstances, in addition to other benefits it can provide.

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  • CoEnzyme Q10: Secret Supplement for Bypass Surgery Recovery?

    CoEnzyme Q10: Secret Supplement for Bypass Surgery Recovery?

    6th Feb 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    “CoQ10” may sound like a droid in Star Wars, but it’s actually a naturally occurring substance in the human body. Also known as “CoEnzyme Q10,” this substance plays a critical role in several body functions, including heart health.

    Unfortunately, research suggests that some people may have reduced levels of this substance, reports the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. This substance decreases as you age, and it is believed that many diseases, including some genetic disorders, are associated with low levels of CoQ10.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Writers and Editors

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Writers and Editors

    4th Feb 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Writing for many people is a hobby, something they can do at night at home after work or on weekends in between other activities and the kids or grandkids. For hundreds of thousands if not millions, though, writing (as well as editing) is a fulltime endeavor, whether they be employed in a writing/editing position for a company or organization, or working on their own as a freelancer or independent contractor, sometimes at the home office, other times in a local coffee shop, perhaps writing a magazine article, a poem, or a book.

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  • Collinsonia Root: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    Collinsonia Root: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    1st Feb 2019 Wellness & Well-being

    Many vitamins and minerals offered on the market as nutritional supplements are used to replenish the body when there are specific deficiencies affecting our body’s proper function. These include the likes of B-complex vitamins, iron, magnesium, and zinc – all of which the body needs on a daily basis. Then there are herbal supplements ideal for filling in “the gaps” areas of your health that might need an extra boost outside what a “mainstream” vitamin or mineral can readily provide.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Construction Workers

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Construction Workers

    30th Jan 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Construction workers are the guys and gals in hard hats grinding away whenever they’re on the clock. Between them they perform a wide variety of get-your-hands-dirty functions. These range from cleaning and preparing construction sites to digging trenches and backfilling holes to operating heavy equipment, concrete mixers, and jackhammers, at times carrying out dangerous tasks on narrow steel beams dozens of stories above the ground.

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  • Magnesium: Its Sources, Benefits and Uses

    Magnesium: Its Sources, Benefits and Uses

    29th Jan 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Properly fueling your body with the right vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients involves more than an indiscriminate cramming of favorite foods into your mouth. Yet some of us do just that, believing our body is wired to sort out everything on its own, automatically undoing the dietary mistakes we make and making sure the right minerals go to the right places in the correct amounts. It helps to know what the essential minerals are that our body needs to survive, and that starts with identifying the “major minerals,” such as magnesium.

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  • The EPI Journey of Lexi the German Shepherd

    The EPI Journey of Lexi the German Shepherd

    22nd Jan 2019 Announcements & News

    This blog post highlights the experience of a WonderLabs customer and her puppy's journey through some of the challenges and up's and down's of identifying and treating exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in her German Shepherd, Lexi. Linda has been gracious enough to share with us her story, including test results after using our PetFactor product with Lexi.

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  • Bee Pollen for Anti-Aging and Energy Boosting?!

    Bee Pollen for Anti-Aging and Energy Boosting?!

    21st Jan 2019 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Pollen is typically something you try to avoid, right? Scratchy throat, stuffy nose, dry eyes. No thanks. When it comes to bee pollen, however, the tables turn. This is one type of pollen you may actually want in your body!

    While bee pollen doesn’t get all the buzz that “big name” supplements like Vitamin B receive, this product is humming along just beneath the radar. Discover some of the incredible potential benefits of bee pollen and other bee-derived ingredients below…

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Truck Drivers

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Truck Drivers

    18th Jan 2019 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    The life of a big rig truck driver (18-wheelers) is not one conducive to good health. It is, in fact, a profession more conducive to bad health, or at least developing it over time. The challenge is even greater this time of year, when about half the country is wrapped in wintry conditions, and cold and flu season is in a heightened state. Plus truck drivers live life fast – fast trucks, fast food, and fast sleep wherever you can catch a wink before resuming the long haul.

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  • Going Vegan? Make Sure You Know About These 6 Vitamins & Supplements

    Going Vegan? Make Sure You Know About These 6 Vitamins & Supplements

    15th Jan 2019 Food & Nutrition

    Whether it’s a lifestyle or a one-month experiment, more people than ever before are going vegan. Food Revolution Network shares these global statistics as evidence:

    • Self-identifying vegans have increased by 600% over the last three years in the U.S.
    • GrubHub users chose “vegan food” 19% more in the first half of 2017 than in the first half of 2016.
    • "Nestlé, the largest food company in the world, predicts that plant-based foods will continue to grow and … this trend is ‘here to stay.’”

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Nurses

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Nurses

    11th Jan 2019 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    If you think of nurses as mere sidekicks to physicians, then it’s time to be introduced to the real world. Nurses do much more than just take vitals, empty out bedpans, and offer a bedside manner that is empathetic and encouraging. Their responsibilities run the gamut from rendering decisions related to acute treatment to providing school inoculations to studying and utilizing data relative to a patient’s biological, physical, and behavioral needs.

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  • It's Not Too Late to Catch or Prevent the Flu

    It's Not Too Late to Catch or Prevent the Flu

    10th Jan 2019 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    January is here, meaning it’s way too late to be giving Christmas gifts even belatedly or ringing in the New Year, but dealing with the flu? Welcome to the height of the flu season, which kicked off in October but is still out there looking for new victims. The trick is to do what you can to avoid any flu virus that might have your name on it. As they say, let’s be careful out there.

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  • Folate/Folic Acid -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Folate/Folic Acid -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    9th Jan 2019 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    If you are one of the many who confuse the terms folate and folic acid, you are forgiven. That’s because you haven’t done anything wrong. Essentially, they are one and the same – sort of. Folate, otherwise known as vitamin B9, is one of many essential vitamins, and it is naturally occurring, found in many types of foods. Folic acid is the synthetic version of folate/B9, used to fortify foods and also a key ingredient in nutritional supplements.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Soldiers

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Soldiers

    8th Jan 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    The military lives and breathes on maxims and mottos, and one of them often heard around posts and bases is “being fit to fight with what we have.” As you might have guessed, the biggest piece when it comes to being fit is physical fitness. Whether you are in the army, marines, air force, or navy, a big chunk of your time involves staying in tiptop shape to handle the rigors of your various tasks and missions.

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  • 7 Creative Ways to Remember to Take Your Vitamins!

    7 Creative Ways to Remember to Take Your Vitamins!

    7th Jan 2019 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    We believe in vitamins and supplements. We buy them. We open the packages and line up the bottles in medicine cabinets and kitchen pantries. And then we forget to take them. It’s not that we don’t want to take our vitamins and supplements, it’s just that life somehow gets in the way. In the medical world, doctors call this “medication nonadherence,” and it’s an issue that’s challenged patients and health providers for decades.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Firefighters

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Firefighters

    2nd Jan 2019 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Being a firefighter is about more than sliding down a pole, holding onto a firetruck while racing to the scene of a fire, manning a high-pressure hose, rapidly climbing ladders, running up flights of stairs, breaking down doors and other obstacles with an axe, and dodging incredibly hot flames while rescuing trapped people. A lot more, which helps explain that living the life of a firefighter 24/7 is a risk-filled challenge not for the faint of heart.

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  • 5 Vitamins That Could Be Affecting Your Oral Health

    5 Vitamins That Could Be Affecting Your Oral Health

    1st Jan 2019 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    Dental hygiene is extremely important to maintain, however, with many foods containing a high sugar content as well as being highly acidic this can have a huge impact on our teeth. Although the damage to your teeth may sometimes be hereditary, a number of professionals, from a London dentist to your local clinic, are available to help you combat the problems you could be experiencing. However, what if we told you a way that you could prevent the problem? Here we are going to give you some top tips for vitamins that could be affecting your oral health.

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  • Kosher-Certified Supplements: What, Why & How!

    Kosher-Certified Supplements: What, Why & How!

    31st Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    You take vitamins and supplements because you want to be the healthiest version of yourself, right? So, why settle for just any supplement when you can take kosher-certified supplements? At Wonder Labs, we believe in providing your family with the highest quality products possible, which is one reason why we offer a wide array of kosher-certified vitamins and supplements.

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  • How A Lack Of Vitamins & Minerals Can Lead To Hair Loss

    How A Lack Of Vitamins & Minerals Can Lead To Hair Loss

    31st Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    When it comes to how we eat and drink, very few of us are keeping up the balanced diets we’re regularly encouraged to adopt. For this reason, nutritional deficiencies are on the rise and while these can cause a number of different health issues, one of the most common side effects is hair loss. While the world is adapting to this growing issue with new treatments, from a hair transplant in Turkey to hair growth supplements, understanding just why you might be losing your hair and whether this is due to a vitamin or mineral deficiency is crucial to finding the right solution.

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  • Echinacea -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Echinacea -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    28th Dec 2018 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Winter has officially arrived, and with it comes the usual slew of colds and the even more dreaded flu. Chances are the nasty colds are already here in full force, leaving sufferers with two main thoughts when it comes to their current condition: How can I shorten the duration of this cold, and what can I do going forward to thwart my next cold? For years, the most obvious solution to at least the second part of that conundrum was vitamin C, but on closer examination and contemplation, an even-better cold preventative might be echinacea.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Teachers

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Teachers

    26th Dec 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Being a teacher is a noble profession, but it is one that comes with potential for stress (and anxiety), long days and some nights and weekends on your feet, and, for elementary school teachers especially, a lot of time on the move with hustle and bustle. The job often requires teachers to stand for hours at a time, which can be brutal on the back and feet. Teachers must be able to handle pressure (of students, administrators, and parents), maintain a sharp mind, and have the energy and endurance to survive the long haul.

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  • 5 Major Muscle Groups of the Body and Their Function

    5 Major Muscle Groups of the Body and Their Function

    24th Dec 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    There are more than 600 muscles in the human body. Muscles are considered the only tissue in the body that has the ability to contract and move the other body parts. About 40% of your body weight is made up of muscle tissues.  Basically, these muscles are used for locomotion, first and foremost, but also for achieving complex and impressive moves. Because of their usage and movement, exercise programs that involve the martial arts can be very beneficial for individuals looking to stay fit and improve muscle tone and coordination.

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  • Cinnamon | Reap the Benefits for Your Health

    Cinnamon | Reap the Benefits for Your Health

    21st Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    To anyone who has a sweet tooth and has longed for a ‘miracle’ food that is not only sweet and tasty but also healthful and beneficial (and low on calories) need dream no longer. There is such a consumable – cinnamon – that in fact has been around for thousands of years and which provides a plethora of potential health benefits that sound almost too good to be true. But it is true.

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  • 5 Reasons For Some Vitamins, Herbs and Minerals Before Hitting the Gym

    5 Reasons For Some Vitamins, Herbs and Minerals Before Hitting the Gym

    20th Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management

    I bet many people would walk right away from exercising if they were told that exercising leaves some of their tissues broken or injured. Hard as that may be to swallow, it’s the frank way to explain the internal technicalities that make exercises beneficial. Talking about misconceptions, hypes and exaggerations, health and fitness comes only second to love and relationships.

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  • Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: What's Going On?

    Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: What's Going On?

    19th Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    One of man’s (and woman’s) greatest fears is hair loss – that is, loss of the hair that starts out growing atop your head. Theories abound as to what causes hair loss, ranging from excessive wearing of ballcaps or ponytails to driving convertibles with the top down to too many shampoos, but more likely it’s a combination of factors based more in science than myths. No, experts say, frequent brushing or towel-drying of your hair won’t turn you bald overnight.

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  • If You're Anemic, Here's What You Can Do About It

    If You're Anemic, Here's What You Can Do About It

    18th Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    At this time of year, with the hustle and bustle of the holidays, to include all the shopping, partying, and traveling, it’s easy to find yourself tired, worn down, and ready for a horizontal perch on the sofa. Maybe you feel blasé, devoid of energy, not sure how you’re going to be able to make it – and this is during restful moments, away from the hubbub. Worse yet, this seriously rundown feeling isn’t going away, and you don’t know what’s up.

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  • Fish Oil | Reap the Benefits for Your Health

    Fish Oil | Reap the Benefits for Your Health

    17th Dec 2018 Children's Health, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    The first thing you need to know about fish oil is that it is one of the most frequently consumed dietary supplements, and it contains an abundance of omega-3 fatty acids, which can boost your health in many ways. All you must do is give fish oil a chance, whether it be eating some of the many types of fish that contain fish oil (such as lake trout, sardines, salmon, oysters, various types of tuna, swordfish, anchovies, and herring, among others) or adding it as a daily supplement to your diet. Then watch it go to work inside your body.

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  • Cayenne Pepper | Reap the Benefits for Your Health

    Cayenne Pepper | Reap the Benefits for Your Health

    14th Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    What’s there not to love about cayenne? It’s a pepper that adds a splendid kick to almost any meal (even breakfast, in some cases) and which doubles in its other world as a therapeutic compound with thousands of years of practical use and dozens of uses ranging from treating heartburn and delirium to going head to head with sore throat and hemorrhoids. Not to mention (but we are, anyway) it can also do a number in helping to cleanse the body as a detoxifying agent.

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  • Valerian/Valerin Calms the Nerves, Helps You Sleep

    Valerian/Valerin Calms the Nerves, Helps You Sleep

    13th Dec 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Although scientific studies examining the herb valerian’s sedative powers is relatively limited, compared to other supplement products, consider this: it has been used for centuries for treating insomniacs – people who have trouble either falling asleep or staying asleep. The proof is in how it has been used for centuries by various cultures as a reliable therapeutic agent for an assortment of issues related to sleep, stress, and anxiety.

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  • Could Heartburn Relief Affect Your Body's B12 Absorption?

    Could Heartburn Relief Affect Your Body's B12 Absorption?

    10th Dec 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Previously in this space, we discussed vitamin B12 and the important roles it plays on multiple levels in supporting our health. A deficiency of B12 can lead to all sorts of problems, starting on a basic level with tiredness, weakness, constipation and anemia, while a long-term deficiency can ultimately lead to nerve damage and dementia, even gait disturbance, among other life-changing conditions to be avoided.

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  • Make Vitamin B12 a Dedicated Focus of Your Daily Diet

    Make Vitamin B12 a Dedicated Focus of Your Daily Diet

    5th Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    If you follow a healthy, well-rounded diet that includes meat, fish, yogurt and raw milk, you probably don’t have much to worry about when it comes to having sufficient vitamin B12 in your system. Without a steady supply of B12, though, you could be dealing with debilitating symptoms such as chronic fatigue, muscle aches, joint pain, shortness of breath, mood changes, poor memory, and even poor dental health.

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  • Your Body Could Use an Occasional Detoxification

    Your Body Could Use an Occasional Detoxification

    4th Dec 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Count the number of times you’ve heard the expression “You are what you eat.” OK, so you can’t. Too many. While the saying has a lot of truth to it, good or bad for your sake (depending on how you structure your diet – assuming there IS structure to it), there’s more that goes into this subject, and by that we mean what goes into your body. Your body is a magnet and receptacle for many things, not just what you eat, and therein lies the danger – the bodily accumulation of toxins through various environmental factors.

