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Mushroom Science on the Rise for Immune Support
According to Gina Rivers Contla, national science educator, Host Defense Organic Mushrooms in Washington, market data demonstrates that immune support is a top consumer category. On a daily basis, people come into contact with over 2,000 compounds, including benzenes, formaldehyde, nitrosamines, hydrocarbons, petro-chemicals and xeno-estrogens, to name a few, that compromise and distress our natural ...
Keeping Your Digestive Tract Healthy
1. Eat at least 7 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Be adventurous, and eat a variety of fruits and vegetables in any form – canned, fresh, frozen, or dried. Plant foods are rich in fiber and many disease-fighting chemicals. Fruit serving sizes: 1 cup fresh 1 tennis-ball sized piece ½ cup canned ¼ cup ...
Study: Zinc Deficiency Linked To Immune System Response, Particularly In Older Adults
Zinc, an important mineral in human health, appears to affect how the immune system responds to stimulation, especially inflammation, new research from Oregon State University shows. Zinc deficiency could play a role in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes that involve inflammation. Such diseases often show up in older adults, who are ...
Chinese Fertility Remedies
Christopher Hobbs, PhD, Lac, director of integrative science for Rainbow Light, recently unveiled Western natural alternatives to support fertility. “According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the primary herbal support for increasing fertility includes blood tonics, Qi (vital energy) tonics, and yin tonics (vital essence). American ginseng is commonly taken by Chinese women to promote fertility ...
Athletes Should Eat More Fat
Athletes, for years, thought carb-rich foods were necessary for high performance activities, but new science shows that consuming starchy foods can lead to weight gain and metabolic issues. As the debate rages on, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has suggested that athletes lower their carbohydrate intake, and eat more nuts and fatty-rich foods to boost ...
Meditation May Help Relieve Neck Pain
Recently reported by Sciencedaily.com, a recent research report published in The Journal of Pain showed that meditation might be a natural treatment for reducing chronic neck pain from inflammation. Chronic pain, especially in the neck, can lead to serious long-term conditions such as depression. As an alternative to prescription pain medication and anti-inflammatories, meditation is ...
Non-GMO: What Does the Future Hold?
The Participants Are: Ramona Billingslea Marketing Manager Betsy’s Health Food Two stores in Houston, TX www.betsyhealth.com Linda Kahler President Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems Santa Cruz, CA www.rainbowlight.com Neil E. Levin, CCN, DANLA Nutrition Education Manager NOW Foods Bloomingdale, IL (800) 999-8069 Missy Lowery Senior Manager, Marketing Capsugel Greenwood, SC (888) 783-6361 Joar Opheim CEO & ...
Potassium Salts Aid Bone Health
Latest research from the University of Surrey has found that the potassium salts (bicarbonate and citrate) plentiful in fruit and vegetables, play an important part in improving bone health. For the first time, the results also showed that these potassium salts reduce bone resorption, the process by which bone is broken down, therefore increasing their ...
High Family Stress Can Impact Child’s Immune System
High family stress can lead to the child’s immune system being affected, as a research group at the School of Health Sciences at Jönköping University and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Linköping University in Sweden shows in a study being published in the American periodical Journal of Immunology. Our immune system has the task ...
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