The tide may be slowly turning on the medical establishment’s vilification of nutritional supplements… but don’t get too excited just yet. Last month Dr. Howard LeWinde, the chief medical editor at Harvard Health Publishing, reversed course and...
During the Covid pandemic surveys showed use of probiotic supplements had surged globally. Consumers had already become better informed about the immune benefits of probiotics, and the pandemic drove the interest even higher. Currently probiotic sales increase by...
Surveys show that roughly 10% of the population is affected by kidney stones. One in ten people will get at least one kidney stone in their lifetime. “Kidney stone” is the common language referring to when a solid piece of material—the medical...
A collaborative effort by researchers from four countries has fingered an inadequate intake of the mineral zinc as one of the “most devastating nutrient deficiencies” in the world’s population. Though minerals are often overlooked in the sphere of...
In recent years the health benefits of both vitamins K2 and D have received a lot of attention in institutional research and media coverage. Most of the attention has focused on energy, bone, muscle and immune health—though the health benefits appear to be...
If you’ve suffered a heart attack, a critical “survivor’s step” you should take is to increase your Omega-3 Index. This is one of the findings of a new study that examined the long-term health outcomes of patients following a heart attack. The...