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  • Vitamins & Supplements That Can Offset Rx Side Effects

    Vitamins & Supplements That Can Offset Rx Side Effects

    3rd Dec 2018 Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Most likely you’ve sat through oodles of those television commercials and infomercials touting one prescription drug or another that can relieve sufferers of some highly annoying (or worse) condition, whether it be high cholesterol, an overactive bladder, or erectile dysfunction, among others. Don’t you love it when the announcer then gives you a rapid-fire list of possible side effects that, cumulatively, sound less desirable than the condition being treated.

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  • Complications of Diabetes for Your Health

    Complications of Diabetes for Your Health

    27th Nov 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Each year, 1.5 million Americans of all ages are diagnosed with diabetes. This disorder of the metabolism is diagnosed in three different types: type 1 diabetes, in which most people diagnosed with this are born with it, type 2 diabetes, which develops through a number of external factors, and gestational diabetes, which is diagnosed in pregnant women. A woman diagnosed with gestational diabetes has a greater chance for later development of type 1 or 2 diabetes, and her child could have a higher risk of diabetes as well.

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  • What Is an Ulcer and What Can You Do About It?

    What Is an Ulcer and What Can You Do About It?

    26th Nov 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    There’s nothing like the sight of sticky mucus to make us grimace or get grossed out, but when it comes to the health of our stomach – and our overall health at that – sticky mucus is a good thing. When our stomach is healthy, it is coated in a layer of that stuff, but when an unwanted toxin eats away at it, possibly resulting in a painful and sometimes bloody open sores, you likely have what’s known as an ulcer. Some are tiny and others over an inch long, but once we get them, the immediate goal becomes getting rid of them.

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  • What Urine Can Tell You About Your Health

    What Urine Can Tell You About Your Health

    21st Nov 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    There’s a lot you can learn about yourself every time you go to the bathroom to urinate. The color and even the smell of your pee can be a window to your health, giving you instant feedback – even an early warning – on what might be going on inside of you and which you need to know for your own good. All without having to make an appointment and then going to see your doctor.

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  • What You Need to Know about Diabetes

    What You Need to Know about Diabetes

    19th Nov 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    About one in 10 Americans have diabetes, which works out to more than 30 million people. More than 80 million other U.S. adults are at the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and that’s sobering news when you realize that this disease – which is closely aligned with blood glucose levels in your body – can lead to blindness, nerve damage, and kidney disease, among other health issues.

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  • Time to Gear Up for Cold & Flu Season: Part I

    Time to Gear Up for Cold & Flu Season: Part I

    16th Nov 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Now that November is in full swing, and the leaves are dead and gone, and the chill is permeating the air, our thoughts turn to holiday season dinners, buying gifts for others, and, unfortunately, dreading the arrival of cold and flu season – unless you are already in the throes of one or the other, and don’t feel like doing anything but curling up in bed and trying to get some shuteye.

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  • Gingko -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Gingko -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    14th Nov 2018 Vision & Eye Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Ginkgo has a sterling reputation as a plant-based supplement that can help people think, literally. It’s best known for its potential to enhance memory and clear up brain fog, and it has even shown some positive benefits for Alzheimer’s patients who otherwise see a steady decline of their cognitive abilities. It gets better, though, as ginkgo has also shown health benefits in numerous other areas as well, mainly in regard to improved blood flow and how that plays out well in so many aspects of your health.

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  • Iodine -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Iodine -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    13th Nov 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Most of the various vitamins, minerals, and elements that you need to survive and thrive are naturally manufactured by your body. Then there are some substances vital to your well-being that you need to provide for yourself, either through your diet or supplements. One of those is iodine, an essential trace element. You don’t need a lot but what your body does need is vital, especially in regard to your thyroid gland.

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  • Nothing Could Be Sadder Than an Unhealthy Bladder

    Nothing Could Be Sadder Than an Unhealthy Bladder

    12th Nov 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Your bladder is one of the major organs in your body, and it probably is not one you think about very often. But more than likely when you do think about it, it’s about the only thing you have on your mind; suddenly you are rushing around looking to find a rest room for the purpose of putting a stop to that “loud” alarm going off inside of you. Urinating is a highly personal affair, and when the time comes for it to be relieved, you want to be ready.

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  • What Are All These Other Ingredients in My Supplements?

    What Are All These Other Ingredients in My Supplements?

    9th Nov 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    When buying nutritional supplements, it’s good to know exactly what each is best suited for in terms of health benefits and/or safeguards, and what dietary ingredients they contain. Like anything else, though, supplements have their share of the “fine print” as well, and, like reading a contract or the directions to a new gizmo you are putting together, it helps to have at least some understanding of the “other ingredients” contained in a supplement.

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  • What Does Homeopathic Really Mean?

    What Does Homeopathic Really Mean?

    8th Nov 2018 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Surveys in recent years have shown that roughly 5 million adults and a million children each year have used homeopathic medical treatment. That might seem like a large number, until you realize that many more millions of Americans have either never heard of homeopathic me3dicine, or if they have, they don’t really know what it is. Perhaps it’s time that more people found out about it, because many of its practitioners swear by it.

     

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  • Let Creatine Create Enhanced Performance for You

    Let Creatine Create Enhanced Performance for You

    7th Nov 2018 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    Even for those of you who do it all the time, exercise and intense competition can sometimes become a drag on the body, right? Those are the times to be thinking about a little “pick-me-up” that might help you run a bit faster, jump a little higher, do an extra set of lifts, or extend that endurance a little bit farther. Enhancing your athletic or workout performance safely and legally should be atop your list of priorities, and creatine can help on all counts.

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  • What Is MTHFR Mutation and What Does It Mean?

    What Is MTHFR Mutation and What Does It Mean?

    5th Nov 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Health, nutrition, and supplementation together cover a myriad of topics, and there are times that such discussions have the look and feel of a science fiction novel. Such as when the subject turns to gene mutation, in this case MTHFR mutation, a gene variation that can affect how successful your body is in metabolizing folate and folic acid, both of which are forms of vitamin B9 that play key roles in many key bodily functions.

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  • The Best Supplements for Healthy Hair

    The Best Supplements for Healthy Hair

    27th Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Dry hair. Brittle hair. Thinning hair. Going, going, gone hair.

    When it comes to hair, most men take the wash-it-and-forget-it approach. However, your hair is very much “alive” and responsive to your diet and the chemicals and detergents it comes into contact with. From damaging shampoos to chlorinated pools, your hair can be exposed to a lot of harsh chemicals that result in… well… rather lackluster locks.

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  • U.S. Government Ramps Up War Against Opioid Addiction

    U.S. Government Ramps Up War Against Opioid Addiction

    26th Oct 2018 Wellness & Well-being, Announcements & News

    In what has become a rare act of bipartisanship in government, President Donald Trump has signed an anti-opioid abuse legislative package aimed at reducing opioid-related addiction and deaths across America. Trump had declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in 2017, a proclamation which set the wheels in motion to empower the government to respond more quickly to the crisis.

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  • Do Pain-Relieving Gels Really Work??

    Do Pain-Relieving Gels Really Work??

    25th Oct 2018 Immune System

    These days, many consumers are becoming more aware of how the medications they take can adversely affect their health. Conventional wisdom says, “Swollen knee? Achy back? Pop a couple ibuprofens.” But is that really the best thing for your body?

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  • Tea for Two, but Are Alleged Health Benefits True?

    Tea for Two, but Are Alleged Health Benefits True?

    24th Oct 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Let’s cut to the chase by answering the question posed in the title of this article. Yes, the alleged health benefits are true, or at least appear to be true, but such a declaration comes with several caveats. One qualifier is that not all teas sold on the market are real teas – those being ones derived from the Camellia sinensis plant. Plus, actual testing of tea’s beneficial potencies has been limited to animals and not humans, so we can’t quite say ‘yeah’ with 100 percent confidence.

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  • What's In TripleTrim Weight Loss Formula?

    What's In TripleTrim Weight Loss Formula?

    23rd Oct 2018 Weight Management

    We all know that diet and exercise are essential for weight loss and healthy weight maintenance, right? But sometimes diet and exercise alone just isn’t enough. You can only starve yourself so much… or spend so much time on the treadmill, right?! When you feel like you’ve hit your limit – but still aren’t getting the results you want – what do you do? Meet TripleTrim+, a specially designed weight loss formula that brings a three-pronged approach to weight loss with Garcinia Cambogia, Green Coffee Bean and Razberi-K™. Let’s take a closer look…

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  • If We Made Supplements Out of Almonds

    If We Made Supplements Out of Almonds

    22nd Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    When it comes to a nutritious, energy-packed snack, it’s hard to do better than the almond. When you snack on a handful of raw almonds (just say, “No,” to the salted and honey-glazed varieties!), you aren’t just getting an energy boost; you’re also fueling your body with much-needed vitamins and minerals.

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  • Pumpkin Seeds Can Sprout Health Benefits for You

    Pumpkin Seeds Can Sprout Health Benefits for You

    18th Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    With Halloween just a couple weeks away, what better way to conclude this three-part series on nutritional seed supplements by carving out some time to talk about pumpkin seeds? One good thing to know about pumpkin seeds right off the bat is that they are alkaline-forming, per care2.com, which means consumption of them can go a long way toward balancing out your body’s pH levels in a world full of acidic foods. Think, for example, gooey or hard candy that will make its ways into millions of kids’ trick-or-treating bags.

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  • Can I Take My Vitamins & Supplements with Prescription Medications?

    Can I Take My Vitamins & Supplements with Prescription Medications?

    17th Oct 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    The ample availability and accessibility of nutritional and herbal supplements has changed our world and improved our access to better health in recent decades. These products are readily available over-the-counter across America. Their ease of use have made them indispensable to tens of millions of U.S. households, eagerly used by adults, young and old, to complement what you eat at mealtime and to help plug any gaps in proper nutrition.

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  • Dandelion Root -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses

    Dandelion Root -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses

    16th Oct 2018 Weight Management, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    To some homeowners, a dandelion is nothing more than an annoying weed that so rudely populates his or her yard for a brief spell once a year. Others a bit more romantic at heart are enraptured by the bright yellow hue of the budding plant. But what many members of both of these demographics might not know is that dandelion root has long been a staple of the herbal remedy market, known for its properties of stimulating the appetite, promoting digestion, and acting as a laxative.

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  • Play It Smart When It Comes to Brain Food

    Play It Smart When It Comes to Brain Food

    15th Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    https://www.wonderlabs.com/blog/how-does-nutrition-affect-mental-healthAsk anybody if they are all in for eating their way to a healthier brain and a boost in mental acuity. No doubt a lot of hands would be raised in affirmation. Of course, you would then have to explain to them that this doesn’t mean just pigging out indiscriminately on your smorgasbord of favorites. It actually calls for being selective in what you eat and, in most cases, in the right quantities.

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  • Flaxseeds Can Sprout Health Benefits for You

    Flaxseeds Can Sprout Health Benefits for You

    12th Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    In this second of three blogs in our impromptu good-things-come-in-small-packages series of nutritional seeds, we turn our gaze to flaxseeds, which have been around for a long time – as in 6,ooo years long! These small seeds – which can be found in brown, tan, or gold-colored varieties, are a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids known as alpha-linolenic acids (ALA) and can fight the good fight for good health on several fronts, such as blood sugar, heart disease, digestion, skin complexion, cholesterol, and hormones.

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  • Chia Seeds Can Sprout Health Benefits for You

    Chia Seeds Can Sprout Health Benefits for You

    11th Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    When planting a garden, such as the one in your backyard, it is imperative that you have the right seeds in hand to make it possible to plant, nurture, and harvest a nice assortment of vegetables for the family dinner table. Ditto for your body and an assortment of nutritional seeds. As small as they are, such seeds can be indispensable for your health; it’s just a matter of knowing which ones can do what, and then being sure to include them as part of your daily dietary regimen.

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  • Infographic: Essential Vitamin Benefits and Other Things to Know

    Infographic: Essential Vitamin Benefits and Other Things to Know

    10th Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    There are 13 essential vitamins all-in-all. Do you know what they are? Do you know if they are water soluble or fat soluble? What's the difference? Do you know how much you need as compared to your spouse? What about the best natural source of getting the vitamins in your food diet? Or, what about signs you should look for in the event you think you might have a deficiency in one of these essential vitamins? Well, it's all right here in this infographic created by the folks over at medalerthelp.org.

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  • Milk Thistle - Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Milk Thistle - Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    9th Oct 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System

    Ask a half-dozen people their favorite health attribute linked to milk thistle, and you will likely hear six different answers. That points to the versatility of this flowering plant (reddish-purplish flowers) found mostly in Mediterranean countries and which belongs to the same plant family as the daisy. Scientifically known as silybmum marianum, milk thistle actually goes by an assortment of names that also include Mary thistle, holy thistle, and Scotch thistle.

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  • Multiply the Health Benefits of Vitamin B-12 and Omega-3

    Multiply the Health Benefits of Vitamin B-12 and Omega-3

    8th Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health

    Consider this the nutritional supplement version of combining two favorites – peanut butter and chocolate – into one, and producing a whole that apparently is better than the sum of its parts. While this isn’t about Reese’s peanut butter cups, it is about the beneficial effects you can get from supplementing with vitamin B12 and omega-3 fish oils at the same time.

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  • 4 Stress-Relieving Supplements You Need ASAP!

    4 Stress-Relieving Supplements You Need ASAP!

    5th Oct 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Stress may be caused by a variety of factors outside of your control: work, school, finances, relationships, etc. But our chemical makeup may exacerbate an emotional and psychological response to those events. If you’re feeling stressed out, take a couple of minutes to learn about these four supplements, which are known to help manage stress!

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  • What Everyone Should Know About Breast Cancer

    What Everyone Should Know About Breast Cancer

    4th Oct 2018 Wellness & Well-being, Announcements & News

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed in their lifetime, it's important to educate on who is at risk of this vicious disease. Not only are women susceptible to breast cancer, but men can also be diagnosed as well. Thanks to increased awareness, medical advances, and early detection methods - the survival rate of people who are diagnosed has increased largely.

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  • What Are Amino Acids and Why Are They Needed?

    What Are Amino Acids and Why Are They Needed?

    3rd Oct 2018 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    Amino acids are the organic compounds that come together to form proteins, the building blocks of life. Knowing that, it should be no surprise that your body needs a daily intake of amino acids. That’s because your body doesn’t store any surplus amino acids that you have consumed, per organicfacts.net. It’s sort of like buying minutes for your phone on a monthly basis – use them or lose them, or at least that’s the way it used to be. You get the idea.

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  • If We Made Supplements Out of Pistachios

    If We Made Supplements Out of Pistachios

    2nd Oct 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    Let’s just say we’d cover a lot of the basics. Pistachios are rich in many critical nutrients that provide the body with energy and reduce inflammation. Rich in nutrients, pistachios are also rich in history. So, if we tried to break down the pistachio into its individual components, what would we find? The chemical picture might look something like this…

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  • Your Dog May Benefit From Supplements Too

    Your Dog May Benefit From Supplements Too

    1st Oct 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    If you’re a regular reader on the Wonder Labs Blog, then you are probably a firm believer in the importance of vitamins and supplements for the human body. But, there’s a good chance you’ve never thought about supplements for man’s best friend! 

    Of course, our furry friends have complex circulatory, digestive, and nerve systems just like we do. And while there isn’t as much research interest in supplements for dogs, we do know that pets can benefit from a wide variety of supplements. In the past, we’ve written about how dogs can benefit from several herbs and supplements, including: alfalfa, chromium, vitamin E, milk thistle, and others.

