Anti-Cancer Antioxidants Imagine the cells in your body turning brown just like an apple does when exposed to the oxygen in the air.
3 Key Supplements for a Healthy Heart Today, your heart will beat at least 100,000 times, pumping 2,500 to 5,000 gallons of blood through the 60,000 miles of blood vessels within your body. Amazing, but tru.
The Complexities of Vitamin E Vitamin E was first discovered in 1922 at the University of California in Berkeley, when research physician Dr. Herbert M. Evans and his assistant, Katherine S. Bishop, found that rats reared on a rancid lard diet failed to reproduce.
Your Detox-Product Shopping List From the car fumes we breathe to the pesticide residues on our foods, toxic contaminants are, sadly, a daily reality. Your local health food store is your best source of the wide range of natural foods, herbs, and supplements needed to support natural detoxification.
It’s Still The One Despite the recent storm of controversy surrounding vitamin E and its role in cardiovascular disease, research continues to support the heart health benefits of this fat-soluble antioxidant.
Vitamin E Sitting at a warm, cozy tea shop, my friend Julie mentioned that she had stopped taking
vitamin E after media coverage suggested it may be harmful. The rest of the group turned and looked at me inquisitively. Many of you may also be curious about vitamin E, so join us at the tea shop, and uncover the truth about this vitamin.
Profile of Dr. Andrew Weil Andrew Weil is definitely changing the face of medicine. His familiar, white-bearded face has beamed at us from the cover of TIME magazine twice in the last nine years, most recently last October when his new book, Healthy Aging (Knopf, 2005) hit the stands.
Beauty Without Injections In their search for quick fixes to defy the signs of aging, many people turn to facial injections. The injected substances can include anything from a protein produced by the same bacteria that causes botulism, to fat, collagen, and even silicone to fill in wrinkles.
Back to Basics Building your strongest nutritional foundation begins with two basic steps: eating a balanced nutritious diet and taking a high-quality daily multiple vitamin and mineral supplement. This back-to-basics strategy has proven effective for young and old alike.
The Vitamin E Debate After its exciting discovery in 1922 as a nutrient essential for successful pregnancies in laboratory rats, vitamin E was used in the 1930s by Dr. Evan Shute, a Canadian obstetrician, to reduce the likelihood of miscarriage in his female patients. Researchers called it a sex hormone and controversy began to brew.