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An Evidence-based Ayurvedic Herb for Joint Pain/Discomfort Whenever we see the words “joint pain” or “joint discomfort,” we immediately tend to think about nutraceuticals such as glucosamine, chondroitin, gelatin/collagen, and perhaps some herbal extracts such as boswellia or turmeric—and with good reason. These nutraceuticals all have varying degrees of research for treating arthritis-related joint pain, ...
Anxiety: Friend or Foe? Sometimes Both!
We all have a definition of what anxiety means to us personally. Maybe it is that tight feeling when you are late for work and you hit all red lights, or the butterflies you feel before having a serious medical test. The textbook definition is that anxiety is the sense of worry, apprehension and unease ...
What You Can Do About Alzheimer’s Disease
Does it seem to you that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is increasingly common? That you have loved ones who are either struggling with serious memory changes themselves, or their older relatives are? That everywhere you look in the media, there are stories about Alzheimer’s? You are not mistaken. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, “The number of ...
Curcumin: An Update of 2015 Clinical Research
Curcumin, the primary active constituent found in turmeric, is responsible for the plant’s yellow color and for providing most of its medicinal qualities1,2—and like vitamin D, curcumin is one of those nutraceuticals for which research suggests a broad range of potential benefits. Likewise, turmeric has been used for as a traditional remedy in Chinese and ...
Benefits of Bee Products
Bees are miraculous creatures that are responsible for the survival of some of our most important agricultural food crops and more than 90 percent of wild plants. Without bees, crops such as almonds, apples, berries, squash, broccoli, cantaloupes, cucumbers and alfalfa would become extinct. The Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) estimates that ...
Basic Nutritional Advice: Combatting Chronic Fatigue
Customers who seek advice for a chronic lack of energy often confront retailers. Something as simple as eating a healthy diet and supplementing with the very best nutrition can help you manage many health challenges, and that includes the persistent fatigue and mental strain of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). I know it doesn’t sound sexy. ...
Green Super Foods
Green super foods are a dietary supplement category that sells fairly well in the marketplace. But what exactly are green super foods, what contribution are they supposed to make to human health, and do they have any real science to back them up? These are the questions I will attempt to answer in this article. ...
New Research on Vitamin K2
Each year, more research is being conducted on vitamin K2. In fact, in just the past year I’ve personally had two scientific reviews on vitamin K2 published in peer-reviewed journals. The first one examined vitamin K2’s cardiovascular roles, and the second reveals the prevalence of vitamin K2 deficiency/insufficiency. Here I’ll provide an overview of the ...
Natural Interventions for Neurological Health
There are many products on the market to support neurological health, but defining and promoting neurological health can be confusing. Is it help for sciatic pain in the leg? Shingles virus eruptions? Alzheimer’s disease? Migraine headaches? Diabetic neuropathy? These are very different diseases, with complex factors contributing to these illnesses. What they all have in ...
The Nitric Oxide Boost
Retailers say yes to NO boosters and their mass appeal. When it comes to nitric oxide (NO), I consider myself an expert. But I have a unique perspective. For more than three decades I have raced more than 300 endurance events, including more than 150 triathlons of Olympic distance or longer, 103 marathons and numerous ...
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