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  • Never a Bad Time for Healthy Aging Strategies

    Never a Bad Time for Healthy Aging Strategies

    28th Sep 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    September is Healthy Aging Month, and even though the month is drawing to a close, there’s never a bad time to be thinking about healthy aging and what you’re going to do about it in the coming years. That’s regardless how old you are right now. They say it’s never too late to start a new hobby or learn a new skill; flip that philosophy, and you can say it’s never too early in life to be thinking about and preparing for your future health, especially once the gray hairs start popping up.

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  • Want a Non-Habit Forming, Homeopathic Pain Reliever? Try Valerin!

    Want a Non-Habit Forming, Homeopathic Pain Reliever? Try Valerin!

    25th Sep 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic with over 130 people dying each day from opioid-related drug overdoses. As opioids dominate the headlines, many consumers are becoming extra cautious about what drugs they allow inside their medicine cabinets.

    At Wonder Labs, we aim to help consumers find healthy, natural, and safe alternatives. Valerin® is an all-natural relaxant for muscle cramps and pain that we developed decades ago. Still our top selling product, Valerin has been embraced by hundreds of thousands of customers as a wonderful and highly effective non-addictive pain reliever.

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  • Watch Your Mouth! 6 Vitamins for Oral Health

    Watch Your Mouth! 6 Vitamins for Oral Health

    20th Sep 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    If you’re like most people, when you notice bad breath, you might reach for the toothbrush or a bottle of mouthwash. While nothing can replace regular dental care (brushing, flossing, etc.), more and more people are finding that they can improve oral health – and that includes bad breath! – through the use of vitamins.

    That’s right, certain vitamins and minerals can be just as important as toothpaste and regular dental cleanings when it comes to your oral health. Let’s take a closer look at the ones you need to know about…

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  • Berberine -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Berberine -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    19th Sep 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    You’ve probably been asked at least once that if you were to end up on a deserted island and could only take one thing with you (short of a boat or helicopter), what would it be? Well, let’s take a variation of that question – one that is much less daunting – and it goes like this: If you could pick only one nutritional supplement to take with you to that deserted island, and assuming an endless supply, what would it be, and why? We can think of several, but one great choice would be berberine.

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  • Still Taking the Fight to Alzheimers Disease

    Still Taking the Fight to Alzheimers Disease

    18th Sep 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Announcements & News

    September is World’s Alzheimer’s Month, and now that September has arrived, this is as good a time as any to pick up this fight where we left off – seeking solutions that will someday, hopefully, lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease (as well as all forms of dementia). Until then, medical science stays in hot pursuit of finding healthy ways to fend off Alzheimer’s as long as we can and to slow down its progression as much as possible.

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  • Getting a Handle on Cholesterol

    Getting a Handle on Cholesterol

    17th Sep 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    For most of our lives we have been taught to think of cholesterol as a bad thing, an enemy to our long-term health and happiness. Too much cholesterol in our bodies, we are told, makes us a walking time bomb, and we don’t even feel it. Well, yes, too high a level of cholesterol in your body can be hazardous to your health, specifically, your heart health, but let’s take a deeper dive on the subject and see exactly what we are dealing with, and perhaps take some of the “fear” out of this touchy subject.

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  • Pain Awareness Month is 12 Months a Year for Some

    Pain Awareness Month is 12 Months a Year for Some

    14th Sep 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    For those of us who grow weary after a day or two of rain, the age-old plea of “Rain, rain, go away” almost always comes true within a matter of, well, another day or two. But for those who suffer with chronic pain, it’s going to take a lot more than chants of “Pain, pain, go away” to make that come true. And if you’ve ever told someone in pain that you feel their pain, well, that really isn’t true either.

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  • What's It Like Having 30 Billion Good Bacteria?

    What's It Like Having 30 Billion Good Bacteria?

    13th Sep 2018 Food & Nutrition

    In the words of Carolyn, a Wonder Labs probiotic customer, “I didn't know there was help for that sluggish achy feeling […]” You know the feeling, right? Countless people can identify with feeling tired and living with chronic digestive problems. Now, an increasing number of people are turning to probiotics for healthy digestion, immune system support and other related disorders. Many people, like Carolyn, are discovering how 30 billion good bacteria – in the form of a probiotic/prebiotic blend – can improve energy levels and digestive health!

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  • 'Z' is for Zinc Deficiency: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'Z' is for Zinc Deficiency: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    12th Sep 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Vision & Eye Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Now we come to the end of the first round in our A to Z series, which brings us to one of the more interesting topics when it comes to health and supplementation. Nowadays, when we think of zinc, one of the minerals essential to our bodies, we think of those lozenges we are advised to start taking when we feel a cold coming on, with zinc ranking right up there with vitamin C when it comes to dealing with colds.

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  • L-Carnitine -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    L-Carnitine -- Its Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    11th Sep 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    There are myriad weight-loss products on the market – there has been for decades – and choosing the right one(s) can be an exasperating chore. Fretting over such a choice would be OK if it meant losing a few pounds in the process, but that’s not going to happen. So let’s help you cut through the smoke and offer a suggestion worth a look – L-carnitine.

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  • 6 Reasons Why You Need Eucalyptus Oil In Your Life!

    6 Reasons Why You Need Eucalyptus Oil In Your Life!

    6th Sep 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Are essential oils becoming a bigger trend every single day? Yes. Does that diminish their significance? No way! There’s a lot of hype – and with that, a lot of skeptics – when it comes to essential oils. Today, let’s bring the conversation into focus by looking on just one: eucalyptus essential oil. Here are a few of the ways eucalyptus oil can improve your health and home…

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  • How EDTA Helps Remove Heavy Metals and Other Toxins from Your Body

    How EDTA Helps Remove Heavy Metals and Other Toxins from Your Body

    5th Sep 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Even if you’ve never wanted to be in a heavy metal band, let alone ever entertained the thought or bothered listening to the stuff, chances are that you have some heavy metal inside of you, whether you like it or not. Small amounts of heavy-metal toxins are pervasive in our society, and we ingest or breathe in some of it quite often, presumably without our ever knowing it, at least not most of the time.

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  • Depression Statistics in America [Infographic]

    Depression Statistics in America [Infographic]

    29th Aug 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Depression is a serious problem in the United States and details about the impact depression has on our overall health continue to be researched and published. Far too frequently those experiencing depression and the other challenges associated with it feel as though they are living in darkness, separated from the rest of society, which usually further influences deeper or extended periods of these feelings.

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  • Going for the Gusto with Gut Health

    Going for the Gusto with Gut Health

    28th Aug 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    When it comes to your overall health, all roads lead to and through your stomach. That’s where your gut is, and it is in your gut where trillions of bacteria reside. That’s nothing to be afraid of. In fact, there are what is known as good bacteria and there are bad bacteria, and a core philosophy of staying in good health is making sure the former outnumber the latter.

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  • What Does 'Standardized' Mean on Ingredient Labels?

    What Does 'Standardized' Mean on Ingredient Labels?

    27th Aug 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    When it comes to buying food and other groceries, it’s good to know what you are buying and what it’s for in regard to your health and nutrition. That includes nutritional supplements. It’s also nice to know if what you are planning to buy is the real thing and if it meets a quality standard that assures us we are getting what we think we are getting. That’s where standardization of product comes in, and that’s why product labeling is so important.

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  • Saw Palmetto -- Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    Saw Palmetto -- Sources, Benefits and Uses | Featured Product

    24th Aug 2018 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Saw palmetto is a nutritional supplement extracted from the ripe purple berries of the saw palmetto tree (or plant), which is native to the West Indies and can also be found in the warmer climes of the southeastern United States, mostly along the coast from South Carolina to Florida. Also known by such terms as “American swarf palm tree,” “cabbage palm,” and the exotic-sounding “baies du palmier scie,” it is known for its purported role in enhancing male health, particularly in the prostate.

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  • 'X' Is for Xerostomia: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'X' Is for Xerostomia: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    20th Aug 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    With Xerostomia, X marks the spot, and that spot happens to be inside your mouth. Xerostomia is the scientific/medical term for dry mouth, a condition that has several causes and involves the salivary glands in our mouths not producing sufficient amounts of saliva. The result is a parched, or dry, sensation inside the mouth, occasionally accompanied by other symptoms such as a rough tongue, mouth sores, and/or cracked lips.

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  • Learn How to Take the Fall (Allergies)

    Learn How to Take the Fall (Allergies)

    17th Aug 2018 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    You made it through spring and survived spring’s seasonal allergies, and now you have (supposedly) enjoyed a nice summer that is winding down. It’s mid-August, with many kids heading back to school (or already there in some states), temperatures at night starting to cool somewhat, and much of America ready for fall, foliage, and football – which means good times are ahead and we can breathe in the crisp, autumn air without a worry in the world.

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  • How to Fight Adrenal Fatigue Naturally

    How to Fight Adrenal Fatigue Naturally

    16th Aug 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    How many times have you felt fatigued days or even weeks on end, making you wonder what might be wrong with you, if anything? Could it be an oncoming bout of flu that is taking its sweet time in lowering the boom on you? Or maybe it’s a vitamin deficiency that can be easily solved with a quick tweak of the diet or a vitamin shot? Another thought is that it might be an immune system left tuckered out after fighting off a chronic infection such as bronchitis or pneumonia

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  • 'W' is for Weight Management: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'W' is for Weight Management: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    15th Aug 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    So, your goal in life right now is for weight loss, but you’re not having a whole lot of success keeping it off? Maybe it’s time for a paradigm shift in your mindset, or a shift to making weight management your goal. Think of the latter as a more reasoned way to not only lose the weight but to keep it off, and keep it off for the long haul.

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  • The Best Sources and Benefits of Potassium

    The Best Sources and Benefits of Potassium

    14th Aug 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Potassium is the third-most plentiful mineral in your body, and that’s a really good thing because it’s a mineral that provides numerous healthy benefits for your body. Not only is potassium an electrolyte, one of about a half-dozen that are essential to our well-being, it also serves a multitude of core function that include regulating your body’s balance of fluids while also controlling the heart’s electrical activity, preserving bone mineral intensity, and decreasing the unwanted formation of kidney stones.

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  • Meet Chlorella: Another Superfood to Embrace

    Meet Chlorella: Another Superfood to Embrace

    10th Aug 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Periodically in this space we write about various “superfoods,” ones that pack a wallop nutritionally and can tackle an assortment of health-related issues, making us feel better inside and out. Most of the time when we discuss such superfoods, we talk about stuff that is above ground or at least in the ground when it gets harvested. Today, we’re going to stick our heads in the water, and below the surface we see a type of freshwater algae known as chlorella. Yeah, it’s worthy of “super food” status as well.

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  • Flavonoids: What Are They - Where Are They From - What Do They Do?

    Flavonoids: What Are They - Where Are They From - What Do They Do?

    9th Aug 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Announcements & News

    For years we have been reminded by well-meaning folks to be sure to eat our fruits and veggies, and there is a good health-related, scientific reason for this. Fruits and vegetables are the most abundant food source of flavonoids, which are responsible for the vivid colors of fruits and vegetables and, even more importantly, are characterized by their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immune system-bolstering properties.

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  • How Electrolytes Keep Your Body Functioning As Needed

    How Electrolytes Keep Your Body Functioning As Needed

    8th Aug 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    We all know what it feels like to get an electrical shock, like when we experience a buildup of static electricity and then touch something made of metal (shocking us in more ways than one). Not a pleasant experience, although electrical charges are not alien to our normal function as human beings. Many of your body’s processes depend on a small electric current to operate, and substances known as electrolytes provide this charge while interacting with each other as well as cells in our tissues, nerves, and muscles.

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  • Keeping Hydrated More Important Than You May Think

    Keeping Hydrated More Important Than You May Think

    6th Aug 2018 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Summer is in full bloom, meaning it’s about as hot as it’s going to get this year, and many of us are outdoors a lot, perspiring more than usual. Some of us are more active now than in any other season. Even if we are not, we are probably outside more than we are otherwise accustomed to, and water is leaving our bodies quicker than normal. So, what does all this mean? For one thing, it means we need to stay especially alert when it comes to staying hydrated. As in keeping our bodies properly fed in terms of H2O.

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  • Fats and Oils that Combat Inflammation

    Fats and Oils that Combat Inflammation

    27th Jul 2018 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Inflammation in our bodies can be a good thing, or it can be a bad thing. It all depends on what the source is and what part of the body is being affected. Inflammation occurs when your immune system is activated and initiates a healing process, whether it be because of an infection, an injury, or even as a reaction to a food allergy.

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  • Should You Give Your Children Vitamins?

    Should You Give Your Children Vitamins?

    26th Jul 2018 Children's Health

    When was the last time you picked a food item off the shelf at the grocery store and tried to read the Ingredients List? Really read the Ingredients List? As if you were trying to fully digest the information so you could explain it to someone else?

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  • 1 in 8 Women Will Get Breast Cancer. These Supplements May Help

    1 in 8 Women Will Get Breast Cancer. These Supplements May Help

    20th Jul 2018 Vitamins & Minerals

    Approximately one in eight women in the U.S. “will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime,” reports breastcancer.org. Aside from lung cancer, breast cancer death rates are higher than any other cancer for women in the U.S. While many women with a family history are aware of their risk (and get screened), it’s important to point out that approximately 85% of cases occur in women with no family history.

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  • The Best Vitamins & Supplements for Men

    The Best Vitamins & Supplements for Men

    19th Jul 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Okay men, raise your hands. Frequently you're known for not going to the doctor on a regular basis and putting off health issues until the last minute. Does that describe you? Yet, many men are usually focused on being fit and staying active during their younger years. Where does the switch happen and why? Regardless of those reasons, it's time to reverse those stereotypes and perspectives and get men of all ages interested in and focused on keeping themselves as healthy as they can for as long as they can.

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  • July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

    July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

    18th Jul 2018 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Arthritis is commonly regarded, rightfully, as an aging-adult’s disease, but the news becomes more sobering and even shocking with the realization that kids, too, also get arthritis. Per curearthritis.org, nearly 300,000 children 18 and under in America are afflicted with some form of arthritis. With July being Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, what better time to hammer home the message that many children have painful, even stiff joints, which is why they and their parents, once there is a diagnosis, seek effective treatments and medications.

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  • 'U' is for Urinary Health: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'U' is for Urinary Health: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    17th Jul 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Few things are worse for men, women, or children than having to go to the bathroom – in this case, No. 1 – only to get over or on the toilet and nothing comes out, except maybe a few drips or at least a very weak stream at best. Even worse is when attempts at urination are accompanied by pain or some other annoying or more worrisome symptoms that could be a sign of a larger health issue.

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  • Cordyceps Mushrooms a Natural Energy Booster

    Cordyceps Mushrooms a Natural Energy Booster

    16th Jul 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Elite athletes, especially those competing in endurance sports such as biking, swimming, and running, seem to like cordyceps mushrooms for the powers they can bestow upon them in terms of improving respiratory health, increasing oxygen uptake, and boosting energy. There’s a lot to like there when your task is to cover a whole lot of yards or miles and your goal is to get to the finish line before anyone else does.

