When it comes to daily vitamin requirements, there are a number of essential vitamins that are recommended for optimum health. One of these is vitamin E, which is naturally present in some foods, added to other foods and is also available as a supplement. Complete vitamin E is comprised of a group of fat-soluble compounds [...]
The more fiber you get through your diet, the lower your risk of death from heart, lung or infectious diseases. That comes from a new study over a nine-year period that also found dietary fiber lowers your risk of death from any cause as well. Protecting your life: just another day’s work for one of [...]
Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizes the important relationship between physical health and digestive health. The body, and certain diseases, reflects the personal balance and health of your digestive system. Besides digesting food, your gut plays a major role in your overall health. Recently, there’s been a lot of attention given to the gut and the immune [...]
More and more research is showing just how important vitamin D is to your overall health. It is vital for the immune system, regulating inflammation, calcium absorption, and decreasing the risk for chronic diseases. It is estimated that 70 percent of the U.S. population is deficient in vitamin D. Vitamin D is actually a hormone [...]
Americans are overweight. It’s not just what we eat, but how we eat that contributes to the obesity epidemic. As you probably know, most Americans were thinner when we sat down to home cooked meals. Now, we barely glance at or taste what we are eating, since we are usually either driving, working at our [...]
Many of you in the natural health community have expressed a lot of interest in the topic of sugar and sugar alternatives. With the many forms of sugar available, from table sugar, to high-fructose corn syrup to agave and honey, understanding the differences between sugars and their effects on the body is not all sweet. [...]
Many patients with underlying chronic illness and infection often have difficulty in regaining total health, due in part to the ability of pathogenic organisms to resist treatment. Many organisms, including H. pylori, Candida species and numerous others, rather than living independently, form highly complex colonies that are imbedded in a protective matrix. When these organisms [...]
The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) constantly tries to persuade the public that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is perfectly safe, claiming that it is natural, made from corn, similar to sugar, and acceptable in moderation. The truth is – there are a lot of reasons to avoid high-fructose corn syrup. A processed alternative to sugar, HFCS [...]
By Melonie Dodaro These are great questions, and ones that seem to get lost when you’re in a rush to lose 10-20 pounds real fast before the wedding in three weeks or the high school reunion or some other big personal or professional event you have coming up. Most people want to lose weight fast, [...]
Many of us, especially women, are deficient in calcium and magnesium. In fact, having a magnesium deficiency actually decreases the amount of calcium in your body! That’s because magnesium is necessary for calcium absorption. Supplementing with calcium won’t drastically improve your calcium levels if you don’t have adequate magnesium levels. So what is magnesium, and [...]
