Reading Time: 2 minutes Your kidneys perform many essential functions such as filtering wastes from your bloodstream, removing excess water, producing hormones, regulating electrolytes in your body and maintaining blood pressure by balancing salt and water. Healthy kidneys are integral to a healthy body. They are so important that if this system failed, your body would be poisoned to death quickly. The role of … Read More
Vitamin B1 – Thiamin
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is the second article in the B complex vitamins series. As mentioned in our original post “The B-complex vitamins – Simplified” (March 2015), the members of the ‘Vitamin B Complex’ are actually varied in their actions in the body and their availability in foods.” Thiamin, formerly known as Vitamin B1, is one of the essential energy-producing vitamins. In the annals of vitamin discoveries, thiamin … Read More
“Oh, My Aching Back!”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you get backaches? Here’s my view on the topic. Several factors contribute to backaches, such as stress, strain and injury. Stress, whether it is emotional or physical, creates nutritional demands upon the body. In most instances, dietary intake of essential nutrients may already be sub-optimal, and the result of nutritional imbalances can be muscle fatigue or cramping. Strictly from a … Read More
Getting Results – How Long Before I Get Results with High Potency Supplements?
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a question I hear often, especially in my consultations. Of course, there are many variables that can affect the answer. The first consideration is the current nutritional status of your body. This means how much of each of the vital nutrients you have in your system at any given moment. Keep in mind that it changes based on … Read More
Bad Fish – Part 1
Reading Time: 2 minutes This post is the first in a series of the worst fish to eat. I think that it is important to pass on this information about fish as it pertains to your health, which you may not have seen before. Atlantic Cod (a.k.a. Gadus morhua, rock cod, codling, scrod cod) – There are a couple of good reasons to eat less of … Read More
Help! Why am I losing hair?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hair loss can have a few different causes. There is the genetic “Male Pattern Baldness” type of hair loss, as well as autoimmune causes. Something that you may have never thought about, however, is the possibility that hair loss could be caused by either poor circulation to the scalp or by stress. In the case of poor circulation, the hair … Read More
Getting the Best from Vitamin E
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vitamin E is another one of the free radical scavengers. It is a great antioxidant. And, remember that free radicals are constantly being produced in your body during normal metabolic activities. I often recommend taking up to 1000 IU (international units) on a daily basis. However, you cannot just jump in and start taking that much. If you do, you could … Read More
Allergic to peanuts? Help is on the way!
Reading Time: 2 minutes I travel quite a bit and came across a newspaper article about a “new” approach to people with peanut allergies. What really struck me is that this new approach is similar to something we have been recommending in the health food industry for years. Admittedly, however, not for food but for airborne allergies. What is generally suggested as a way … Read More
Time, Space and Energy
Reading Time: 2 minutes I had an interesting chat with my acupuncturist about time, space and energy. According to him it is an old Chinese thought. I felt it is appropriate to share because I think it can help relieve stress and anxiety. Basically, all three elements have to be aligned for things to work out. Sometimes the timing is off, other times the … Read More
The Truth About Drinking Soda
Reading Time: 3 minutes We love soda, but it works against us. Most people know that soda is unhealthy. It’s not breaking news. On the other hand, have you ever thought about or questioned if it is good for you? Food MythBusters did. This organization is a project that is dedicated to spreading “the real story of our food”. According to Food MythBusters, here are … Read More