antioxidants
Take Care of Your Brain
Sometimes we forget that our brain is a physical organ. Because it is our seat of consciousness, we often fall victim to the mistaken belief that our thinking and awareness completely control our brain’s activity. We believe that if try really hard, we can dictate our mood and memory. Snap out of it. Calm down. ...
Teenage Athletes: Bridging Nutritional Gaps
As teenage athletes develop physically and begin playing sports at higher levels, the subject of nutritional supplementation will inevitably arise. Are supplements for young athletes going to help meet their nutritional needs? The demands are high for today’s teenage athletes. The typical teenage day is more than a full-time job. It is packed with school, ...
Antioxidants: The Chemical Compound Superstars
The abundance of antioxidants makes it a mainstay of the supplement marketplace. Sometimes called “free-radical scavengers,” an antioxidant is a nutrient-rich substance that inhibits oxidation and protects the cells in our bodies from damaging free radicals, which are highly reactive molecules that are produced when your body breaks down food. Free radicals are thought to ...
Nitric Oxide Boosters for Profound Health Benefits
Nitric oxide (NO) is a molecule that’s produced naturally by your body, and it’s important for many aspects of your health. There’s no denying that NO supplements are extremely popular. Men and women spend tens of millions of dollars on them every year in hopes of building muscle and strength and increasing endurance. Truth be ...
Smart Sportsmanship
Awareness of oxidative stress helps younger athletes realize big rewards as they age. I have been an avid proponent of exercise for more than 45 years. I was an athlete in high school and did my first Olympic distance triathlon at the age of 22. I am now 58 years old. After more than 350 ...
Specific Antioxidants for Specific Benefits
The term antioxidant has become a mainstay in the lexicon of the natural products industry. Furthermore, as I pointed out in an article last year from this same issue of Vitamin Retailer magazine, over the past few decades the choices for nutraceutical antioxidants have increased exponentially, as have the number of articles written about those ...
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 ...
Antioxidants & ORAC
It seems like whenever we open our emails, there is a new antioxidant “flavor of the week.” Indeed, over the past few decades the choices for nutraceutical antioxidants have increased exponentially, as have the number of articles written about those nutraceuticals. In fact, I’ve written a number of them in previous issues of Vitamin Retailer ...
Setria Glutathione Meets U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Standards
Shown to fight stress and natural aging, Setria Glutathione officially meets the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) standards, according to manufacturer Kyowa Hakko USA Inc. Dr. Danielle Citrolo, PharmD, registered pharmacist and technical services manager for Kyowa Hakko USA, said the USP dietary supplements compendium released the first monograph for glutathione. “We were happy to see ...
Complex Benefits of Olive Compounds
The Mediterranean diet, with its rich variety of fresh fruits, vegetables and olive oils, is likely the most widely promoted and scientifically proven healthy lifestyle in the world. An increasing volume of scientific research reveals that a key reason for the Mediterranean diet’s proven health benefits is its richness in antioxidant compounds known as phenols ...
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