Preventing Heart Disease
Heart disease is virtually preventable. It is a disease that develops during the teen years but does not usually present until a person is in his or her 50s, 60s or 70s. There are...
Monthly Archive: November 2010
Breakthrough Heart Disease Medications
High-Dose Statins For people recovering from heart attacks, drugs called statins are already standard medicine. Statins, such as Pravachol and Lipitor help patients lower their cholesterol levels. According to the American Heart Association, 42...
Use of herbal remedies
Early humans recognized their dependence on nature in both health and illness. Physical evidence of use of herbal remedies dates back some 60,000 years to a burial site of a Neanderthal man uncovered in...
Herbal medicine
Echinacea (purple coneflower) The Native Americans used purple coneflower to treat snakebite, fevers, and old stubborn wounds. The early settlers soon adopted the plant as a home remedy for colds and influenza, and it...
How obesity affects children
Obesity can negatively affect a child’s physical and psychological well-being. Teasing by peers can lead to depression and anxiety. Many children who are teased about their weight will try restrictive dieting at an early...
Obesity is Risky Business
As the rate of overweight and obesity climbs, so do the related physical and psychological consequences. Studies indicate that the lowest risks for heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers are in people who have...
Are babies born to be fat?
Are American children overweight because their parents are, because they eat too many calories, or is something else going on? Researchers found babies who gain weight more rapidly than their peers in the first...
Cultural factors that increase overweight and obesity
What is it about our culture that brought us here? Experts used to think weight was predetermined by a person’s set-point: a weight range at which the body is comfortable that can be maintained...
USANA Products Specials
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Chocolate Lover’s Pack
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Raising the Bar Variety Pack
When it comes to smart and delicious snacking, USANA is raising the bar. For three days only, save $10 on this healthy and delicious snack pack, containing boxes of USANA’s Peanut Butter Crunch and...
USANA Calming Tea
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Limited-Edition Cappuccino Nutrimeal™
Skip the Coffee. Treat yourself to a Nutrimeal™, cappuccino style. For three days only, this delectable, rich espresso** will taunt your taste buds and leave you wanting more! Featuring USANA‘s exclusive low-glycemic formula, this...
Super Immune Booster Pack
Get special savings on two USANA powerful products that will help you beat the dreary winter blahs. Proflavanol® C100—With superior protection from the synergy of grape-seed extract and high-potency Poly C®, and a sweet...
New USANA Product – Booster C 600™
USANA knows how important it is to give your immune system the support it needs, especially with the stress your immune system is under this season. That’s why USANA created a new product specifically...
Supplement Prevents Liver Damage
A well-known Eastern supplement found in plants like barley and wheat could be the key to preventing the most common type of liver transplant. The molecule S-methylmethionine (SMM), which has been marketed as an...
Diet and Exercise Delays Type 2 Diabetes
Because the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has tripled in the last 30 years, researchers continue to study the link between obesity and diabetes so that greater numbers of individuals can better control their...
Childhood Obesity
With more than 30 percent of children overweight and one in five considered obese, U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher calls childhood obesity a national health problem with frightening long-term implications. The American Medical Association...
High Carbohydrate Diets Good for You
Despite all the hype about the benefits of a low carbohydrate and no carbohydrate diet, new research by the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates diets high in carbohydrates are actually lower in calories and...
Effective Weight Loss Programs
There is an increasing number of drugs, fat and carbohydrate substitutes, surgical procedures and group programs that have the potential for helping people manage their weight. Some are effective; others are risky. None is...
Weight Control Puzzle
Not only is weight control difficult, it’s not even fair. We are different in genetic makeup, age, gender, physical activity, medical problems and emotional health. Heredity and Environment If members of your family are...
Are weight loss strategies effective?
There is little evidence that current weight loss strategies are very effective. Well over 30 percent of Americans are overweight and the number is growing. Those who do lose weight will drop an average...
Enhancing Energy and Enhancing Immunity
Enhancing Energy Every cell in the body is packed with small organelles called mitochondria. Referred to as “intracellular powerhouses”, these cell components produce most of the energy used by the body. Cells with a...
Enhancing Detoxification
Detoxification is the process through which toxic substances – environmental pollutants, medications, byproducts of metabolism, and more – are removed from the body. This process is one of the major functions of the liver,...
Metabolic syndrome risk factors that increase your risk for heart disease and diabetes
Metabolic syndrome is really a clustering of risk factors that makes up the syndrome, like a high waist circumference. When you carry the weight around your waist, it puts you at higher risk of...
Doctor explains how a simple test and change in diet may hold the key to reducing the discomfort and side effects of digestive disorders
How much fructose does the average American consume each day? The average fructose consumption is about 37 grams to 40 grams per day. However, in the last three decades, the amount of fructose, from...
What should people be looking for in their vitamins?
It should be a very well rounded vitamin, meaning a mix of vitamins and minerals. Try to stay away from fillers and dyes because they will affect the way the nutrient is absorbed. Also,...
Vitamin C and Heart Disease
What happens when bodies don’t get enough Vitamin C? There is too little reproduction of the reinforcement molecules called collagen which make up not only the bones, but also the skin, the organs, the...
Understanding Diabetes
What is Type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes and used to be called “maturity onset” or “non-insulin-dependent” diabetes. When you have diabetes your body cannot use glucose...
Do calcium supplements have the same positive effect for your heart?
Yes. There is some evidence that taking just some form of calcium supplement can have the same effect. However, at this point in time, it looks like that actually something about the combination of...