Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs

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The articles in my blog are here to add to your nutrition knowledge and curiosity and are all backed up by scientific research

Essential Amino Acids are Essential

Amino acids are the building blocks of hundreds of different proteins, all of which are responsible for a host of important bodily...

Traveling Healthy

With so many of us traveling again, it is important to remember how to keep yourself healthy while on the road. Keeping your immune...

Sip Your Way to Good Health

Joe. Java. Mud. No matter what you call it, coffee is a huge part of American culture, with 62 percent of us drinking the stuff every...

The Health Benefits of Probiotics

If you’re looking to improve your overall wellness, it’s worth adding probiotics to your regimen through a supplement, your diet, or...

Calcium Boosts More Than Just Bone Health

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body. Not only is it responsible for building bone, it’s key to a number of important...

Good Fats for Good Health

When it comes to essential nutrients, omega-3 fatty acids are true workhorses that benefit the human body in a multitude of ways—most...

The B Vitamins: Your Health’s Unsung Heroes

The eight B vitamins, known as vitamin B complex, play a vital role in keeping us healthy and our bodily systems running smoothly. But...

Vitamin C—It’s More than Just Oranges

What do you do when you feel a cold coming on? If you’re like many, you reach for an extra dose of vitamin C to keep the sniffles at bay....

What Happens When You Are Magnesium Deficient?

The human body is a marvelous and complicated machine, and research shows that magnesium plays a crucial role in keeping it running well....

Nightshades: Helpful or Harmful?

While fruits and veggies are universally lauded for their nutritional power, there’s one subcategory that sometimes gets a bad rap:...

Are You Vitamin D Deficient?

While most vitamins function primarily as antioxidants or enzyme co-factors, vitamin D functions as a pro-hormone. This means that once...

Supplements: Why? Which? When?

There is a lot confusion around supplements these days. If you should, why you should, which ones and when to take them. If you are...