A 2023 survey by the American Psychological Association found that 89 percent of U.S. adults feel stressed during the holiday season. “Holiday season” typically refers to the roughly six-week period between Thanksgiving and the first week after New...
Glutamine is an amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It is considered by most scientists to be a “conditionally essential” amino acid to humans since the body can usually synthesize sufficient amounts of it. The usually is a big caveat...
A year of daily supplementing with Vitamin D was linked to reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure according to a new study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society in November 2024. The study was conducted by researchers at American University of...
Many diseases that used to be considered diseases of the elderly are now affecting younger people at alarming rates. One of these diseases is colon cancer. The rate of colon cancer—also known as colorectal cancer and bowel cancer—has doubled in people...
A growing body of scientific evidence shows that regular consumption of ultra-processed foods leads to a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is vastly different than Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease with symptoms...
An Australian study published in the British Medical Journal in February 2024 linked ultra-processed foods to heart disease and diabetes, among other health conditions. Three months later another eye-opening study—also published in the British Medical...
