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Pine Cone Lignin and Ascorbic Acid Treatment for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
By Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences Infection with herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) is lifelong and can have serious consequences. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) most recent data for nationwide prevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 (obtained in the 2005-2010 cycle of ...
A Beautiful Use for Glucosamine Hydrochloride
By Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences While I like to use this blog to write about “new,” interesting, evidence-based nutraceuticals, I also like to write about alternative uses for “old” nutraceuticals. In this current blog posting, I’m going to do just that with regard to glucosamine hydrochloride. Glucosamine’s Background Glucosamine ...
Quail Egg Powder for Atopic Dermatitis
By Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences I previously wrote an article1 about a quail egg powder material called AllerGuard Express, which was shown to help relief allergy symptoms in dust mite-induced allergic asthma2 and allergic rhinitis.3-5 In fact, in one randomized, double-blind, 2-arm crossover, placebo-controlled, clinical trial,6 allergy sufferers could breathe ...
Magnesium Meta-analysis for Hypertension
By Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences Although there are several nutraceutical options for hypertension, we should not forget an oldie but goodie: magnesium. I decided to make this the subject of my current blog due a newly published meta-analysis in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.* The meta-analysis included data ...
Serotonin-modulating Probiotics
By Prof. Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences Research on probiotic has exploded over the past decade. Certainly, probiotics have been shown to have a positive impact on digestion1-3 and immune function,4-6 but beyond that research has demonstrated that probiotics can also impact other aspects of our biochemistry and health. One such ...
Green Tea: Anti-Inflammatory & Cardiovascular Benefits
By Prof. Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences For more than 3,000 years, green tea has been consumed as a refreshment and for its health promoting properties. In later years, this includes green tea extract form in dietary supplements for a variety of benefits. Chief among these are its well established antioxidant ...
Bergamot for Hypercholesterolemia: Patient Compliance Made Easy
By Prof. Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences When it comes to nutraceutical choices for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, the sky seems to be the limit. That being said, many of the nutraceutical choices are fraught with problems such as limited efficacy and the requirement for relatively large doses that have ...
Battling the Bulge
Practitioners must consider all factors when developing a protocol to help patients lose weight. Now that the sun has set on 2015, people look at the New Year as a fresh start. Oftentimes, they set their goals for the year in the form of a New Year’s resolution. In fact, a Nielson survey of the ...
NCH Executive Director Recognized as Forty Under 40 Awards Honoree
Virgina-based National Center for Homeopathy (NCH) announced that Alison Teitelbaum, MS, MPH, executive director, NCH, was selected by the Association Forum of Chicagoland and USAE weekly newspaper as one of the association management community’s 40 most accomplished and up-and-coming professionals under the age of 40. “It is a wonderful feeling to be recognized by my ...
Global Medical and Nutrition Experts To Address Optimal Nutrition
A group of leading health and medical experts have joined together to form the Global Nutrition & Health Alliance (GNHA) to educate consumers and healthcare professionals about optimal nutrition, including the use of vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) as part of a healthy lifestyle. The GNHA assembled this summer to discuss the current VMS landscape, ...
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