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12 Tips for Fighting Alzheimer’s
There are safe, natural ways to help people with Alzheimer’s. Here, we list 12 important tips for healthy cognitive function. 1. Think With Your Heart Have you ever been told not to think with your heart? Well, think again! Several factors famous for heart health are turning out to be just as important for brain ...
The Case For L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate Over Folic Acid
Folic acid can reduce the incidence of certain birth defects (i.e., neural tube defects) of the brain and spinal cord by more than 70 percent,1 and the fortification of our food supply with folic acid has done much to help achieve this accomplishment. Nevertheless, there are potentially negative issues associated with folic acid intake for ...
Hydration: Critical for Optimal Athletic Performance & Overall Health
Your body depends on water to survive. Every cell, tissue, and organ in your body needs water to work properly. The body uses water to maintain its temperature, remove waste, and lubricate the joints. Good hydration is important for optimal health. Because the body cannot store water, we must constantly supply it with water to ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Talking Heart Health With Carl Germano CNS, CDN
Carl Germano CNS, CDN, Vice President of Verdant Nature, Consultant for Bluebonnet Nutrition, NY Bd. Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Sugar Land, TX (bluebonnetnutrition.com) Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for 928,741 premature deaths in the year 2020. In men and women aged 60 to 79, over 75 percent ...
David Bowie, Queen and Your Blood Pressure
One of my all-time favorites is the collaboration between Queen and David Bowie to create the musical masterpiece “Under Pressure.” However, I can’t listen to the lyrics “Pressure … pushing down on me … pressing down on you …” and hear that beating, building pulse of a rhythm without thinking of blood pressure. Maybe I ...
Too Much Salt Weakens the Immune System
A high-salt diet is not only bad for one’s blood pressure, but also for the immune system. This is the conclusion of a current study under the leadership of the University Hospital Bonn in Germany. Mice fed a high-salt diet were found to suffer from much more severe bacterial infections. Human volunteers who consumed an ...
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 ...
The Goodness of Your Heart
Retailers must stay current on the array of natural heart health products being offered. Heart health is imperative to life. Unfortunately, heart disease (which includes coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke) is prevalent in this country, accounting for one out of every seven deaths, while cardiovascular disease is listed as an underlying cause of death ...
Keying in on Stability
Supplements for blood sugar health. There are some health conditions that are totally out of our control. Take psoriasis, for example. It comes about through a complex autoimmune reaction. It cannot be controlled or lessened via diet and healthy lifestyle. But, there are other things that are in our control before it gets too late: ...
Say Yes to NO—Nitric Oxide
Research on nitric oxide used to be in the realm of obscure scientists. All that changed in 1998 when the Nobel prize for physiology and medicine was awarded to three men who explained how production of this powerful natural compound—a gas called nitric oxide—is used by the body to fight off infection, reduce blood pressure, ...
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