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Erythritol & Other Sugar Alcohols: A Common Ingredient With a Side Effect You Probably Didn’t Know About
Everyone, including the food industry, is looking to cut back on our sugar intake these days.1 You may have noticed that many products now include sugar alcohols, in place of, or in addition to sugar, in order to give sweet taste with fewer calories. There are several different sugar alcohols out there, including mannitol, sorbitol ...
What Constitutes Good Sleep—How to Have a Restful Night
A good night’s sleep can not only help someone feel well-rested and refreshed upon waking up, but is important for both healing and potentially preventing a plethora of health concerns. Since the invention of the lightbulb, generally speaking, we have been able to metaphorically burn the midnight oil such as in working longer hours. This ...
Nayan Patel, PharmD
Office: (562) 352-9630 Email: [email protected] Website: www.glutathionerevolution.com; www.centraldrugsrx.com Nayan Patel, PharmD is globally regarded as the foremost go-to expert on absorbable forms of glutathione, and holds the only patent on transdermal glutathione. He is an internationally renowned educator, consultant, lecturer and leading expert on this “master antioxidant.” In addition to many other topics, such as ...
The Benefits of a Gluten-free Diet
The popularity of following a gluten-free diet has increased significantly in the past few decades.1 Most restaurants and grocery stores now offer a variety of gluten-free options, and the popularity of other diets like paleo and keto, which limit gluten intake, are also gaining momentum. Why has gluten free become so prevalent when only about ...
Pepper Oil Extract/Beta-Caryophyllene: A Non-cannabis Phytocannabinoid for Pain and Inflammation
If you live in the United States today, there is a good chance that you’ve heard of phytocannabinoids—at least THC and CBD. If you are part of the dietary supplement/natural products industry, it would be near impossible for you not to have heard of phytocannabinoids. Likewise, you almost certainly have heard the myriad claims being ...
Simple, Gentle Ways to Detox for a Better You
It is that time of year when it seems like every health magazine and website is promoting detoxification. As a health care provider, I think a lot about how to guide patients through the process. And let’s face it, we could all stand to shed some toxins. But some of what I see recommended on ...
Deborah Kesten, MPH
Deborah Kesten, MPH Holistic Nutrition Researcher Founder Whole Person Integrative Eating Phone: (415) 324-4158 Email: [email protected] Website: www.integrativeeating.com Deborah Kesten, MPH, is an international nutrition researcher, award-winning author, and medical/health writer, with a specialty in preventing and reversing obesity and heart disease. She served as nutritionist on Dean Ornish, MD’s first clinical trial for reversing ...
COVID-19 Update: Thriving and Treating Persistent Symptoms
Unfortunately, given the politicization of the virus on both sides, COVID-19 misinformation is rampant. I find myself recommending that people ignore much of what is in the media, and sadly even the medical establishment experts. Instead, my focus is simply on what the research shows, along with a dollop of common sense. 1. How Contagious ...
Preparing for Cold and Flu Season: What You Really Can Do to Help Your Immune Health
As the weather begins to turn colder and we are forced inside, our chances of catching cold or flu viruses shoot through the roof. Especially this year, as we spend more time than ever indoors with our nerves running high about the global health crisis, getting sick is the last thing that anyone wants to ...
The Endocannabinoid System & Phytocannabinoids
The popularity of CBD, or cannabidiol, has exploded and CBD sales are rapidly growing year after year. In fact, a report from the Brightfield Group predicts that the CBD market will hit $22 billion by 2022. Whether or not this turns out to be an exaggeration, there is no question about the unprecedented growth of ...
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