Supplements

Nothing is more detrimental to a person’s health than cigarette smoke. Not only is it bad for the person who is the smoker, it is bad for the people around them. It will cause serious damage to your health and the health of others. If you are a smoker, please seriously consider quitting today.

Smoking is the number one source of preventable morbidity and premature mortality on the earth. In America, one in five people will die because of it. Between 1995 and 1999, over 440,000 people died each year from cigarettes. The majority of deaths come from lung cancer, followed by heart disease and obstruction of the airways. Read the rest of this entry »

-There is too much omega 6 in our diets; breads and pastas. By taking an omega 3 supplement, it can help to balance that out.

-Omega 3 EPA fish oil can help to combat depression by reducing the clogging trans fats that build up in our brains.

-Studies have shown people who take the supplements lose more weight than those who don’t. Read the rest of this entry »

What is L-tyrosine? It is a protein that our body creates from phenylamine; this makes it a non-essential amino acid.

We can get L-tyrosine from a variety of foods like:

-Cottage cheese

- Yogurt
- Cheese

- Milk

- Bananas
- Lima beans

- Turkey

- Peanuts Read the rest of this entry »

Bee pollen has long been known as a healing agent for many maladies. Read the rest of this entry »

If you aren’t convinced that you need to take a nutritional supplement every day, you will be at the end of this article. Here are the main reasons to take a supplement.

The first reason to take a supplement is because of how our food is produced. Our food is not the same as it was two generations ago. There are different methods of farming, pesticides and other chemicals are used, produce is harvested prematurely, and food is being stored longer. Because of these things, the nutrients in our foods have decreased. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are trying to lose weight the right way, you should be concentrating on having a healthy diet as well as trying to lose weight.

One of the greatest things you can do to help you lose weight is to get as many antioxidants into your diet as you can. This should continue far after losing the weight you want.

Antioxidants have just started becoming talked about and mainstream. Even a few years ago, not many people could tell you what they are or the foods you can get them from. Now there are products that boast of the antioxidants they have. Read the rest of this entry »

Most bodybuilding supplements are not regulated by the FDA because they are classified as a dietary supplement.

This means there is no assurance that the supplement you use is a pure supplement or it is safe. Manufacturers can say anything they want on a package. They can state benefits that have never been tested or proven. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many skin benefits that come from Vitamin A products:

Vitamin A is a substance with a small enough molecular structure to get inside the skin’s outer layers, repair, and stimulate the skin’s deeper layers where collagen and elastin rest. This can help to create firmer smoother skin. Retinol is 100% active Vitamin A. It is crucial for skin cells to be healthy. It helps to regulate skin cell growth and reproduce the deeper skin cells. When retinol is used directly on the skin it can help improve elasticity and make rough skin smooth. There have been research that shows it can help collagen synthesize and help the epidermis to thicken. Retinol can also treat acne, follicular and lesion papules, actinic keratosis, oily skin, and rosacea.

Using Retin A can minimize fine wrinkles, help to lessen the appearance of new ones, help brown spots, smooth the skin, make skin glow, thicken the epidermis, and help new cells to come to the skin’s surface. Retinol can operate like Retin A if the right dosage is taken; it might take only a bit longer to see an improvement. Read the rest of this entry »