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  • Boswellia Can Assist in Weight Loss

    Boswellia Can Assist in Weight Loss

    13th Jul 2018 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    Traditional medicine practitioners of ancient times, dating back 3,000 or more years, were really on to something. Their reliance on powerful herbs to successfully treat many of the maladies of their day was nothing short of ingenious, ahead of its time. Take boswellia, for instance. This herb, taken from the Boswellia serrata tree as a gummy resin, has been used to treat numerous medical conditions for centuries, and when it comes to weight loss and this century, it’s nothing short of a revelation.

     

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  • 'T' is for Turmeric: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'T' is for Turmeric: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    12th Jul 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Suppose you are about to be stranded on a small island out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – even if it’s totally inconceivable you’d actually get advance notice for that sort of thing – and you can take only one nutritional supplement with you. What would it be? Well, depending on your personal preferences and particular state of health, there are, arguably, several right answers. But the best answer? Let’s start (and end) with turmeric.

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  • Forskolin Is All in for Benefiting Our Health

    Forskolin Is All in for Benefiting Our Health

    11th Jul 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    For anyone who is overweight, afflicted with high blood pressure and looking to build muscle mass while also alleviating their symptoms of asthma, the herbal supplement forskolin might be just what the doctor ordered. Or at least it’s worth a discussion with your physician or other health-care professional, mindful of forskolin’s purported wide range of health benefits.

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  • Boron Can Be a Boon for Men's and Women's Health

    Boron Can Be a Boon for Men's and Women's Health

    10th Jul 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Boron is a trace mineral naturally found in some foods, and it is an “equal opportunity” micronutrient at that – that is, it has some properties especially unique to women’s health and yet is also embraced by athletic men for how it can boost bone density and testosterone, making it helpful for male athletes such as power lifters and bodybuilders looking to develop muscle mass.

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  • Vitamin D Is Your Sunshine in a Bottle

    Vitamin D Is Your Sunshine in a Bottle

    9th Jul 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Vitamin D is an essential vitamin for bone growth and bone health, among its other functions, but it is not something naturally produced by our bodies in significant quantity. There are few foods with significant amounts of Vitamin D in them to give us as much as our body needs and uses. Our body will produce some vitamin D when our skin is exposed to the sun and it absorbs the ultraviolet B radiation, which is why it gets the nickname of "sunshine vitamin", but still not enough in quantity. So we generally need to rely on supplements to get enough vitamin D.

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  • 'S' is for Sweeteners: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'S' is for Sweeteners: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    6th Jul 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Many of us, and hopefully most (if not all) of us, are learning more and more each year about what to put in our mouths and what to leave just where it is. One of the hardest parts about all this, though, is knowing what to do about sugars and sweeteners. Everyone has a dietary weak point (or soft spot – take your pick), and for many of us that starts and ends with sweets. That ranges from taking your pick from among desserts on the buffet people to your preference for what to add to your next cup of coffee.

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  • Life is Healthier with a Cherry (or Cherries) on Top

    Life is Healthier with a Cherry (or Cherries) on Top

    4th Jul 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Life isn’t always a bowl of cherries, as most of us well know, but a bowl of cherries is, well, a bowl of cherries. They enhance our health, no question. Cherries are a fruit that can provide us many health benefits, thanks to a potent makeup that includes plenty of fiber, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory compounds, making the small, red fruits one of the healthiest foods around, even when topping a thick, delicious calories-laden milkshake.

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  • Replace Back Pain with Lack of Pain

    Replace Back Pain with Lack of Pain

    3rd Jul 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    All of us experience physical pain of some sort at various times in our lives. There’s headache pain. Neck pain. Foot pain of various types. Pain in our knees. Pain in our wrists or hands. Pain in our fingers. Arthritis pain in general. Tennis elbow. Shin splints, Bruised shins. Occasional pain in our stomachs. Even pain in our butts, whether speaking figuratively or in a literal sense.

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  • Ashwagandha as an Adaptogen Gets All A's

    Ashwagandha as an Adaptogen Gets All A's

    2nd Jul 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Ashwagandha, also known as Indian ginseng and winter cherry, is a powerful herb that has been used for a very long time for various medicinal purposes. That’s “a very long time” on the order of 3-5,000 years, with ashwagandha a popular compound among practitioners of ancient Ayurvedic medicine – a practice of natural health with roots in India – cognizant of the herb’s rejuvenating and restorative benefits.

     

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  • 'R' is for Resveratrol: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'R' is for Resveratrol: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    22nd Jun 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    It’s not by the skin of your teeth that resveratrol possesses the power to provide a variety of health benefits. It’s more like the skin of your grapes. Red grapes, that is. For it is from the skin of grapes, among other sources, that resveratrol is produced – a polyphenol that is believed to act like an antioxidant, protecting our body from the kind of damage that can make us susceptible to serious problems, such as heart disease.

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  • Improve Your Prospects for a Good Night's Sleep

    Improve Your Prospects for a Good Night's Sleep

    19th Jun 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    There’s never a bad time to talk about sleep. When you’re sleeping well, you look forward to it and can enjoy telling others what works for you. If things aren’t going so well in the snooze department, talking it out with your doctor or another sleep expert can be the right remedy to make things well once your head hits the pillow – whether it’s my pillow or yours.

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  • Citrus Fruits a Boon to Our Immunity

    Citrus Fruits a Boon to Our Immunity

    18th Jun 2018 Food & Nutrition, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    A big part of maintaining good health is having a strong defense system, and the one we have inside our bodies is nothing to be trifled with. Still, we are under attack pretty much 24/7 from a variety of potentially harmful agents such as viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens that can make our life miserable if they break through our defense and land a proverbial punch.

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  • 'Q' Is for Quercetin: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'Q' Is for Quercetin: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    15th Jun 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    In one of our recent blogs, we reviewed the many health benefits that an apple a day – or even just a few a week, depending on your tastes – can provide us. In so doing, we learned about quercetin, found in the skin of an apple. Quercetin is what’s known as a flavonoid, a plant pigment that has been determined to be a powerful antioxidant and often the key component in the red and orange pigmentation found in various fruits and vegetables.

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  • How Ginger Provides Nutritional Support for Your Body

    How Ginger Provides Nutritional Support for Your Body

    14th Jun 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Many of us grew up being force-fed, or to put it kindly, spoon-fed, when Mom was trying to heal us from a cold or fever or upset stomach or indeterminate pain somewhere that needed her attention in order for the whimpering to stop. In those days, the worst a remedy tasted, the more effective it was in treating the illness or infirmity. That didn’t make it any easier going down the hatch. Then came ginger.

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  • Vitamins, Minerals, Adaptogens and Herbs, Oh My!

    Vitamins, Minerals, Adaptogens and Herbs, Oh My!

    13th Jun 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Over the years and several times on a weekly basis, we aim to fill your cup, mug, or bowl with a wealth of knowledge about health, nutrition, and supplements. There is a lot to cover, and research and trends are always broaching new subjects to be looked at. Over time we delve into hundreds of vitamins, minerals, herbs, adaptogens, nutrients, etc. and how they all relate to our general health and bodily functions. It all can be a bit overwhelming.

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  • 'P' Is for Probiotic/Prebiotic: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'P' Is for Probiotic/Prebiotic: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    12th Jun 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    It has long been said, mostly in jest, that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Let’s expand on that a bit, and get real about it. The way to a man’s or a woman’s heart, immune system, skin, brain – whatever bodily system or organ you wish to name – is through the stomach. That’s because of the vital role our gut bacteria play in affecting our overall health, and this is where probiotics and prebiotics go to work on our behalf.

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  • An Apple a Day Is Still Sound Advice

    An Apple a Day Is Still Sound Advice

    11th Jun 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Apples are still the apple of many eyes, but let’s be real – apples don’t have the same pizzazz or panache of some of the more flamboyant fruits that are trending nowadays. Some of those more fascinatingly fashionable fruits that have nudged apples out of the dietary spotlight include blueberries, strawberries, papaya, avocados (yes, they’re fruits), and guavas.

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  • Keep Your Digestive System Healthy with Papaya and Pineapple

    Keep Your Digestive System Healthy with Papaya and Pineapple

    6th Jun 2018 Wellness & Well-being, Vitamins & Minerals, Food & Nutrition

    Trends are an ongoing thing in health and nutrition. One recent trend is the growing belief that our gut and digestive health play a central role in determining our overall health. How our gut goes, so goes the rest of our body. Think of your gut and digestive system as the core of your health processes, sort of like nuclear power plants with their nuclear cores.

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  • These Fruits Provide a Berry, Berry Good Fruit Punch

    These Fruits Provide a Berry, Berry Good Fruit Punch

    5th Jun 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Subsisting on a diet of nothing but berries might seem a realllll stretch, and it is, as it’s doubtful that any nutritionist or other health expert would ever recommend it. But a closer look at the variety of berries and their benefits afforded us – not to mention what all the other fruits and vegetables of the world can do for us – tells us that there is a lot of good to come from a steady consumption of berries, even if just as a supplement to our main courses.

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  • Licorice Root: One of the Sweetest Adaptogens Around

    Licorice Root: One of the Sweetest Adaptogens Around

    2nd Jun 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    There are times that being a health-food nut is like being a kid in a candy store, and that’s all good (at times). Take licorice root, for instance. Also known as “sweet root,” licorice root has often been used over the years as a sweetener for some candies and beverages. Better yet, it has been used for medicinal purposes for hundreds of years as one of many adaptogens – herbs, or healing plants, that are a staple of natural medicine for their ability to balance, restore, and protect the body.

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  • 5 Supplements You Need TODAY for Dry Scalp!

    5 Supplements You Need TODAY for Dry Scalp!

    31st May 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    If your itchy dry scalp is still lingering, it’s time to take action and do something about it. There are many factors, in addition to cold air, that can cause dry scalp, including stress, certain shampoos and hair products, and dietary deficiencies.

    In addition to switching up hair products, many people are turning to vitamins and supplements for dry scalp! Here are a few of the best vitamins for dry scalp.

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  • Keeping Grapes Handy Is a Healthy Strategy

    Keeping Grapes Handy Is a Healthy Strategy

    30th May 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    The Grapes of Wrath was a literary classic, but that’s not important in this context. What is important are the grapes of health, those small berries that come in an assortment of colors – including red, green (“white” grapes are actually green), black, yellow, pink, blue (Concord grapes) and purple – and which provide a wide variety of health benefits.

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  • Common Plants with Uncommon Health Benefits

    Common Plants with Uncommon Health Benefits

    29th May 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Look closely enough and chances are you will see plants growing outside or near your home that have the sort of health benefits typically available at the local pharmacy or in the vitamins section of your local grocery store. Many plants are medicinal in nature, and many of those are growing right under your nose, maybe even in your backyard or in some wooded area a couple of blocks away.

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  • 5 Things To Do for Better Bone Health (Osteoporosis Awareness Month)

    5 Things To Do for Better Bone Health (Osteoporosis Awareness Month)

    28th May 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month. If you’re like most people, bone health isn’t high on your priorities list. After all, as long as your posture is good and you aren’t suffering fractures from minor falls, you’re fine… right?

    Unfortunately, more adults are susceptible to injury resulting from osteoporosis than you might expect.

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  • Keep an Eye on Your Eyes! May Is Healthy Vision Month

    Keep an Eye on Your Eyes! May Is Healthy Vision Month

    25th May 2018 Vision & Eye Health

    If you have a vision problem… would you know it? That’s one of the questions the National Eye Institute is putting before the public this May for Healthy Vision Month. According to the National Eye Institute, “More than 23 million Americans age 18 and older have never had an eye exam.” 

    Why?

    They don’t think they have an eye problem. It makes sense. If you feel like you see well – or “good enough” – why get your eyes checked? If nothing noticeable has changed, why schedule an extra appointment?

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  • What is Vitamin B7 (Biotin) and What's It Good For?

    What is Vitamin B7 (Biotin) and What's It Good For?

    9th May 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    As we continue onto the next rung of the ladder in our intermittent series on B-complex vitamins, we now come to vitamin B7, otherwise known as biotin. This is a water-soluble vitamin that, among other things, acts as a catalyst for a variety of metabolic reactions programmed to extract energy in our bodies. Because vitamin B7 is water soluble, it is in constant need of replenishment, and that’s up to us.

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  • Men, Muscles and Minerals - Optimizing Your Workout

    Men, Muscles and Minerals - Optimizing Your Workout

    8th May 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Going it alone without nutritional supplementation can be difficult for any man committed to a hard and/or heavy workout regimen – regardless of age, workout goals, or type of workout regimen. Many adolescent males and those in their 20s and some even into their 30 are virile, strong, and teeming with energy. Beyond that, though, things start to decline in terms of energy and muscle mass, among other factors.

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  • Boswellia's Benefits for Overall Health

    Boswellia's Benefits for Overall Health

    7th May 2018 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Many of today’s most reliable and effective compounds, herbs, and supplements have a promising future thanks to a history that dates back thousands of years to ancient medical practices. Boswellia, which is sourced from the gum resin of the Boswellia serrata tree (found in the dry, hilly areas of India), is one of those time-tested compounds that has been commonly used over the centuries in Ayurvedic medical practices. It is known especially for its anti-inflammatory properties.

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  • 'M' Is for Mushrooms: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'M' Is for Mushrooms: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    4th May 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Mushrooms are fascinating plants, not just because of the myriad health benefits they provide as a “superfood” of sorts, but for the “starring” roles they have played in children’s literature (i.e., “Alice in Wonderland”) and in the expanded minds of hipsters from the psychedelic ‘60s and ‘70s drawn to “magic mushrooms” and their hallucinogenic properties from a substance known as psilocybin.

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  • What is Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) and What's It For?

    What is Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) and What's It For?

    3rd May 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Vitamin B6, with pyridoxine as its main ingredient, is a water-soluble vitamin known to be helpful in treating an assortment of health-related problems. These range from issues of the heart to those of the skin as well as those related to depression and the nervous system. Even then, that doesn’t account for all the good that B6 can do for us, or for that matter all the complications we could face if we don’t have enough of it in our bodies.

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  • Fruit for Your Health (Not Just an Apple a Day)

    Fruit for Your Health (Not Just an Apple a Day)

    2nd May 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    An apple a day may (or may not) keep the doctor away, but the odds go up in your favor if you eat an assortment of healthy fruits daily. Start with a variety of berries, such as blueberries, strawberries, bilberries, and blackberries. Better yet, there are many fruit-based nutritional supplements worth getting your hands on, and that means not having to find berry bushes to pick from (although that can be fun, too.)

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  • May Is Healthy Vision Month - Make Vision a Focus!

    May Is Healthy Vision Month - Make Vision a Focus!

    1st May 2018 Vision & Eye Health

    Many Americans see the doctor every year for a physical. Lots of us also schedule regular visits to the dentist to get our teeth cleaned. But what about our eyes? The fact is, more than 23 million American adults have never had an eye exam.

    Every Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI) shares tips and resources to encourage people to take care of their vision — and inspire health professionals to help make eye health a priority.

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  • 'L' is for Laxatives: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'L' is for Laxatives: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    24th Apr 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    If you are constipated or have experienced it recently, maybe you can find small consolation in the fact that millions of Americans suffer from constipation. The shared misery of constipation includes dealing with typical symptoms such as straining while having a bowel movement, hard stools (accompanied by back or abdominal pain and bloating), a feeling of obstruction (or incomplete evacuation) and fewer than three bowel movements per week, per webmd.com.

