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Going Strong
Muscle strength is important for all demographics and is tied to overall health. In a now iconic 1972 advertisement for Charles Atlas bodybuilding training, a “98-pound weakling” is insulted and gets sand kicked in his face by a much more “buff” and muscular man on the beach. Though it is an old advertisement, being muscular ...
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 ...
Dietary Supplement Usage Up Dramatically During Pandemic, New Ipsos-CRN Survey Shows
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has issued results of a COVID-19-focused consumer survey that discovered more than two in five (43 percent) of dietary supplement users have changed their supplement routines since the start of the pandemic. Among those who altered their regimens due to COVID-19, 91 percent report increasing their supplement intake which ...
Can Supplements Help With Weight Loss?
For years, we have struggled to effectively help people to lose weight using diet and exercise alone. While the pharmaceutical industry has several drugs on the market that are approved to help with weight loss, none are overly effective, and many people don’t want to jump into taking a prescription medication. Instead, many individuals are ...
Dietary Supplements An Important Weapon For Fighting Off COVID-19, Other Respiratory Conditions
Supplements containing vitamins C and D and other micronutrients, sometimes in amounts exceeding the federally recommended levels, are a safe, effective and low-cost means of helping your immune system fight off COVID-19 and other acute respiratory tract diseases, an Oregon State University (OSU) researcher says. Findings were published April 23 in the journal Nutrients. Adrian Gombart of ...
Autophagy!
The key to longevity and more? It seems like some of my patients continue to look for that “magic bullet” when it comes to health and longevity. What if there was a magic bullet that could help your patients be healthier and live longer? It turns out the body already has a mechanism that can ...
Practitioner Roundtable
The Participants Are: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, Kona, HI, www.vitality101.com Serena Goldstein, ND, New York, NY, www.drserenagoldstein.com Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, Santa Rosa, CA, www.amitabhaclinic.com Laura Knoff, BS, NC, Nutrition Consultant Instructor, Bauman College, Berkeley, CA, https://baumancollege.org Liz Cruz, MD, Phoenix, AZ, www.drlizcruz.com Holly Lucille, ND, RN, Los Angeles, CA, www.drhollylucille.com Laurie Steelsmith, ND, LAc, ...
New Fish Oil, Vitamin D Studies Focus in on Who Benefits
Big studies on fish oil and vitamin D offer suggestions on who does and does not benefit from these popular nutrients. Results were revealed on November 10 at an American Heart Association conference in Chicago, IL and published by the New England Journal of Medicine in a study titled “The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL).” The ...
EnerHealth Launches Professional Line of Herbal Hemp Formulas for Wellness Practitioners
EnerHealth Botanicals, a Colorado-based manufacturer of natural and organic herbal supplements, has announced the launch of its new line, Helix Herbs, formulated for health professionals who practice holistic alternative and natural medicine methodologies. The line of full-spectrum, raw, whole plant extracts includes 1-oz. pure hemp extracts available in four potencies, and four unique 2-oz. hemp ...
Omega-3 Supplements May Prevent Childhood Asthma
Taking certain omega-3 fatty acid supplements during pregnancy can reduce the risk of childhood asthma by almost one third, according to a new study from the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC) and the University of Waterloo. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that women who were prescribed 2.4 ...
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