Vitamins and Minerals
What Are Antioxidants and What Do They Do in the Body?
Antioxidant benefits and claims cover labels all over grocery stores, but how do they work and where are they naturally found? Antioxidants consist of some vitamins, ...
Nine Foods Rich in Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
Those looking to get all of what they need in their regular daily diet may look at the recommended sources of vitamin B1 for promoting natural ...
Vitamins and Nutrients: Pros/Cons of Canned Vegetables
Many grocery shoppers focus on the fresh produce section instead of the canned vegetable aisle, thinking they are making the best choice nutritionally. But canned or ...
Nutrients 101: Essential and Non-Essential Nutrients Explained
Every day you consume food to nourish and fuel your body, as eating many different nutrients that are essential to maintaining optimal health. These are called ...
The Importance of Ascorbic Acid
Ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C, is a nutrient that plays a crucial role in maintaining optimal health. Vitamin C is often present in multivitamin ...
Trace Minerals: What They Are and Their Importance
Five percent of your diet typically includes macro minerals and trace minerals. Macro minerals are minerals that you need in quantities greater than 100mg/day and ...
The Importance of Cholecalciferol
Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3, is a form of vitamin D often found in dietary supplements and vitamin D-fortified foods. Vitamin D is abundant in ...
5 Foods Rich With Folic Acid
Folic acid, or folate, is a B class vitamin that is essential to making red blood cells, synthesizing and repairing DNA and regulating cell metabolism.
Minerals: Essential Nutrients!
Minerals are the regulators and initiators of many of the processes occurring in the body. They are essential to muscle contractions, body structure, and fluid balance ...
How Much Niacin Do You Need? How Much Niacin Is Too Much?
The essential nutritional ingredient called niacin helps the body to function properly, aiding in energy boosting and control of the central nervous system.
What to Know about Multivitamins and Minerals
During my undergraduate, I dated a man who refused to eat vegetables. He instead supplemented his diet with capsules filled with powdered greens, in the theory ...
Chew on This: Gummies Can Be Good For You
Taking your vitamins may not be the most exciting activity in your day, but switching to the gummy variety could make this task a whole lot ...
How Green Coffee Bean Extract Can Help You Lose Weight
A craze for green coffee bean extract has hit the weight loss supplement world all due to a compound contained in green coffee beans called chlorogenic ...
Losing Your Hair? It May Be Your Iron Intake
People have been trying to find a cure for hair loss for years. Adequate nutrition is essential for healthy hair and there is insufficient evidence that ...
3 Reasons You Need to Read Supplement Labels
Quality control has been an issue for many dietary supplements due to the fact that the FDA does not approve dietary supplements the same way as ...
The Hype On Hydroxy Citric Acid
Turn on the television, open a newspaper or magazine, go online and you'll see endless advertisements for weight loss products. They're everywhere, most of them touting ...
What the Heck is L-Carnitine?
L-Carnitine is derived from an amino acid that is found in almost all of the cells in the body. Carnitine is a generic term for several ...
How Shellfish Can Help You Lose Weight
Chitosan is a supplement derived from the skeletal system of crayfish, crabs, shrimp and other crustaceans. There are some benefits to chitosan, specifically weight loss.The ...
Supplements Smarts: Chromium
Chromium is a mineral that we all in need in very small amounts (referred to as a trace mineral). Chromium is a bit of a mysterious ...
8 Important Supplements for Women
Traveling to a resort in Traverse City, Mich., I came across an anti-aging seminar going on in the spa. The room was packed with women on ...
Recent Vitamins and Minerals
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Organic Food is No More Nutritious than Conventional Food
Recent headlines regarding organic food versus conventionally-grown varieties have created controversy, and not for what the study reveals, but for what it leaves out. Stanford's Center ... Read More »
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Everything You Need to Know About Omega 3s
Omega-3 fatty acids, also known as n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids or simply omega-3s, play a role in various body functions including cell division, blood clotting, ... Read More »
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4 Myths About Vitamin D
The discovery of vitamin D came about when it was found that a group of compounds could prevent rickets, the childhood disease that causes poor bone ... Read More »
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Can You Cure Hayfever By Eating Right?
There's something in the air...and it's giving you hay fever. It could be pollen, dust, cigarette smoke, air pollutants, or a combination of many things. ... Read More »
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Got a Summer Cold? Maybe You Need to Change Your Diet
Think immunity is just at the mercy of your genes? To some extent it is. But stress level, the amount and quality of sleep, and diet ... Read More »
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Heathly Living 101: Everything you need to know about Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin necessary for proper growth, development, and repair of the body. Vitamin C cannot be made by the body so it ... Read More »
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FitDay's Top Ten Healthiest Foods
Stories about the latest trendy "health" foods are constantly being shown around the news circuit. It's important to remember, however, that there isn't any one perfect ... Read More »
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Healthy Living 101: Everything You Need to Know About Iron
Iron is essential for life. Not only is it found in proteins and enzymes, but it is responsible for cell growth and transporting oxygen throughout the ... Read More »
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Smart Substitutions: On-the-Go Snacks
Do you have a busy lifestyle that has you dashing here and there with little time for a healthy, leisurely lunch? Whether it's the challenge of ... Read More »
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Dietary Supplements 101
Supplements Many people take supplements to be healthy, lose weight, gain weight or achieve any number of health goals. However, there are various things to consider ... Read More »