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  • The Woman's Workout - Making the Most of Your Gym Time

    The Woman's Workout - Making the Most of Your Gym Time

    23rd Apr 2018 Weight Management, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Women who work out regularly, as well as those who plan to get to that point soon, pretty much know what they need in hand before they head to the gym. For starters—proper apparel suitable for lots of sweating to go with all that stretching, twisting, lifting, and/or cardio, as well as a multi-function watch as well as a towel (if one not provided). More importantly, though, there is the matter of proper nutritional supplementation to help fuel the body as well as to aid in bodily recovery and repair.

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  • What Is Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) and What's It Good For?

    What Is Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) and What's It Good For?

    17th Apr 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Sometimes the best way to describe a vitamin or other supplement is by explaining what happens when you don’t have enough of it in your body. All vitamins and supplements tout a variety of benefits, but what sets vitamin B5 apart from most other vitamins is how a B5 deficiency can produce a relatively uncommon and positively irritating symptom known as “burning foot” syndrome.

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  • How Vitamins May Help With Alcohol Dependence

    How Vitamins May Help With Alcohol Dependence

    16th Apr 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    April is Alcohol Awareness Month, making this week the perfect time to talk about a little known relationship: the relationship between vitamins and alcohol.  It will come as news to no one that excessive drinking can have a negative impact on health. Excessive alcohol use is associated with a range of health problems, including:

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  • Whatever Happened to Vitamins B4, B8, B10, and B11?

    Whatever Happened to Vitamins B4, B8, B10, and B11?

    12th Apr 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Announcements & News

    Anyone who’s even half-serious about taking vitamins, to include knowing what’s in the multivitamin they (presumably) take daily, should be familiar with the “big three” of the Vitamin B complex family – vitamins B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), and B3 (niacin). Together, they comprise a powerful trio of nutrients covering a wide range of health benefits, ranging from addressing digestive issues (vitamin B1) to boosting energy (Vitamin B2) to bolstering brain function (Vitamin B3).

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  • Fast Relief for Working on Your Feet All Day

    Fast Relief for Working on Your Feet All Day

    11th Apr 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    If you have a job that keeps you on your feet much of the workday, you probably have an insider’s knowledge of discomfort in your feet – oh, heck, let’s just cut out the niceties and call it what it is – foot pain! Such pain can be any one (or more) of more than a dozen common foot problems, any of which can make being a school teacher, a dentist, a hair stylist, or a sales associate in a clothing store always on the lookout for the next foot remedy, or at least a nice foot massage.

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  • 'J' Is for Jet Lag: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'J' Is for Jet Lag: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    9th Apr 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    For those of us who fly the friendly skies, whether as a frequent or occasional flyer, there are times the skies aren’t so friendly. Such as when we cross two or three – or more – time zones and find ourselves in a brain fog once we reach our destination. If lost luggage, delayed or canceled flights, and pockets of turbulence aren’t bad enough, then there’s the problem of trying to sleep (or stay awake) at the appropriate times after we touch down on that long-distance, out-of-town excursion.

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  • Clear Up Acne with Some Rest & Relaxation?

    Clear Up Acne with Some Rest & Relaxation?

    3rd Apr 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    A word to the wise for anyone suffering with acne, especially teens trying to come to grips with (although best left untouched) those unsightly zits, pimples, and blackheads: Take it easy. Relax. Chill. Don’t sweat it. Do those things, and you might help clear up a lot of that acne yourself, without help of medications or topical applications such as creams or lotions.

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  • 'I' Is for Iodine: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'I' Is for Iodine: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    2nd Apr 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System

    For many of us, especially those of us over the age of, say, 40, when we think of iodine, we remember getting scrapes and bruises as a kid, after which Mom would dab on iodine as an antiseptic. The idea was to keep us from getting an infection, so the healing process could begin unencumbered. But there’s so much more to iodine and the benefits it can provide – so much more.

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  • The Benefits of Vitamin B3 (Niacin) and Where to Get It

    The Benefits of Vitamin B3 (Niacin) and Where to Get It

    29th Mar 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    There are many supplements on the market that can do one or maybe even a couple of things well in benefiting our health. Then there are some that can apparently accomplish many things well. One of the latter is vitamin B3, also known as niacin, which is often recommended by personal physicians as an over-the-counter remedy when advising patients with high cholesterol and at risk eventually for heart disease.

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  • Get Better Sleep and Enjoy a Healthier Life

    Get Better Sleep and Enjoy a Healthier Life

    28th Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Our society has undergone a drastic change in the last several decades when it comes to sleep. It has become a 24/7, sometimes-chaotic jumble of life, relationships, careers, activities, and attempts at rest and relaxation. Days blend into one another and, for many, work has become such a predominant part of who we are that working late or haphazard hours has become commonplace. In such an environment, sleep is now seen as a necessary nuisance instead of the solid, regularly-scheduled, eight-hour reprieve it once was.

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  • These Vitamins May Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    These Vitamins May Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    26th Mar 2018 Vitamins & Minerals

    This March, in honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we need to talk about a subject many adults would prefer to avoid. While you might not want to face it, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. among cancers that affect both men and women. Sadly, more than 50,000 Americans die from colorectal cancer each year. Many cases could be prevented through regular screening.

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  • 'H' is for Hormone Support: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'H' is for Hormone Support: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    23rd Mar 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Hormones don’t ride bikes around the insides of our bodies delivering envelopes that carry messages from sender to receiver, but they are messengers that do something even more important. They help keep us alive by carrying chemical messages as part of the endocrine system, traveling via the bloodstream, their destination tissues and organs while serving a role of regulating most of our body’s major systems.

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  • Glucosamine: What Is It? What's It For? How Do I Get It?

    Glucosamine: What Is It? What's It For? How Do I Get It?

    20th Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Many runners are familiar with it, as are some walkers (at least those who walk far and fast for exercise) and serious weight lifters (lots of strenuous bending at the elbows and knees), as well as anyone else who has had to deal with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. We can add to the list aging folks who simply have creaky joints.

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  • The Benefits of Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) and Where to Get It

    The Benefits of Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) and Where to Get It

    19th Mar 2018 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Vitamin B1, also known as thiamin, is considered an essential nutrient for our bodies because tissues need B1 to function properly. It is a water-soluble nutrient, and it plays a key role in helping our body turn consumed food into energy – that is, it metabolizes it, thus working to fuel our engine . . . to keep us running on down the road, so to speak.

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  • 'G' is for Gluten-free: Nutrition, Health and Supplements A to Z

    'G' is for Gluten-free: Nutrition, Health and Supplements A to Z

    14th Mar 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    We can add gluten to the list of things “we didn’t know we were supposed to be afraid of,” thanks in part to media and marketing messages that have hammered home a clear-cut message: gluten is not good for us or our health. We see this on food packaging, cereal boxes, and TV commercials, warning us to steer clear of this protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and triticale.

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  • What is Naturopathy and How Is It Used?

    What is Naturopathy and How Is It Used?

    13th Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    In recent days in this space we have discussed non-traditional medical practices, starting with homeopathy, then moving on to holistic medicine, and now we come around to naturopathy. This isn’t exactly coming full circle; it’s more just some zigzagging around in different directions, although there are similarities among these three types of practices.

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  • Homeopathic Remedies Offer Abundance of Benefits

    Homeopathic Remedies Offer Abundance of Benefits

    12th Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    We recently discussed homeopathy and the basics behind how this alternative medical treatment works. We learned about how it eschews the use of prescription medicines and traditional American medical practices to help patients deal with a variety of health issues using various natural compounds and herbs, many of them quite practical when used.

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  • What Is Holistic Medicine?

    What Is Holistic Medicine?

    9th Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Just as the name implies, holistic medicine pretty much covers all the bases when it comes to a treatment system. There is traditional medicine with its various tweaks around the world, and there are a number of alternative modes of medical practice, and then there is holistic medicine. A holistic practitioner typically will use all types of health care, from conventional to alternative in treating a patient.

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  • Chronic Kidney Disease [Infographic]

    Chronic Kidney Disease [Infographic]

    8th Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    March 8 is World Kidney Day and this infographic from the World Kidney Day organization provides a wealth of information about chronic kidney disease and how it can be a silent killer. World Kidney Day is a joint effort between the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations.

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  • 'F' is for Foot Care: Health, Nutrition and Supplements A to Z

    'F' is for Foot Care: Health, Nutrition and Supplements A to Z

    2nd Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    It’s easy to take our feet for granted, or even to forget about them entirely. Most of the time we have them covered up in socks and shoes, and we can’t see them. The only time we really focus on them is when toweling off after a shower or when it’s time to trim our toenails – or when we trip, stumble, or fall and either stub a toe or sprain an ankle. Our feet are like football referees or baseball umpires – we don’t notice them until something goes wrong (for us or for our team).

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  • Curcumin's Anti-Alzheimers Reputation Gets a Boost

    Curcumin's Anti-Alzheimers Reputation Gets a Boost

    1st Mar 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Curcumin’s reputation as a superfood continues to gain momentum among health researchers. The latest evidence bolsters the status of turmeric’s key ingredient as a possible deterrent to loss of cognitive ability in the elderly and others suffering from some form of dementia, namely Alzheimer’s disease.

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  • What Is Homeopathy and How Is It Different?

    What Is Homeopathy and How Is It Different?

    27th Feb 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Just like there is more than one way to skin a cat or cook a quiche, there is more than one way to practice medicine and treat patients. In fact, the world is full of alternative medicines, some of them dating back thousands of years. One of those “other” spheres of medical practice is homeopathy, which has long been practiced throughout Europe and has in recent decades showed its head in America.

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  • 'E' Is for Electrolytes: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'E' Is for Electrolytes: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    22nd Feb 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    As athletes – which many of us are in one respect or another, knock on wood – we learned in the early going the importance of staying hydrated, i.e. drinking plenty of water, which is especially important when performing activities that leave us soaked in sweat. Then came the realization that hydrating with just water might not be enough. Now, we’ve been told – and perhaps reluctantly we concur, we also need to stay replenished with electrolytes.

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  • Should I Drink More Green Tea or Matcha?

    Should I Drink More Green Tea or Matcha?

    20th Feb 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    As Kermit the Frog is so fond of saying, It’s not easy being green. But Kermie probably has never sipped from a nice, piping-hot cup of green tea. It not only tastes great and is less filling but also full of healthy properties that make it a great benefit to our health in numerous ways. Some experts – human ones, in fact – have gone as far as to describe green tea as the healthiest thing to drink, period.

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  • Meet Your Skin's New Best Friend: Hyaluronic Acid

    Meet Your Skin's New Best Friend: Hyaluronic Acid

    18th Feb 2018 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    “Acid” might sound like a strange companion for healthy skin, but in the case of hyaluronic acid (HA), few things are better for dry, aging skin. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance that’s highly concentrated in your body’s eyes and joints. It’s produced in both the human body and animals. (In fact, the hyaluronic acid taken in supplement form is often derived from a rooster’s comb!)

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  • Sources of Polyphenols Are Abundant

    Sources of Polyphenols Are Abundant

    16th Feb 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    It has often been said that “What you don’t know won’t hurt you,” but we found it smarter, safer, and healthier to take the approach that “What you do know can help you.” That’s the case with polyphenols, about which we have been learning much more in the last decade or two, and that is polyphenols can help us, healthwise for sure, and in a variety of ways.

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  • 4 Reasons Why Sublingual Vitamins Are So Beneficial

    4 Reasons Why Sublingual Vitamins Are So Beneficial

    16th Feb 2018 Vitamins & Minerals

    From injections to patches to pills and more, there are many ways to get vitamins into your system. But when it comes to ease, cost, and a few other factors, it’s hard to beat sublingual delivery. Sublingual, which means “beneath the tongue,” is a popular way to take several vitamins and supplements – primarily Vitamin B12 and melatonin. When taking a sublingual tablet, you simply place the tablet beneath the tongue, where it dissolves and enters the bloodstream directly.

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  • Drinking More Tea Is a Healthy Alternative

    Drinking More Tea Is a Healthy Alternative

    14th Feb 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    The choices people make in life often help define them. Paper or plastic? Winter Olympics or Summer Olympics? For guys, Ginger or Mary Ann? Then there’s coffee or tea? Regarding the latter, a handful of drinkers swear by both, but in most cases it’s one or the other, and, in terms of health, neither really is a bad choice (unless you abuse them). Most coffees have more caffeine than most teas do, but teas do a bang-up job when it comes to providing health benefits.

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  • Can You Guess the 4 Critical Nutrients the American Diet Lacks?

    Can You Guess the 4 Critical Nutrients the American Diet Lacks?

    13th Feb 2018 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management

    Do you know what “SAD” stands for? If you guessed, “seasonal affective disorder,” you get a point. But today we’re looking at a different SAD… The Standard American Diet. SAD is far too common here in the U.S. where “three out of four Americans don’t eat a single piece of fruit in a given day, and nearly nine out of ten don’t reach the minimum recommended daily intake of vegetables”.

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  • 'C' is for Colon Care: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    'C' is for Colon Care: Health, Nutrition & Supplements A to Z

    12th Feb 2018 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Although you can’t see your colon, and hopefully you never will have to see it, be assured that it is working on your behalf pretty much 24 hours a day. Also known as the large intestine, the colon is about five or six feet in length and performs double duty inside your body. On the one hand, it is a powerful storage mechanism as well as a waste disposal site. It stores the waste from digested material (from food) until it’s time to be excreted.

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  • The Power of Polyphenols

    The Power of Polyphenols

    7th Feb 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Polyphenols are plant-based compounds that occur naturally and can be found in an assortment of fruits and vegetables, as well as in some cereals and beverages. Per National Institutes of Health (NIH), fruits such as grapes, apples, and cherries (and count in blueberries as well) contain up to 200-300 milligrams of polyphenols per 100 grams of fresh weight.

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  • 12 Pre-Workout Supplements for a Performance Boost

    12 Pre-Workout Supplements for a Performance Boost

    6th Feb 2018 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Regardless what kind of physical workout you are planning to do tonight, tomorrow, or next Tuesday, chances are you could use a little boost to help get you going – or to keep your motor running at optimal performance. Eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of rest at night are key to great workouts, but oftentimes you need more, and this is where nutritional supplements can help full in the dietary gaps. We all have them, even if we think we don’t.

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  • 'B' is For Bee Products: Health and Nutrition Glossary A-to-Z

    'B' is For Bee Products: Health and Nutrition Glossary A-to-Z

    5th Feb 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Bees can be chubby, hovering annoyances at backyard barbecues or Sunday afternoon picnics. Sometimes they can even be a real pain, as in “Be careful where you stick that stinger.” But there’s a good side to the bee story as well. You might even call these fuzzy, brown or black and yellow bugs health nuts in a roundabout way/ That’s in the sense that a variety of their by-products are known to provide health benefits for humans. Remember that next time you suffer or, better yet, ward off a bee sting.

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  • 'A' Is For Antihistamines: Health and Nutrition Glossary A-to-Z

    'A' Is For Antihistamines: Health and Nutrition Glossary A-to-Z

    1st Feb 2018 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    February is here; before you know it, it will be March. That means spring isn’t far off. For many of us, that means another season of spring allergies, or hay fever, lurks. It soon will be time to say hello to itchy eyes, runny noses, sneezing, and occasional fatigue (probably related to poor sleep), although it usually takes several weeks before our immune system gets naturally recalibrated and we can say good-bye on the back end to all that icky stuff.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Glands

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Glands

    31st Jan 2018 Weight Management, Vitamins & Minerals, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Our body’s glands, small in stature but large in function, comprise the endocrine system. Their chief role is to produce and secrete chemical substances known as hormones that regulate our cells’ and organs’ activities. In a sense, the endocrine system acts as our body’s thermostat, as described by emedicinehealth.com, similar to how wall-mounted thermostats in the home control room temperature.

