Monthly Archive: May 2010

Vitamin D How Much to Take and When

Vitamin D How Much to Take and When

The major issue with obtaining vitamin D from a pill is that you have to remember to take the pill. Nowadays, it’s easy to find supplements with 1,000 IU or even 2,000 IU per...

The Diet Factor

The Diet Factor

Given the general state of our dietary habits, whereby processed foods take center stage in the lives of millions. A plausible argument to explain why many Americans fail to meet their calcium needs is...

Colon Cancer

Colon Cancer

Cancer of the colon and its neighboring area, known sometimes as colorectal cancer, affects both men and women. Like breast cancer and prostate cancer, colorectal cancer is seen much more frequently than skin cancers...

Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Only heart attacks and lung cancer kill more men than cancer of the prostate, which every year claims more than fifty thousand lives in the United States alone. Prostate cancer kills one in four...

Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer

Here’s a staggering statistic: Women who are deficient in vitamin D at the time they are diagnosed with breast cancer are nearly 75 percent more likely to die from the disease than women with...

What is Vitamin D?

What is Vitamin D?

Naturally, we’re disposed to think about vitamin D as vitamin – a substance that we get from our diets, like vitamin C or niacin, and that participates in biological reactions to help the body...

Vitamin D – Dosage

Vitamin D – Dosage

How long does it take to increase 25-vitamin D levels after starting supplementation? Healthy adults taking 1,000 IU of vitamin D a day reach their peak blood level within five to six weeks. When...

Q&A Vitamin D

Q&A Vitamin D

What happens when you cook foods rich in Vitamin D, like wild salmon? Do you lose their potency? Vitamin D is relatively stable in foods. Storage, processing, and cooking have little effect on its...

Cranberries

Cranberries

Cranberries are delicious, whether dried and sweetened or served in cranberry sauce, cranberry juice cocktail or cranberry muffins. But there are other reasons to love cranberries. Current scientific research reveals that the tart red...

Green Tea

Green Tea

For thousands of years, green tea has been popular throughout Asia for its pleasant, soothing taste and time-honored health benefits. Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have recommended green tea since 3000 BC, and green...

Where to Find Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Where to Find Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Fish – especially fatty fish – is an excellent source of EPA and DHA, and the American Heart Association recommends eating at least two servings weekly. However, some fish, especially larger, predatory species, may...

Health Benefits of EFAs

Health Benefits of EFAs

Cardiovascular Health Research shows that omega-3 fats can lower blood pressure, decrease LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels, increase HDL (“good”) cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and other vascular disorders. When...

Soy and Women’s Health

Soy and Women’s Health

Soy contains phytoestrogens called isoflavones. Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring plant compounds that mimic natural estrogens. Because of their isoflavone content, soy products can play an important role in women’s health, providing relief from the...

Soy

Soy

Soy is one of the world’s largest and most important food crops. Because of their complete amino acid profile, soybeans can provide as much protein as meat, milk and other animal foods. Ounce for...

Other Enemies to Beneficial Bacteria

Other Enemies to Beneficial Bacteria

Antibiotics are not the only threat to beneficial bacteria. Other factors that can deplete beneficial bacteria levels include poor diet, stress, disease, food allergies and sensitivities, high levels of toxins, too much sugar or...

Probiotics

Probiotics

The word bacteria may invoke images of something harmful or unsanitary – spoiled food, perhaps, or a dirty bathroom. However, many bacteria are beneficial to our health. Our bodies are teeming with trillions of...

What Resveratrol Can Do for You

What Resveratrol Can Do for You

Scientists around the world have discovered many ways that resveratrol may benefit heart health. In 1995, Canadian researchers reported that resveratrol could protect against heart disease by reducing platelet aggregation, an early step in...

The Wonders of Antiaging OPCs

The Wonders of Antiaging OPCs

OPCs combat many of the negative effects of the aging process, partly through their ability to enhance immune resistance. Strong immune systems contribute to capillary strength, increase peripheral circulation, reduce skin aging and support...

Health Benefits of CoQ10

Health Benefits of CoQ10

CoQ10 for Congestive Heart Failure and More Congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body, is associated with increased oxidative stress and...