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If you have several health challenges the first nutrient you should reach for is Vitamin C
Vitamin C was one of the first vitamins discovered and named---over 100 years ago---and today it is the most supplemented vitamin in the world. There are good reasons for the popularity: 100 years of research has proven it is critical for all aspects of health. It is...
Heart and brain: New research highlights diverse health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids
Essential fatty acids are called "essential" for a reason: they are essential for human health. And two new studies---both conducted on omega-3 fatty acids---are highlighting just how diverse these health benefits are. One study, a review of dozens of earlier studies,...
Children who eat more fruit and veggies have better mental health, research shows
Children who eat a diet that includes regular fruit and vegetables have better mental well-being, a new UK study has found. The research, published in September in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, found eating more fruit and veggies was linked to improved...
Zero Covid mortality could be reached if everyone had Vitamin D3 levels optimized to 50 ng/ml, study finds
For anyone who has done even a modest amount of research on Vitamin D, the censorship of any discussion on the nutrient relative to Covid is baffling. After all, Vitamin D has been recognized as a critical nutrient for humans for a century---and specifically as a...
‘No acetaminophen while pregnant’ warns new scientific consensus paper – but OHS has safer alternatives
More than 90 scientists, doctors and public health researchers are calling for new safety reviews for acetaminophen, the world's most popular over-the-counter painkiller. Their concerns are highlighted in a new scientific consensus statement that was published...
Similar gut microbiome deficiencies found in patients with anxienty, depression and bipolar disorder
The gut microbiome is the new frontier of neuroscience. Due to the copious amount of research during the past decade, scientists now understand that bacteria in the gut affects a person's overall physiology---including a vital link between that bacteria and the brain....
Herbal supplement sales soar as Americans show greater trust in supplements than vaccines
Americans appear to have greater trust in herbal supplements than vaccines, and this has boosted supplement sales to record-breaking highs. According to a survey by the Council for Responsible Nutrition, 73% of Americans take nutritional supplements. Another survey,...
Even a mild iodine deficiency can reduce female fertility
Have you ever wondered why the salt you buy at the grocery store says "iodized salt" on it? It says this because the essential trace mineral iodine has been added to the salt during the packaging process. Many governments of the world started adding iodine to salt in...
Vaccine failures around the world prove the need to optimize your own immune system
Optimal Health Systems SPECIAL REPORT Lockdowns and high vaccination rates have been a colossal failure on Native American reservations. Israel's mandatory vaccination policy has resulted in hospitals flooded with people infected with the Delta variant. U.S. health...
Flavonoids help reduce blood pressure–especially when gut health is optimized
A new study has once again demonstrated that a diet rich in flavonoid foods will help improve blood pressure, but this study comes with a twist: It found the blood pressure improvements were more significant when test subjects had a healthy gut microbiome. Flavonoids...
Half of pregnant women have iron deficiency according to Canadian study
In a world of flashy weight loss and muscle-building supplements, many consumers forget the basic vitamins and minerals. This is often to their own detriment as one study after another finds that almost everyone is deficient in one or more of the basic critical...
You won’t see it on t.v. news: Large meta-analysis links low Vitamin D to risk of COVID infection
At this point it's impossible to ignore the evidence that maintaining a healthy Vitamin D level is critical in the battle against COVID-19. Not only was Vitamin D highlighted decades ago as being critical for the immune system in general, more than a hundred studies...