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  • Benefits of Probiotics Outside of the Gut or Digestion

    Benefits of Probiotics Outside of the Gut or Digestion

    30th Jan 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    This how it usually goes with probiotics – make mention of these living microorganisms and the conversation goes straight to how probiotics benefit digestive and gut health. You know the drill: probiotics consist of “good bacteria” that are consumed via fermented foods or supplements and act to restore or strengthen the natural balance of gut bacteria. This aids in proper digestion and helps ward off diseases (such as inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis) and even diarrhea, which can often be a side effect of antibiotic use.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Hearing

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Hearing

    24th Jan 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    It’s amazing – perhaps “disappointing” or “shocking” might be a better word – the abuse many people inflict on their ears, and hearing, all for the sake of enhancing a listening experience. Such as putting on headphones or inserting earbuds and cranking up the music to skull-splitting proportions. Fact is, our ears – and, along with that, our hearing – need love, too, a fact that goes beyond just turning down the volume of your favorite heavy-metal band or hip-hop artist.

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  • Losing Sleep and Losing Our Health

    Losing Sleep and Losing Our Health

    23rd Jan 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    You snooze, you lose, right? Actually, yes, and in a good way. At least it’s a good thing if you are trying to lose weight, or at least shed some of that beer belly. Research has shown that getting sufficient sleep – usually targeted at eight hours, give or take an hour – is a key factor in maintaining or even improving our health, which includes keeping off or shedding the pounds in many cases.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Stomach Health

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Stomach Health

    19th Jan 2018 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Considering the amount, as well as the types, of food we put into our mouths over the course of a week, it’s almost shocking that many of us go months or even years without suffering from stomach ailments. Our stomachs are a great repository of all things good and bad that we consume, which means that some of the best work we can do on behalf of our health is finding the right supplements and vitamins to stick into our stomachs to support our health.

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  • Turmeric Reviews: Media Accounts Paint a Positive Picture

    Turmeric Reviews: Media Accounts Paint a Positive Picture

    16th Jan 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Considering its many and varied health benefits, it’s no wonder that turmeric has generated ample media interest in recent years. As a nutritional supplement, it has even been labeled an apparent “superfood” (the Washington Post and Fox News) as well as an alleged “cure” for cancer in at least one instance (The Daily Mail). The “superfood” description, especially, is a tag that carries a lot of weight in a competitive world where herbs, vitamins, and supplements slug it out for market share.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Heart

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Heart

    10th Jan 2018 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Looking out for and taking care of our health can be a complex chore with a multitude of factors, body parts, and organs to think about. However, it’s not too difficult to know where a good starting point is when it comes to health considerations – the heart. For the average person, the heart beats more than 85,000 times a day, pushing out blood through miles and miles of arteries, veins, and capillaries, supplying our body with what it needs to survive and, presumably, thrive.

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  • Turmeric’s Many Benefits Number in the Dozens

    Turmeric’s Many Benefits Number in the Dozens

    10th Jan 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    If you’re looking for a nutritional supplement that is the Baskin Robbins of the health food industry – you know, 98 flavors and all that stuff – you might consider turmeric, with its key ingredient curcumin. Turmeric/curcumin might just be the Jack or Jill of all trades among supplements because of the many ways it can contribute to our good health, from top to bottom and from side to side with our bodies.

     

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Brain Health

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Brain Health

    8th Jan 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    There are two main areas of concern when it comes to the desire to boost our brainpower. One is about making us smarter (or at least more alert) on the job or when taking tests or exams. On the other end of life’s timeline, it’s yearning to maintain cognitive function as we age, being ever mindful that even the slightest signs of forgetfulness or absent-mindedness could mean the dreaded onset of dementia.

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  • Berberine Runs the Gamut on Health Benefits

    Berberine Runs the Gamut on Health Benefits

    7th Jan 2018 Weight Management, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    One of the most fascinating things about nutrition and health is the number of times that something old – something really old, even – is found to have new human health applications, or at least relatively new when it comes to medical and nutritional science in America. Case in point: berberine, a plant-based compound that has been used in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medical practice dating back more than 1,000 years.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Kidneys

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Kidneys

    3rd Jan 2018 Wellness & Well-being

    Our kidneys – we are born with two of them – play several key roles in helping us to maintain a healthy body. Not the least of these important functions is ridding our bodies of toxins and waste matter; they even play a role in regulating blood pressure. The kidneys are bean-shaped – you know, like the popular, backyard kidney-shaped swimming pools – and found near the posterior side of the abdomen.

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  • 8 New Year's Resolutions for a Healthy 2018

    8 New Year's Resolutions for a Healthy 2018

    30th Dec 2017 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    So, you’re sick and tired of making New Year’s resolutions year after year, only to break them long before January gives way to February? Or, maybe you’re just sick and tired, period, and in need of some easy-to-reach pick-me-ups that will leave you feeling fit, strong, and healthy for 2018. Here are eight resolution suggestions to grab onto and make a go of once you finish ringing in the New Year. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2018!

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Gallbladder Health

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Gallbladder Health

    29th Dec 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    The gallbladder is one of those body organs we don’t think about much, if at all, until it starts acting up, and then the pain can become unbearable. What is the gallbladder? It is a small pouch, or sac, situated just beneath the liver, which is its partner of sorts. The liver manufactures bile – an acidic-like substance that is stored in the gallbladder and then released into the small intestine to help in the digestion of fats.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Intestinal Health

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Intestinal Health

    25th Dec 2017 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Choosing and eating the right foods is vital to the health of all parts of our bodies. In order to properly utilize what we ingest, we depend heavily on the inner workings of our intestines to help us properly digest and distribute the nutrients. Let’s not forget, though, that our intestines themselves deserve plenty of TLC as well; we need to take care of the part of us that plays such a key role in taking care of so many other things.

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  • Give Yourself the Gift of an Energy-Enhanced Holiday Season

    Give Yourself the Gift of an Energy-Enhanced Holiday Season

    21st Dec 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Even with Christmas almost here, New Year’s Eve is still another week or so away, meaning it’s time for holiday revelers (and carolers?) to get a second wind as the parties and celebrations continue, with football-watching parties about to hit high gear. After weeks of shopping, wrapping, driving, packing and whatever else, chances are your tank is about to hit empty. Perhaps it’s time for another jolt of energy, more wind for the sails, right? Riiiiiight.

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  • Give Yourself the Gift of an Anxiety/Stress-free Holiday Season

    Give Yourself the Gift of an Anxiety/Stress-free Holiday Season

    12th Dec 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Have a holly jolly Christmas, it’s the best time of the year. Or not. Christmas and the holiday season should be one of joyful celebration for untold millions... and it is. Another reality, though, is that anxiety, stress, and depression are as much a traditional part of the holidays for some people as decorated trees, poinsettias, and 24/7 Christmas music are for others.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Male Reproductive System

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Male Reproductive System

    7th Dec 2017 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    This is the desire of every adult male who wishes to engage in sexual activity: that he always be at the peak of his sexual prowess without worry of lost stamina, erectile dysfunction, reduced libido, or any other condition that might lead to diminished performance in the bedroom. The good news for men is that they need not leave their sexual reproductive system to chance, that they can do something about it through good nutrition buoyed by the right vitamins and supplements.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Lungs

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Lungs

    6th Dec 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Every time we take a breath, which amounts to about six million times a year, our lungs are involved. Their most important function is to extract oxygen from the environment and transfer it to our bloodstream. No wonder the lungs are high on our list of health priorities, and why we should take care to keep them clean and healthy.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Ears and Hearing

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Ears and Hearing

    5th Dec 2017 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    More than 350 million people around the world suffer from moderate to severe hearing loss. The sources of such loss include loud noises, infectious diseases, aging, and the use of certain drugs. Not surprisingly, it has been estimated that about 50 percent of these hearing-loss cases were avoidable, per articles.mercola.com. Hearing-protective devices could have been worn, and in some cases dietary habits over time could have made a difference.

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  • Beetroot Getting Attention for Ability to Lower Blood Pressure

    Beetroot Getting Attention for Ability to Lower Blood Pressure

    4th Dec 2017 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Maintaining healthy blood pressure (BP) or lowering BP that is already elevated is a task that can be targeted by a variety of fruits and vegetables. One of the veggies earning a solid reputation in that regard is beetroot. Numerous studies are now showing that beetroot, like several other plant foods, appears to lower the risk of numerous conditions to include heart disease and obesity.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Liver

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Liver

    3rd Dec 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    The liver is our largest and heaviest (weighing in at three pounds) internal organ, as one might expect considering the vital functions it performs on our behalf. Its central role is to process whatever we consume – whether it be food or drink – either metabolizing it for our body to use or eliminating it as waste. Also, the liver stores vitamins and works 24/7 to help detoxify our body.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Urinary System

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Urinary System

    2nd Dec 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Many of us take for granted the routineness of going to the bathroom simply to urinate. Most often we’re at home, at the office or in school and when we get the urge, we get up and go and don’t think much of it. After all, it’s nature calling. It’s a different story, though, for anyone with a urinary system problem – such as a urinary tract infection (UTI), which usually is accompanied by pain as well as other symptoms that tell us something is wrong.

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  • Examining the Myths and Misconceptions of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Examining the Myths and Misconceptions of Alzheimer’s Disease

    1st Dec 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior, per the Alzheimer’s Association. It is a progressive disease that worsens over time, eventually advancing to the point where it interferes with daily activities, such as when it comes to swallowing food or getting lost while driving on a familiar route, such as from work to home.

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  • What Vitamins Should Weightlifters Take for Gains?

    What Vitamins Should Weightlifters Take for Gains?

    30th Nov 2017 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    If you’re looking to build muscle, you’ve probably found no shortage of protein powder and creatine resources. But it can be a little more difficult to find the best vitamin and mineral supplements for weightlifting. Of course, having the right supplements is essential for building muscle, turning food into useful energy, and protecting your overall health.

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  • Make Thanksgiving Dinner a Nutritious Feast

    Make Thanksgiving Dinner a Nutritious Feast

    22nd Nov 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Regardless where or with whom you plan on consuming that great annual feast known as Thanksgiving dinner, surely you would like to savor your meal and enjoy your company without busting your pants or blowing up any healthy diet you’ve just started. Well, there might be a way to have your turkey and eat it, too (along with all the fixings) without stuffing your body with a week’s worth of calories in two hours or less.

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  • Do You Get Leisure Sickness? This Can Help

    Do You Get Leisure Sickness? This Can Help

    16th Nov 2017 Immune System

    Twinkling lights, gifts under the tree, delicious food with friends and family… the holidays have a lot to offer…

    …including an increased risk of getting sick. Dutch psychologists Ad Vingerhoets and Maaike van Huijgevoort have even given it a name: “leisure sickness.”

    Could shifting out of our daily routine actually cause illness? While the theory hasn’t been proven, some patients surveyed by the Dutch duo self-identified with this pattern. When you think about it, there is something to the theory. After all, preparing for time off from work frequently means working extra hard in advance.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Endocrine System

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Endocrine System

    15th Nov 2017 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    When it comes to ownership of an endocrine system, humans have plenty of company. Also referred to as the hormone system, the endocrine system is found in all mammals as well as birds, fish and a variety of other types of living organisms, per epa.gov. It is a system that, in general terms, is made up of glands found throughout the body, gland-produced hormones sent into the bloodstream or into the fluid that around cells, and receptors distributed among organs and tissues, and “programmed” to respond to hormones.

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  • These Fungi (In Every Grocery Store) Can Boost Your Immune System

    These Fungi (In Every Grocery Store) Can Boost Your Immune System

    14th Nov 2017 Food & Nutrition, Immune System

    Maybe “fungus” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you think of your health. However, many fungi available in your local grocery store have been found to boost the immune system, reduce inflammation, and help the body fight off viral infections.

    It’s time to rethink mushrooms! Check out these four immune system-boosting mushrooms (including at least one you’ve heard of and maybe even incorporated into your own cooking: the shiitake mushroom).

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  • Berberine: A Supplement for Diabetes as Good as a Drug?

    Berberine: A Supplement for Diabetes as Good as a Drug?

    14th Nov 2017 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared diabetes an American epidemic, with more than 25 million Americans afflicted with diabetes. Another 80 million are classified prediabetic, per the American Diabetes Association. The numbers get even bigger when you put a dollar sign in front of them: As of 2012, $245 billion a year was being spent on diabetes in the U.S., including $176 billion in direct medical costs and the rest -- $69 billion – in lost productivity.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Healthy Skin

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Healthy Skin

    10th Nov 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Taking proper care of our skin is not necessarily just an act of vanity for beauty’s sake; it’s also a health issue – a serious one if we let it get out of hand. There’s the matter of accelerated aging of the skin if we eat too much food that is processed or low in nutrition, as well as other harmful factors such as stress and toxins. There’s also the specter of inflammation, cell damage, etc. as it relates to conditions and diseases of the skin ranging from cellulitis to shingles.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Respiratory System

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support the Respiratory System

    8th Nov 2017 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Breathing is a way of life, something we do every few seconds, 24/7, whether we are awake or asleep, whether we are at rest with our feet kicked up or hard at work working out or involved in a strenuous activity that raises our heart rate and forces us to breathe harder and faster. This is our respiratory system at work, and like any other system or organ in our body, it needs to be properly fed with nutrients, and that can include vitamins and supplements.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Fight Endometriosis

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Fight Endometriosis

    6th Nov 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    One in about every 10 women are affected by endometriosis, a disease that involves a woman’s reproductive system. It’s a condition in which endometrium-type tissue that normally grows in the uterus’s inner mucous membrane, somehow ends up outside the uterus and grows in other areas of the body, such as the ovaries, abdomen, and bowel.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support a Healthy Nervous System

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support a Healthy Nervous System

    2nd Nov 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Our nervous system is always on the job, 24/7, 365 days a year (or 366 days in a leap year). Every breath we take, every time our heart beats, every time a thought enters our head, our nervous system is hard at work and playing a role. It’s no wonder we can’t afford for our nervous system to ever take a day (or an hour or a minute) off, and with that goes the responsibility to keep our nervous system properly fueled. It needs TLC and a steady supply of healthy nutrients as well.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements for a Healthy Lymphatic System

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements for a Healthy Lymphatic System

    1st Nov 2017 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    This might come as a surprise to most people, but our bodies have more than one circulatory system. There’s the more-familiar one that transports blood to all body organs and parts that need it. Then there’s the less-familiar version that acts as our body’s drainage system, supporting our immune system by guarding against illness and disease-causing inflammation. That’s the lymphatic system, which also piggybacks a network of veins, arteries, and capillaries to carry out its job.

