vitamin d blood sugar

Vitamin D and Blood Sugar

Off and on, I’ve been exploring the fact that most of us need more vitamin D, especially at this time of year when our ability to get it from sunlight is limited by cold weather. There are tons of reasons to keep your vitamin D at optimal levels, and now several new scientific studies confirm … Read more

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Remedy for winter blues

Are you feeling a bit down in the dumps? Got the winter blues? It’s not surprising at this time of the year, especially if you live just about anywhere that has winter. Here’s a simple explanation why this is happening: Your vitamin D levels have been depleted. Just think about it: When did you stop … Read more

iron

Most of Us Need More Iron

When my friend May complained of extreme fatigue, I wasn’t surprised. She did look pale and drawn, but when you have a four-month old baby and three other children, the oldest 13, anybody would be tired and pale and drawn. Tara, May’s 13-year old daughter was complaining of fatigue, too, and I thought the teenager … Read more

hypothyroid

Are You Hypothyroid?

If you wake up in the morning complaining that you are as tired as when you went to sleep or you’ve gained weight and find it impossible to lose, no matter what you do or your hair is falling out or you’re feeling depressed, you just might be suffering from low thyroid function. Fatigue, weight … Read more

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More Reasons Not to Take Calcium Supplements

Brand new gee-whiz research published in the prestigious British Medical Journal has blown the minds of conventional medical practitioners. Here’s the buzz: Calcium supplements don’t strengthen bones. End of story. Interesting. Dr. Robert Thompson and I wrote about this in The Calcium Lie, first published in 2008 and updated in 2013. It’s not a secret. … Read more

b12

B12 Is Essential for Brain and Heart Health. Are You Getting Enough?

Vitamin B12 is your basic foundation vitamin. It’s not sexy or miraculous, but this workhorse nutrient is responsible for a host of essential health functions. Everyone needs it! Most important among B12’s functions is the task of perfect cell duplication to stave off the ravages of aging, since it is needed to form DNA.  It … Read more

melatonin

Melatonin does more than help you sleep

Most of us have probably taken melatonin to help us sleep after a stressful day or to get sleep patterns back in sync after an international flight. Now new research shows that melatonin has other important benefits outside of its ability to regulate sleep rhythms. In fact without the brain’s ability to manufacture the hormone … Read more

fountain of youth

Looking for the Fountain of Youth? This could be it!

Imagine a substance so powerful that it swiftly moves through your body, soothing inflammation, repairing cell damage and pumping up your immune system, maybe even reversing the hands of time. Let me introduce you to alpha lipoic acid (ALA), which researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have discovered its antioxidant power is 400 times greater … Read more