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  • Vitamin D Overdose: Can You Take Too Much?

    Vitamin D Overdose: Can You Take Too Much?
    Doug Cook

    Interest in vitamin D is at an all time high and theres no sign of it letting up with more and more clinical trials being conducted and more on the way. With increased interest comes increased enthusiasm and more and more people are starting to take vitamin D supplements, which vitamin D experts not only think is a good idea but advocate. Vitamin D deficiency, as defined by the vitamin...

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  • Phytonutrients: The Healing Power of Plants

    Phytonutrients: The Healing Power of Plants
    Paulette Millis

    We all hear about the value of eating our fruits and veggies. Lets take a look at the power of phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are from plants (phyto means from plants in Greek) and are neither vitamins nor minerals. Phytochemical simply means plant chemicals. Researchers estimate there are 30,000 to 50,000 of these, 1,000 of which have been isolated, and a mere 100 analyzed and tested....

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  • Vitamin D's Supporting Actors

    Vitamin D's Supporting Actors
    Doug Cook

    If nutrition had the Oscars, vitamin D would win best actor in a leading role hands down, and with good reason, as a pro-hormone, vitamin D is a stand out when it comes to promoting health. There are an estimated 2700 vitamin D binding sites on our DNA and those binding sites are located near genes involved if nearly all know chronic diseases. Great actors however dont work alone and a...

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  • Protect Bone Health With Calcium

    Protect Bone Health With Calcium
    RockIt Body Fitness Experts

    We all know we need our bones, so why do so many studies continue to show that Americans are not eating the calcium they need to protect bone health? What is also concerning is the sedentary lifestyle from working at a desk, driving, and increased screen time with computers, tablets, and TV watching. Whatever the reason, millions of women and men are at risk of acquiring a debilitating dis...

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  • The Importance Of A Multivitamin Supplement

    The Importance Of A Multivitamin Supplement
    Shawna Page

    Nowadays, its nearly impossible to find the necessary level of nutrients in our food alone. The mineral content in our soils has diminished over the years, due to increases in pollution and pesticides. Certain forms of cooking actually destroy vitamins and minerals in food and hormones in our dairy, meat and poultry pose their own risks, let alone lower the foods overall nutritional value....

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  • What Is Astaxthanthin?

    What Is Astaxthanthin?
    Lisa Tsakos

    Ever wonder why shrimp and flamingos are pink? Its thanks to a carotenoid a type of antioxidant - called astaxanthin (pronouned asta-zan-thin), and its the talk of the town. Found in microalgae, krill, salmon and trout, pink-colored crustaceans (such as shrimp and crayfish) and the feathers of some birds, astaxanthin is being praised as the new anti-aging miracle nutrient, among o...

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  • Blue-Green Algae: Superfood From The Sea

    Blue-Green Algae: Superfood From The Sea
    Lisa Batson

    Blue-green algae are one of the most highly nutritious food sources on our whole big blue-green earth. And if you didnt have a clue what it was before today, then youll be glad you fell upon this. Blue-green algae are bacteria that grow in shallow, warm, slow moving bodies of water such as fresh water lakes, ponds or wetlands. They get their color from chlorophyll and an organic blue-pigme...

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  • Omega-3 Benefits

    Omega-3 Benefits
    Caroline Farquhar

    Did you know that there have been over 7000 studies done on omega-3 essential fatty acids? It seems that everywhere you turn you see more and more products fortified with omega-3. Whats the big deal? And what are the benefits? Essential fatty acids are natural substances your body needs to establish and maintain overall well being. The body cannot produce these essential fats on i...

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  • Vitamin K

    Vitamin K
    Dr. Linda Mundorff

    Vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin that is stored in the fat cells (known as adipose tissue), liver, and pancreas. It has many functions, and research at the Mayo Cancer Center in Minnesota found that the risk of developingnon-Hodgkin lymphomascancer of the immune systemwas approximately 45% lower for those whose vitamin K intake was in the top quarter, vs. those whose intake of the vitami...

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  • Nattokinase: Nutrient

    Lisa Tsakos

    Made from soy, cheese-like natto, a traditional Japanese food, is produced by fermentation. Natto is the only source of nattokinase, an enzyme that prevents the coagulation of blood and dissolves fibrin, a protein involved in the clotting of blood. Nattokinase is available as a dietary supplement but is not advisable in any condition associated with bleeding. Combining nattokinase and an anticoagu...

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