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  • Growing Opioids Problem Now a National Public Health Emergency

    Growing Opioids Problem Now a National Public Health Emergency

    31st Oct 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    On Thursday, October 26, President Donald Trump declared the growing opioid epidemic a national public health emergency, stating that day that “We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic.” This might take a while. The opioid crisis, which involves highly addictive narcotics used to manage pain, has been growing steadily for more than 20 years, with about 90 Americans dying daily from opioid overdoses, per a June 2017 Washington Post report, as cited at drugsbuse.gov.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support a Healthy Muscular System

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support a Healthy Muscular System

    30th Oct 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Be careful what you skimp on when you start a new diet or decide to reshape your current one. Cutting back on carbohydrates, protein and/or fats – whether purposely or unwittingly – can weaken your body’s performance and diminish your ability to burn unwanted fat. Cutting back on calories can also mean shortchanging the supply of vitamins and minerals needed by your muscles to function with efficiency.

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  • The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Healthy Digestion

    The Best Vitamins and Supplements to Support Healthy Digestion

    26th Oct 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    We are happiest with our stomach and entire digestion system when we aren’t thinking about them. We aren’t thinking about our stomach or digestive tract because, normally, we feel fine down there, content to shovel food and drink down the hatch with no bloating, no tummy ache, no nausea, no sharp pains, no peptic ulcers, no bowel issues (that we know of), no heartburn, no diarrhea, and no constipation to give us pause. A healthy digestive system? Priceless.

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  • Vitamins and Supplements for Cardiovascular Health

    Vitamins and Supplements for Cardiovascular Health

    25th Oct 2017 Heart & Cardiovascular Health

    Keeping our heart strong and healthy should be an everyday goal that never goes away or gets covered up. It is predicated on how well we conduct our lives, how we eat, how we exercise, how devoted we are to submitting to a physical checkup with our physician every year to make sure all things cardiovascular are ticking and operating correctly. Having a good working knowledge of supplements can help in a big way, too.

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  • Heartburn, Acid Reflux, and GERD: Tale of the Tape

    Heartburn, Acid Reflux, and GERD: Tale of the Tape

    19th Oct 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Acid indigestion. It is a sensation many of us are familiar with. Its main symptom features a burning feeling, often accompanied by pressure or pain, as recently consumed food comes back up the throat and into the mouth, leaving a taste that is acidic or at least bitter. The question is, is it just a “simple” case of heartburn or something more involved, such as acid reflux or, worse yet, gastroesophageal reflux disease, better known as GERD?

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  • The Cinnamon Choice: Cassia vs. Ceylon

    The Cinnamon Choice: Cassia vs. Ceylon

    18th Oct 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    The status of cinnamon as a possible “superfood” is debatable, as is its potential for having a healing effect on diabetes, but one thing that really can’t be argued – cinnamon is not only a sweet, great-tasting spice that works well sprinkled on an assortment of food and drinks, it also is nice to have around in terms of contributing to good health in other ways.

     

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  • How to Keep from Getting/Spreading the Flu

    How to Keep from Getting/Spreading the Flu

    18th Oct 2017 Children's Health, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    From year to year, we’re never sure how bad that year’s strain of flu will be or even if the latest version of a vaccine will be sufficiently effective. One thing we can count on, though: some form of influenza will hit our shores, and it will be largely up to us to protect ourselves from getting the flu. It is also our duty to take measures to keep it from spreading to others if we are unlucky enough for the flu to catch us (vs. our catching it).

     

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  • Probiotics Benefit More Than Just Digestive Health

    Probiotics Benefit More Than Just Digestive Health

    17th Oct 2017 Food & Nutrition, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Eating bugs may be a way of life for castaways in survival mode or special-forces military types on extended-training exercises, but in normal everyday life it’s not for the squeamish. Or is it? The consumption of probiotics, available in food and supplement form, involves eating bugs (millions of them) in the form of bacteria that benefit our gut health, otherwise known as our digestive system.

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  • Vitamins and Supplements that Support a Healthy Integumentary System

    Vitamins and Supplements that Support a Healthy Integumentary System

    15th Oct 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    The largest organ in the body is quite possibly one you haven’t heard of before, at least when it’s called by its correct name. That’s the integumentary system, which weighs between six and 10 pounds, covers a total surface area of about 18-20 square feet for adults, and consists of our skin, hair, nails, glands, and nerve receptors. There you have it – the integumentary system – a name for several body features that, collectively, you didn’t even know had a name, let alone that they comprised a ‘system.’

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  • It’s Dental Hygiene Month: How Are Your Teeth and Gums?

    It’s Dental Hygiene Month: How Are Your Teeth and Gums?

    12th Oct 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    If you are properly brushing your teeth after every meal, or at least twice a day, and if you are regularly flossing – preferably daily – you have established a good foundation for caring for your teeth and gums. Even then, your work is never done if you want to avoid gum disease, prevent tooth decay and cavities, keep your gums healthy and strong, and keep all your teeth in place.

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  • Why Superfoods Are Not Another Health Fad

    Why Superfoods Are Not Another Health Fad

    10th Oct 2017 Vision & Eye Health

    With the health and fitness industry being one of the fastest growing industries, and one of the most lucrative, it’s easy to be blindsided with myths, trends and hyped up versions of the truth when it comes to what’s really good for us. Today, everyone wants to be in the know with their health, with today’s generations more health-conscious than any generation before us.

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  • What Is Ketosis and What Does It Do for Us?

    What Is Ketosis and What Does It Do for Us?

    9th Oct 2017 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    When our body goes into a state of ketosis, it’s not a bad thing. In fact, it’s something many of us choose to bring on ourselves to lose weight. The word ‘ketosis’ might sound like some sort of disease. It isn’t. It is a normal metabolic process in which our body, when short on glucose, instead starts burning stored fats for needed energy. It is a condition that people can initiate by starting a ketogenic diet that is low on carbohydrates and seeks to burn unwanted fat.

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  • DPA: Docosapentaenoic Acid: The 'New' Omega-3 Fatty Acid

    DPA: Docosapentaenoic Acid: The 'New' Omega-3 Fatty Acid

    5th Oct 2017 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Omega-3 fatty acids, usually found in fish oils, comprise one of the best go-to nutritional supplements when it comes to restoring, maintaining, or even improving our health. Name any well-known health condition that can be aided by particular types of diets, then put together a list of foods and supplements deemed highly suitable for such diets, and, finally, be amazed by how often omega-3’s appear on those lists.

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  • Looking Out for Our Liver and Its Health

    Looking Out for Our Liver and Its Health

    3rd Oct 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Ask anyone to name the body’s major organs, and the first few answers are easy: the heart, the brain, the kidneys, and the lungs come quickly to mind. A bit further down the list, and often not mentioned, is the liver. It might be the most underappreciated and even neglected major organ of our bodies, but the liver deserves more respect. It just may be the hardest-working organ in our bodies; if not, it ranks near the top, and may be the most versatile organ in our bodies.

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  • Foods to Eat or Avoid to Prevent Acne

    Foods to Eat or Avoid to Prevent Acne

    29th Sep 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Acne, otherwise known as pimples, is one of the most common dermatological conditions, affecting millions of young adults worldwide – and a relative handful of older adults as well. Assumptions about a possible link between what we eat and the appearance of acne on young people’s faces, as well as other body locales such as the upper back, have long been bandied about, based on nothing much more than anecdotal hearsay.

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  • Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice for Good Health

    Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice for Good Health

    29th Sep 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    OK, truth be told, this post doesn’t offer much that involves putting sugar and good health in the same sentence, but it sounded nice in the title. When it comes to herbs and spices that can promote good health as well as add a nice touch to a three- or four-course dinner, much can be said without mention of sugar. Modern science is only now catching up to what some cultures have known for centuries, that many spices possess amazing health benefits.

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  • How to Ramp Up to Fend Off Leg Cramps

    How to Ramp Up to Fend Off Leg Cramps

    28th Sep 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Leg cramps can be a real pain. They can crop up at any time during the day, turning a leisurely stroll through the park or a walk from the den to the fridge into exercise of agonizing futility, sending a scared sufferer to the floor wincing and wailing in pain. It’s a similar deal during the night, when an otherwise sound sleeper suddenly wakes up in bed, startled, grabbing his or her calf and wondering where this real-life nightmare just came from.

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  • Making Moves Toward Healthy Joints

    Making Moves Toward Healthy Joints

    27th Sep 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    In our never-ending quest to stay healthy (or get healthier), to lose weight, to get stronger, to become faster, to improve our endurance or to just overall enhance our appearance, it’s easy to get lost in the big picture and take for granted our body’s mechanisms and the parts that play a supporting role. Our joints, for instance. Be honest: how often do you think about your wrists, your hips, your knees, or your ankles – until you injure one of them and suddenly find yourself pretty much out of commission?

     

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  • Osteoporosis Symptoms and Supporting Healthy Bone Structure

    Osteoporosis Symptoms and Supporting Healthy Bone Structure

    25th Sep 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    It’s easy to think of our bones and bone structure as nothing but hard substance, out of sight (beneath our skin, of course) and able to take care of itself, only to be tended to when we suffer a fracture or break. The truth is, our bones, to include our teeth, are living tissue in need of our constant care through ingestion of proper nutrition. Any deficiency in such care or nutrition – think calcium and vitamin D, for starters – can mean development of osteoporosis.

     

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  • What Are the Herbs that Help with Memory?

    What Are the Herbs that Help with Memory?

    19th Sep 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Forgetfulness is a part of life for most of us. Forgot where you put the keys? Can’t find your wallet or purse? You arrived home last night, turned on the dome light inside your car while in the driveway, and then you forgot to turn it off when you went inside the house. It happens to all of us. But there is a difference between routine forgetfulness and actual memory loss – a significant difference, in fact.

     

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  • Vitamins and Supplements That Support Healthy Cholesterol

    Vitamins and Supplements That Support Healthy Cholesterol

    18th Sep 2017 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    More than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease every year, making it the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. That works out to one in four deaths each year being related to heart disease, with cholesterol often a key factor. The most common type of heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is coronary artery disease, which can lead to heart attack.

     

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  • How to Manage Chronic Pain Conditions Such as Fibromyalgia and CRPS

    How to Manage Chronic Pain Conditions Such as Fibromyalgia and CRPS

    15th Sep 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    The next time you are in pain and tell someone about it, don’t be surprised if they try to brush it off by saying, “Oh, it’s only in your head.” Actually, they’re right; whatever the root cause of the pain is and wherever it is located, pain signals get transmitted to your brain, which is in your head. Chronic pain, though, is nothing to be brushed off or treated lightly. It can be a significant life changer, whereby managing the pain beyond medical procedures and medications can help bolster quality of life for sufferers.

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  • Get Arthritis Relief More Naturally

    Get Arthritis Relief More Naturally

    14th Sep 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Arthritis can be a debilitating disease difficult to describe if you’ve never had it, but the numbers paint a picture that isn’t pretty. Arthritis is rated the No. 1 cause of disability in America, with about 50 percent of adults 65 and older reporting a doctor’s diagnosis of arthritis, per draxe.com.

     

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  • Heartburn: How’d I Get It and How Do I Get Rid of It?

    Heartburn: How’d I Get It and How Do I Get Rid of It?

    12th Sep 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Heartburn is a condition that often leaves a bad taste in our mouths, and we don’t mean just in the figurative sense. It occurs most often after you’ve just consumed a large meal, especially one that goes heavy on fatty and greasy foods. As webmd.com puts it, foods high in fat sit around in the belly longer, triggering our stomach to produce more acid, which in turn irritates our digestive system.

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  • Brain Supplements for Back-to-School Support

    Brain Supplements for Back-to-School Support

    11th Sep 2017 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    In a perfect world, parents get their school kids out of bed at the right time, make sure they are practicing the right hygiene, and feed them the right kind of breakfast to make/keep them healthy, alert, ready, and in the right frame of mind for the rigors of another school day. In an imperfect world, though, where most of us reside, additional help is needed. To the rescue come nutritional supplements, many of which can boost a student’s alertness, focus, and/or retention, among other mental faculties.

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  • Diet and Nutrition: From A to Z

    Diet and Nutrition: From A to Z

    7th Sep 2017 Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & Minerals

    Knowing what foods to eat and which supplements to take to optimize your health can be overwhelming. Let us help break down some of that for you. Here’s an alphabetized summary of 26 healthy foods and supplements to keep/put on your list. Let this be your guide to smarter grocery shopping and better health:

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  • The Sirtfood Diet: Healthy Craze or Just Plain Crazy?

    The Sirtfood Diet: Healthy Craze or Just Plain Crazy?

    1st Sep 2017 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management

    If you are looking to kickstart a weight-loss program with almost-guaranteed success right out the gate, and if you like chocolate and/or wine and/or coffee, and if you have three weeks to spare, then maybe there really is a diet program out there that might appeal to you. There really is such a diet, and it goes by the name of the Sirtfood Diet. Celebrities like singer Adele swear by it – or at least eat by it.

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  • Vitamins A, D, E and K: The Fat-Soluble Vitamins

    Vitamins A, D, E and K: The Fat-Soluble Vitamins

    31st Aug 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    There are two types of vitamins: water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins, and they differ from one another. Whereas the water-soluble types of vitamins dissolve in water when ingested, fat-soluble vitamins – which are most plentiful in foods high in fats – are absorbed into our bloodstream when eaten with fat and are eventually stored in our bodies, primarily in the liver.

     

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  • Natural Ways to Lower High Blood Pressure

    Natural Ways to Lower High Blood Pressure

    30th Aug 2017 Food & Nutrition, Heart & Cardiovascular Health

    It’s an old story but one that bears repeating if you want to grow old: high blood pressure, or hypertension, has been called the “silent killer” because its symptoms are rarely noticeable. However, that is not to say that hypertension is a death sentence. A variety of medications effective in lowering blood pressure (BP) are available. Better yet, there are natural alternatives that have proved useful in reducing BP to healthier levels.

     

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  • Nutrition That Works Well Before a Workout

    Nutrition That Works Well Before a Workout

    29th Aug 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    A great dietary plan isn’t just about what you eat, it’s also about when you eat. We all know the drill about not eating too late into the evening, as a full stomach can disrupt sleep patterns and throw our metabolism out of kilter. Then there’s the issue of timing our meals or snacks to optimize our workouts, whether it consists of cardio, weights, a combination of both, or Plan D.

     

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  • Foods That Are Good for Fighting Inflammation

    Foods That Are Good for Fighting Inflammation

    25th Aug 2017 Food & Nutrition, Immune System

    Inflammation on or inside our bodies is like almost anything else – too much of anything can be bad for us. Don’t be confused by that, especially if you’re thinking that any bodily inflammation is bad. It’s not; inflammation is usually our body’s healthy and immediate response to many types of unforeseen injuries and other afflictions that hit us.

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  • There’s Nothing Silly about Psyllium

    There’s Nothing Silly about Psyllium

    24th Aug 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    There are all kinds of supplements and other nutritional aids on the market, readily available to any of us looking to bolster or improve our overall health or to assist us in a particular area of need. And some of those needs are more urgent and unpredictable than others. Constipation or diarrhea come quickly to mind – and to “fruition” at the most inopportune times.

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  • Never Underestimate Potassium’s Powerful Benefits

    Never Underestimate Potassium’s Powerful Benefits

    22nd Aug 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    A banana a day might not actually keep the doctor forever away – neither can an apple a day, for that matter, not really – but the potassium that ingesting bananas brings us goes a long way toward keeping us sound of body and mind. It’s not just the bananas, either; as recently illustrated in another blog that appeared here; potassium has many sources and it’s up to us to keep ourselves sufficiently supplied.

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  • What is Herbalism and How Does It Work?

