The Natural High
The more of the omega-3 fat DHA you eat, the more it is incorporated into brain cells, the more flexible your brain cell membranes become, the and the better you think, the more you...
Your Health. Your Lifestyle. Vitamins and Minerals
Gimme My Antioxidants
The good news is, your body has an anti-free radical system, called antioxidants, that prevents oxidants from damaging cells. Antioxidants also help keep the heart beating strong and protect the tiny blood vessels that...
What Do Free Radicals Have to Do with You?
Free radicals are oxygen fragments inhaled in air pollution and tobacco smoke, consumed in fatty foods and generated in the body during normal metabolic processes. Left unchecked, these oxygen fragments, or oxidants, attach cell...
The Big Seven for Weight Loss
The top seven most important habits of successful dieting include Get eight hours of sleep every night. Eat breakfast! Walk briskly for at least 60 minutes a day. Write down what you eat. Weigh...
Happiness in a Pill
All of these supplements can help improve mood and are relatively safe when taken in the recommended doses. But don’t get carried away. You can’t cover your bases with a pill, so don’t leave...
Herbal Remedies for a Bad Mood
St. John’s Wort: Also called hypericum, this herb curbs symptoms of depression in about one in every two people battling mild depression, SAD and possibly even PMS. No optimal dose has been identified, but...
Ironclad Rules
The best plan to avoid iron deficiency is prevention, but women must get much more aggressive about their iron intakes, since currently most of us average only about half our daily needs. Premenopausal women...
Iron Up, Ladies
If you are a woman who feel down in the dumps or downright depressed much of the time, or if your energy level has taken a nosedive, rather than reach for another cup of...
A Cure for Muscle Aches?
Depression and muscle aches also might be a sign you are low in these vitamins. In fact, the depression, as well as the muscles and bones aches in a vitamin D deficiency, mimic the...
Folic Acid: Nature’s Blues Buster
As many as one in every three Americans doesn’t get enough folic acid, the B vitamin important in making sure your brain cells multiply correctly, in boosting levels of the brain-building omega-3 fat DHA...
Vitamin B6: The Good Mood Vitamin
More than one in four people with depression are deficient in vitamin B6. Boosting intake, either from food or supplements, often is all it takes to see an improvement in their moods. Vitamin B6...
The Top Five Most Frequently Asked Questions About Supplements
1. How can I cut down on cost without sacrificing quality? Avoid the “extra” ingredients, such as lipoic acid, enzymes, primrose oil or inositol, to name only a few. These extras add cost, not...
Try Tyrosine
Tyrosine is one of the 20 amino acids that are used by cells to synthesize proteins, but studies have also shown that it may reduce stress, improve memory, and lower blood pressure even when...
Understand How Your Caloric Intake Affects Your Metabolism
Calories provide energy for your body, but your metabolism decides how it’s going to use the calories you eat. If you take in more calories than your body require, your body will generally store...
A Better Body Is Coming …
There’s a new sheriff in town, and she’s whipping these parts into shape. Celebrity trainer Kathy Kaehler made waves when she announced her partnership with USANA Health Sciences. Now she’s helping people everywhere—Associates and...
Know the Winning Formula for Weight Maintenance
The winning formula to maintaining your weight is that as long as the amount of calories you consume equals the amount of calories you expend, your weight should remain steady. If you are taking...
Understand Why Good Nutrition Is So Important
Nutrition – the science of food and its effect on our bodies – is relatively new, at least in comparison to other sciences. But at this point, the science has singled out about forty...