vitamins and minerals

Vitamin C – Over Rated and Totally Unnecessary?

April 27, 2010

Yes, it’s crazy and I can’t understand it at all. There are still people who don’t want to admit that we need to get our vitamins to insure good health. “The FDA isn’t looking out for us. It’s all a government conspiracy.” OK, the FDA may not have our best interest in mind, and the [...]

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Prevention Beats a Cure

March 12, 2009

Curing disease should be the main focus of the pharmaceutical companies, but preventing disease should be the focus of the consumer. How many people go to their doctor for any reason except illness or injury? We are supposed to go for physicals on a regular basis, but that is something that is easily pushed off. [...]

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Vitamin D

March 5, 2009

One of the most overlooked vitamins is vitamin D. If you take a daily supplement (and you should) it probably has vitamin D in it, but how much is in there and did you even know it was in there? The RDA, determined by the government, is 400 IU. Now you probably know that I [...]

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Aerobic Exercise and Heart Health

December 7, 2008

I have talked before about burning calories is accomplished through the movement of mass over a given distance, and that means that running or walking two miles gives you the same caloric burn. That is just physics talking, and research has shown it to be true. However that does not take into account the benefits [...]

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Multivitamins and Healthy Immune Function

December 3, 2008

A recent article published in the British Journal of Nutrition summarizes the roles of select vitamins and trace elements in immune function. Adequate intakes of micronutrients are required for the immune system to function efficiently. Micronutrient deficiency suppresses immunity by affecting antibody responses, leading to imbalances in the immune system. This situation increases susceptibility to [...]

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