    What is Herbalism and How Does It Work?

    18th Aug 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    If you have ever been prescribed and taken a pharmaceutical drug, it is likely you have at least brushed up against herbalism, also known as phytotherapy. Many, if not most, prescription drugs are derived from plants with medicinal properties, otherwise known as “herbs.”

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  • What is Potassium and What Are Its Best Sources?

    What is Potassium and What Are Its Best Sources?

    17th Aug 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Potassium is one of the most abundant minerals in our body – organicfacts.net says it is the third most abundant, in fact. For those who have purposed to go looking for a supplemental source to help with, say, their cardiovascular health, the direction in which they are most often pointed are bananas. Bananas and lowering high blood pressure, for instance, go hand in hand, although potassium is readily available through many other sources, and its health benefits extend well beyond just the heart.

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  • Foods High in Protein Belong High on Your List

    Foods High in Protein Belong High on Your List

    16th Aug 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Foods and blender concoctions packed with proteins were once thought to belong solely to the domain of bodybuilders and elite athletes. Not anymore/ All the rest of us are quickly finding out that foods high in protein can work wonders for the overall health of the common man and woman, as well. Food marketers and stores have caught on, and now the rest of us can go grocery shopping looking for and finding protein-packed consumables suitable for almost everyone.

     

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  • Belly Fat, Part II: Eat It Away

    Belly Fat, Part II: Eat It Away

    15th Aug 2017 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    Previously in this space we published a blog touching on some key points specific to belly fat. Included in the discussion was a summary of what belly fat is, its potential perils to our health, and several the underlying factors that contribute to it. Knowing those factors gives you a head start on what you can do to avoid belly fat or trim away what already is there.

     

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  • Live Longer: Trim Away That Belly Fat

    Live Longer: Trim Away That Belly Fat

    11th Aug 2017 Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    With summer winding down, those of us who vowed to use the nicer weather to eat better and work out more to shed that “beer gut” and reveal that six-pack are running out of time to accomplish that mission – if we haven’t already succeeded. This isn’t just about looking better and buffer in a bathing suit, though. It’s also about our longevity – trimming the belly isn’t just about beach-time vanity, it’s also about our long-term health.

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  • Supplements for Men with Low Testosterone

    Supplements for Men with Low Testosterone

    9th Aug 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Low testosterone in men is most closely associated with diminished sexual performance in the bedroom. That’s the first thing that gets talked about when the subject of low-T counts comes up, just as we discussed in a recent article about testosterone that appeared on this website. Other low-T symptoms can include muscle mass atrophy, fatigue, weight gain, changes in sleep habits, depression and hair loss.

     

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  • What Is Biotin and What Is It Good For?

    What Is Biotin and What Is It Good For?

    8th Aug 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    The name sounds like some sort of scary, weaponized biochemical compound, but in truth biotin is nothing more than a sweet and innocent water-soluble B vitamin. Its main task is to take the food we eat and transform it into energy. And that’s a good thing; something to enhance our health. Not only is biotin vital for the health of our skin, nails and hair, it also is important to have around for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

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  • Does Your Fish Oil Contain DPA? It Should!

    Does Your Fish Oil Contain DPA? It Should!

    8th Aug 2017 Heart & Cardiovascular Health

    The most health conscious among us have known for decades that consumption of omega-3 fatty acids is good for our health. Only in recent years, though, have experts begun to learn the full extension of the reasons why. At the center of this revelation is the newly identified fatty acid docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), which has been found in elevated levels in the diet of Greenland Intuits, whose incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is remarkably low, per naturalproductsinsider.com.

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  • The Oceans Are Filled with Resources for Health

    The Oceans Are Filled with Resources for Health

    7th Aug 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    There is plenty of truth to the old saying about “water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” Our oceans are made up of saltwater, which we all (should) know isn’t potable, unless your fun idea of quenching your thirst is chugging down the salty stuff without regard to sanity or health. Yet there still is plenty to love about what our oceans offer in terms of nutrients and healthy foods that can benefit us in numerous ways.

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  • Low Testosterone in Men Impacts More Than the Bedroom

    Low Testosterone in Men Impacts More Than the Bedroom

    3rd Aug 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Men sometimes joke among one another on the topic of testosterone, but deep down it’s no laughing matter when a drop in the hormone is accompanied by a drop in sexual performance. The human body produces testosterone, for men mainly in their testicles, and it plays a key role in shaping a man’s appearance and sexual development, per healthline.com. It also assists in building muscle and bone mass.

     

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  • Here Are 6 Natural Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol

    Here Are 6 Natural Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol

    2nd Aug 2017 Heart & Cardiovascular Health, Wellness & Well-being

    More than 100 million Americans, or nearly one in three, have high cholesterol. Cholesterol readings higher than 200 mg/dL are generally considered excessive, bringing with it an increased chance of clogged arteries that can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Numerous prescription medicines are on the market – and there likely are more coming through the pharmaceutical pipeline – aimed at lowering cholesterol.

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  • Adaptogens: What Are They and What Do They Do?

    Adaptogens: What Are They and What Do They Do?

    1st Aug 2017 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Whether you live life in the fast lane or operate in a slow cooker – or perhaps equal amounts of each – you likely are exposed to and at times rendered ineffective by waves of stress inducements. Chances are that fatigue (physical and mental) also accompanies your stress. Those are the times when you can certainly use a lift and some relief. Adaptogens are standing by to come to your rescue.

     

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  • Three Key Components of Omega-3 Fish Oils

    Three Key Components of Omega-3 Fish Oils

    1st Aug 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    If you’re looking for a “go-to” food worthy of being included in your weekly diet plan, you could do a lot worse than to make fatty fish – think salmon, mackerel and tuna – a part of your regular fare at the lunch or dinner table. In fact, consider it a requisite. A deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in such fish, is a leading preventable cause of death in the United States, per nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com.

     

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  • Magnesium, Manganese and Methylcobalamin for Your Health

    Magnesium, Manganese and Methylcobalamin for Your Health

    28th Jul 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Hundreds of nutritional supplements are available in the marketplace; sometimes it’s nearly impossible to figure out what’s best for whatever health benefit(s) you seek. To cut down on any confusion, we’re here to present a partial solution that's easy to remember. When in doubt, go with these three M’s – magnesium, manganese and methylcobalamin. Each can do many things to preserve or benefit your health.

     

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  • Opioids and Alternatives

    Opioids and Alternatives

    27th Jul 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    The use of opioids such as hydrocodone, oxycodone and morphine have long been prescribed by doctors for the treatment of a variety of chronic pain conditions. Their use, per the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has long been considered an acceptable part of medical practice, although the use of opioids has become controversial.

     

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  • What Do Minerals Do for the Human Body?

    What Do Minerals Do for the Human Body?

    24th Jul 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Without minerals, our cells wouldn’t be able to function properly, and without properly functioning cells, we would be in a world of hurt. Minerals are inorganic substances that naturally occur in water, rocks and soils, and work their way into plants and animals. Rocks and soils are not on our recommended daily consumption list, but we can get what we need by eating plant-based food and the meat from animals who likewise eat plants, as well as from water, per eatbalanced.com.

     

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  • Turmeric Has Powerful Anti-Virus Compounds

    Turmeric Has Powerful Anti-Virus Compounds

    20th Jul 2017 Immune System, Announcements & News

    There are many things to enjoy and appreciate about the plant-based herb turmeric. Let’s begin with the fact that it not only can nicely spice up a good meal, it also can provide a laundry list of health benefits that practically make it a medicine cabinet unto itself. Included among those health remedies is turmeric’s inherent ability to suppress a variety of viruses that attack our bodies, ranging from influenza to hepatitis to herpes simplex and beyond.

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  • Berberine Has the Goods to Beat Diabetes

    Berberine Has the Goods to Beat Diabetes

    19th Jul 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    Count berberine among the few compounds with antibacterial properties that offer an effective alternative to antibiotic medicines that are losing ground in the ongoing battle against “superbugs.” It gets even better, though. Berberine’s other pharmacological effects includes blood glucose-lowering capabilities that make it useful in helping to treat diabetics.

     

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  • Oregano Oil: The Right Tonic for Many Health-Related Issues

    Oregano Oil: The Right Tonic for Many Health-Related Issues

    18th Jul 2017 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Most essential oils are known for their usefulness in benefitting human health across several fronts, with some of the more versatile oils able to cover a whole lot of ground. Take, for instance, oil of oregano – which many people do. Oregano oil has established a reputation as not only an antioxidant, antibiotic and antibacterial, but also an antifungal, antiviral and anti-inflammatory.

     

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  • Cod Liver Oil: A Teaspoon a Day Does Wonders

    Cod Liver Oil: A Teaspoon a Day Does Wonders

    17th Jul 2017 Children's Health, Wellness & Well-being

    Many of us grew up seeing depictions of young children being force fed teaspoons brimming with cod liver oil, the kids’ faces squinched up as they dreaded the taste. Just hearing the name – “cod liver oil” – often elicited classic yukky faces among kids. Which seems ironic, considering the many health benefits that have been attributed to cod liver oil over the years. Maybe it doesn’t taste great, but this stuff really works.

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  • “Superbug” Not Responding to Normal Antibiotics

    “Superbug” Not Responding to Normal Antibiotics

    14th Jul 2017 Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    They are antibiotic-resistant microorganisms described as “nightmare bacteria” or “superbugs.” Resistant? Nightmare? Superbug? None of it sounds good when it comes to American public health. And it isn’t. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about two million people a year in America suffer serious infections with bacteria that turn out to be resistant to antibiotics designed to treat them, and 23,000 of those so afflicted end up dying.

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  • Essential Oils Gaining Popularity, Credibility in Health Care

    Essential Oils Gaining Popularity, Credibility in Health Care

    12th Jul 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    We keep our cars, trucks and SUVs running smoothly and efficiently with proper use of motor oil, presumably to include getting the oil changed at prescribed mileage intervals (or else!). Smart use of oils is a human thing to do as well. Americans increasingly are turning to oils - frequently referred to as 'essential oils' – to protect and improve our health in numerous ways; all to keep our bodies and minds running smoothly and efficiently.

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  • Nutrition Plays Key Role in Vision and Eye Health

    Nutrition Plays Key Role in Vision and Eye Health

    11th Jul 2017 Vision & Eye Health

    Vision and eye health are things many of us take for granted, until we suffer an impairment or accident that results in at least some loss of sight. Then we realize how vital our vision and eye health are to us. Proper eye care entails not only wearing protection, such as when mowing the lawn or being outdoors in bright sunlight, but also eating the right foods and using the right nutritional supplements as needed to bolster eye health.

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  • Healthy Energy Snacks to Revive Your Day

    Healthy Energy Snacks to Revive Your Day

    7th Jul 2017 Food & Nutrition

    It happens to all of us at one time or another during the day, sometimes even more than once. Maybe it’s late morning with lunch more than an hour away. Or it’s mid-afternoon and the bluesy blahs are settling in, the needle on our energy gauge about to hit zero. These are the times we need a healthy snack to restore our zip, but the question then becomes, what? What’s a healthy, energy-boosting snack that will lift us up and carry us through to the next bell?

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  • What We Need to Know about Mushrooms

    What We Need to Know about Mushrooms

    6th Jul 2017 Heart & Cardiovascular Health

    A main course of mushrooms will never be found on many, if any, menus, but as a garnishment with assorted healthful benefits, mushrooms have few peers. Labeled as a “superfood” by nutrition experts, mushrooms are low in carbohydrates and calories and full of B vitamins, trace minerals, fiber and protein that make them a powerful anti-inflammatory food that also bolsters our immune system, among other health-inducing qualities.

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  • CoQ10's Use and Popularity as Supplement on the Rise

    CoQ10's Use and Popularity as Supplement on the Rise

    4th Jul 2017 Vitamins & Minerals

    Coenzyme Q10, also known as CoQ10, is an antioxidant that cells need so they can function properly. What the coenzyme does is help cells manufacture the energy necessary to grow and thrive while also fighting against free radicals that can damage cell membranes. No wonder CoQ10 is so popular as a supplement; in fact, it has been touted by NASDAQ’s Globe Newswire, per chiroeco.com, as the supplement that will account for $849.5 million of the $36.7 billion supplement industry within three years.

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  • Foods That Are Potent Disease Fighters

    Foods That Are Potent Disease Fighters

    3rd Jul 2017 Food & Nutrition

    Poor diets and the cheap, low-quality (but tempting) foods that comprise them are often the source of diseases that befall us. Processed foods; foods coated with pesticides; foods loaded with sugar; foods packed with fat; foods high in calorie count and low in nutritional value – all these and more are often the culprit for what ails us. It only seems appropriate that if foods are the “bad guys” when it comes to sickness and disease, that we should turn to “good guy” foods to bail us out of disease prison.

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  • What’s in My Energy Drink?

    What’s in My Energy Drink?

    29th Jun 2017 Vitamins & Minerals, Wellness & Well-being

    Anyone who grabs one of those energy drinks that typically come in a can pretty much knows what they are getting out of it – an hours-long jolt of energy, improved athletic performance and enhanced mental acuity. What you get out of it is not the question, though; it’s what goes into these energy drinks that remain somewhat of a mystery with some drink manufacturers, not to say the risk of possible side effects tied into the ingredients involved.

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  • Why Can’t I Lose Weight?

    Why Can’t I Lose Weight?

    29th Jun 2017 Food & Nutrition, Weight Management, Wellness & Well-being

    Trying to lose weight is like trying to grip a wet and slippery bar of soap – the harder you squeeze, the faster it gets away from you. A lot of weight-loss plans or diets fail because of the instant-gratification conundrum: we want to lose X number of pounds now, even when we know in our heads that any viable plan or diet requires planning, patience and perseverance, yet many of us still won’t see immediate results and will abandon it faster than a New Year’s Resolution.

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  • Adjusting Your Diet for the Summer Heat

    Adjusting Your Diet for the Summer Heat

    26th Jun 2017 Food & Nutrition, Wellness & Well-being

    Summer is officially here, although warming temperatures beat the official start of summer to the punch in much of the country. The heat is here. If you haven’t done it already, it’s time to tweak your diets and menus to accommodate the heat and your body’s need for regular hydration to counter increased fluid loss through sweating. On top of that, most weight-conscious people see summertime as the right time to drop excess pounds, something to keep in mind when picking out what foods to eat.

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  • Healthy Sweetener Options and Sugar

    Healthy Sweetener Options and Sugar

    22nd Jun 2017 Wellness & Well-being

    It doesn’t take a sweet tooth to know there are many artificial or alternative sweeteners that promise zero calories and maybe even weight loss. Also referred to as non-nutritive sweeteners – that’s right, they offer little or nothing in the way of nutrition – these substitute sweeteners carry a hopeful and carefully cultivated message of alleged health, yet in many cases they can cause unwanted symptoms ranging from headaches to weight gain to cardiovascular disease.

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  • Heavy Metals Are Showing Up in Our Food Supply

    Heavy Metals Are Showing Up in Our Food Supply

    21st Jun 2017 Food & Nutrition, Immune System, Wellness & Well-being

    Heavy metal might be music to the ears of some people, but in terms of human health it can mean bad news when too much of it shows up in our diets. Heavy metals are naturally occurring elements with a high atomic weight and a density five times or more that of water, per the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their presence in our food supply often surpass safe limits, and human exposure to them can greatly harm our health.

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