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Drinks with Benefits: New Trends in Nutrition Drinks
What we drink has evolved over time. The term “nutrition drink” used to be reserved for things like protein shakes or supplements to help people put on body mass, but lately, many individuals have turned to beverages as a way to optimize nutrition and fill in the gaps where food and supplements are lacking. We ...
Apple Polyphenols: Clinical Support for Weight & Glucose Management, Cardiovascular Protection & More
The humble apple has an impressive history in Western art, literature and medicine. In mythology, the Norse gods owed their immortality to apples. The Arabian Nights even features a magic apple capable of curing all human diseases. Then, first appearing in print in 1866, was the proverb that “an apple a day keeps the doctor ...
Getting People Pain Free Naturally—Without Narcotics
About 20 years ago, with one quarter of Americans having chronic pain, the U.S. government declared a war on pain. Unfortunately, it gave physicians absolutely no guidance on how to relieve pain effectively. So, with drug company encouragement, physicians turned to increasingly prescribing narcotics. Now, we have one-third of Americans suffering with chronic pain, and ...
Addressing Men’s Health Concerns
Regardless of your age, gender or general health, it is important to take a proactive approach to health. Many men avoid the doctor until they become sick, injure themselves or are faced with a serious health problem. However, it is important for men to have regular visits with their doctor to promote good health and ...
Common Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Their Impact on Major Concerns
Good nutrition and exercise are common basics for advice when it comes to alleviating various concerns like fatigue, anxiety, heart disease and cancer, to name a few. However, our health status is also related to both where and how we live. Weight gain, and the inability to lose weight is an extremely prevalent topic as ...
Iron Protein Succinylate: Gentle Iron for Anemia, Athletic Women and Clinical Intervention
Found in hundreds of proteins and enzymes, iron is an essential mineral for human beings and other species.1,2 The major contribution of this mineral to human health is its use in the formation of heme, an iron-containing compound found in two proteins: hemoglobin and myoglobin. Both are involved in the transport and storage of oxygen. ...
Can a Simple Mineral Deficiency Really Promote Anxiety?: A Look at the Role of Magnesium and Mood
Many people struggle with varying degrees of anxiety throughout their lives. Sometimes anxiety is acute, like the feeling you might get if you are running late for an important meeting. This type of anxiety typically resolves itself shortly. Other forms of anxiety can be longer-lasting and chronic, such as when coping with multiple stressors like ...
Naturopathic Doctors Combat Cognitive Decline at Every Stage
There is no absolute cure for Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. Both naturopathic and conventional medical doctors are constantly trying to find effective treatments to prevent and cure these devastating diseases. Currently, more than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s alone, and by 2050, that figure is expected to rise to 14 million.1 Much as ...
Aging Without Disengaging— Brain Health for Life
Every one of us knows someone, or has at the very least heard of someone, who is well into their 80s, 90s, or even 100s who is as sharp as a tack. Their cognitive functioning has not significantly declined with age, while the majority of others has lost long- and short-term memory, processing, and certainly ...
Cardiovascular Health Benefits of Pomegranate Whole Fruit Extracts
A few years ago, I was asked to write the chapter, “Pomegranate Juice and Extract,” for the new textbook Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs (2016, Academic Press, Oxford)—which I did. Since that time, additional, significant research on pomegranate extract has come to my attention, leading me to write this article to serve as an update on ...
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