When it comes to supplying the best supplements, we do not throw around the word quality lightly. To us it encompasses a whole range of important elements, which must all be in place and substantiated in order to reach a...
A recent article in the New York Times speaks about the dangers of supplements with tainted or adulterated ingredients being a health hazard to society. I certainly can’t argue with the examples that they present – there definitely have been...
I find it vitally important to better understand what the true underlying reasons or causes of the relatively poor state of our health today really are. I also find it incredible that we seem to always try to make it...
A study recently reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that Whey Protein is more effective at stimulating muscle building than either casein or casein hydrosylate in older men. This effect is attributed to a combination of Whey’s faster...
The Cochrane Collaboration is an organization that produces “reviews” of studies from around the world on various topics. In effect, these reviews combine the results of multiple studies in an attempt to better understand the results and draw valid medial...
The signs I’m talking about are the ones in front of the pharmacies and in your doctor’s offices saying “Get Your Flu Shot Here”. Next will be the newscasters telling us, once again, that this year’s flu is expected to...
For the vast, vast majority of the time that our species has been on this planet, we spent our time out of doors and burning a tremendous amount of calories as a result of daily life. Our activities were chiefly...
Whether you are a dedicated athlete, a weekend team player or a regular member of a fitness center, you may be working hard at training your body or losing weight, but you may not be training your mind to help...
I have an herbalist friend who shares an interesting story about poison ivy. She has some land in the Northeast that she had intended to use for growing herbs and teaching about them. As she was clearing out the scrubby...
