Vitamin Guide A to K
Our bodies need vitamins to survive and function properly. These aren’t the vitamins you buy from the pharmacy, the gummies you take every morning, or the pills found in the health aisles of your...
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Usanimals™
Usanimals™ is a daily dose of multivitamin that helps with growth and development of children between ages 2 to 12. Today, our diets do not fulfil our daily needs for essential minerals and vitamins....
Magnesium, The Super-Mineral
Have you had your magnesium today? If you care about your health you will. Magnesium is one of the best kept secrets in the world of essential vitamins and minerals, it is vital to...
Food is Good, Superfoods are Even Better!
Foods like kale, avocados, apples, almonds and quinoa are now being grouped into a category of foods called “superfoods.” There is no true, legal definition of “superfood,” but most natural health experts agree that...
Vitamins that support hair health
Vitamin B3 (Niacin): It nourishes hair follicles and promotes blood circulation to the scalp. It is found in fish, chicken and wheat germ. Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid): It prevents the graying of hair and...
Have you fed your brain lately?
Have you ever wondered what happens to the food you eat every day? Vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from your diet help to nourish your body, passing through blood vessels to your internal organ...
Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Iron is part of the make-up of hemoglobin and myoglobin (“heme”, as in blood; “myo”, as in muscle). These substances have the remarkable ability to grab onto or release oxygen and carbon dioxide at...
Chelation therapy: Diabetes Quelling therapies
More than two million patients have benefited in the past 60 years from this unconventional form of treatment A long-suffering diabetic, Dr Ronald Hahnbaum of USA, had developed gangrene in both his feet. He...
Fighter foods keep doctor away
If apples don’t appeal as a way to keep the doctor from calling, dietitian Liz Pearson has a few other foods that can help fight diseases. Pearson says including these foods in your diet...
Can vegetarian kid get proper nutrition?
Stephanie Elliot’s 9-year-old daughter is a vegetarian by happenstance, she says. “What I mean is she hates meat — won’t even try it — so getting her to have the protein she needs in...
Vitamin D even more necessary for some
I think I’m in love with vitamin D. I’m generally fond of all vitamins and minerals, but I have a special affection for vitamin D. I’ve always assumed I could get enough vitamin D...
You should know more about vitamins
This week’s lesson is about vitamins. Before you let out a big yawn, let me assure you that eating foods rich in a variety of vitamins can make your life pretty darned exciting. After...
Folate and Cancer
Focus on Folate One of the biggest breakthroughs in vitamin research was when researchers discovered that a woman with a deficiency in folate, a B vitamin, was at an increased risk of having a...
USANA Heart Health Supplements
Healthy hearts and are happy hearts We’ve all been inundated with information about the cardiovascular risks of eating too much saturated fat. That’s not new. It may be shocking to many Americans to realize...
USANA Health Sciences Business Review
Usana Health Sciences, Inc. (“Usana“) is a multi-level marketing company based out of Utah. The company produces various products in the nutritional, supplements, skincare and vitamins business industries, some of which have been provided to...
Vitamins QA
Should I take USANA supplements with a meal? There are several reasons it can be beneficial to take dietary supplements with food or a complete meal. One reason is to buffer the stomach (especially...
Too Much Vitamin A and Higher Risk of Fracture
Vitamins are considered a healthy part of a person’s diet, but a new study finds too much of a good thing may be harmful. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston say too...
All Medicine is Not for Women
How much thought do you give the medication you’re taking? Even if it’s safe when used alone, it could suddenly become unsafe when used in combination with another drug. That can be especially true...
Vitamins
Vitamins are substances found in food that are essential to children’s normal growth and development and to all people’s lifelong health. There are 13 vitamins that your body needs. They are vitamins A, C,...
Garlic
For thousands of years, garlic (Allium sativum) has been known to have a variety of medicinal benefits. It contains amino acids, vitamins, trace minerals, flavonoids, enzymes, and 200 additional compounds. Garlic’s main active ingredient...
Combining food with medication
The food you eat can affect the medication you are taking. You should be aware, for example, that grapefruit can increase the risk of side effects from a wide variety of drugs. The side...
Combining vitamins with medication
Some medications can deplete your body of specific vitamins and minerals. Similarly, some vitamins can increase or decrease your body’s absorption of some medications. The following list provides common examples of both possibilities. If...
Stroke and Cancer
Most stokes develop from blockages in the arteries feeding the brain or from pieces of these blockages breaking off (emboli). The process is very similar to that in coronary artery disease and the action...
Functions of Vitamins
Your body needs small amount of vitamins to help it grow, develop, and function properly. Although vitamins are micronutrients and don’t provide calories or energy to the body the way the macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats,...
Goji Berry
The power of the goji berry is no secret in China, where the berry has been used for its many healing properties for thousands of years. According to the Ben Cao Gang Mu, a...
Superfruits
Everyone should eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Scientific evidence reveals that fruits and vegetables, which are rich sources of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytonutrients, can help prevent disease and boost...
What is Vitamin D?
Naturally, we’re disposed to think about vitamin D as vitamin – a substance that we get from our diets, like vitamin C or niacin, and that participates in biological reactions to help the body...
Vitamin B
The B vitamin family comprises eight water-soluble nutrients that are essential for functions and processes throughout the body. Most of us probably take the B vitamins for granted, but if we understood how important...
Multivitamins and Minerals
Manganese Manganese has received a lot of attention for its role in bone and joint health. Most multivitamins provide only a few milligrams of manganese – enough to satisfy the minimum requirements – but...
What Should My Multivitamin Contain?
There are no perfect answers about what an ideal multivitamin should contain. Whether you’re a man, woman or child will help determine the product that’s best for you, as will your age, your dietary...