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What are vitamins? A plain-language guide
What Are Vitamins, Really? A Plain-Language Guide
The 13 essential vitamins, the key minerals, and where a multivitamin fits in, explained in plain language by your Palm Beach Gardens health food store. Read more...
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Oil of Oregano vs. Oregano Essential Oil: What's the Difference?
Oil of oregano and oregano essential oil are two different products. Here's what each one is, how to read the carvacrol number on the label, and how to take it... Read more...
Vitamin D3 and K2 supplements
Vitamin D3 and K2: How They Work Together
Vitamin D3 helps you absorb calcium and K2 helps put it where it belongs. Here's how the two work together, how much you need, and what to look for on... Read more...
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Lower Your Blood Pressure with Vitamin D
It is estimated that over a billion people have high blood pressure. A year-long study of 221 adults over 65 looked at whether vitamin D could help. Read more...
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Does Echinacea Really Fight Respiratory Tract Infections in Kids?
Echinacea is the most famous immune herb. A new systematic review of 5 studies in 1,640 children looked at whether it helps kids with respiratory tract infections. Read more...
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A Combo of Shatavari and Ashwagandha Could be the Answer for Female Sexual Health
About 40% of women will experience some form of sexual dysfunction in their lifetime. A new study looked at a combo of shatavari and ashwagandha. Read more...
Mango cherry protein shake with frozen mango, cherries, protein powder, hemp hearts, almond milk and peanut butter
Mango Cherry Protein Shake: A 5-Minute Recipe From Our Shelves
A simple, fruity protein shake made with frozen mango and cherries, hemp hearts and your choice of whey or plant protein, all from our shelves. Read more...
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Nervous System Health & How to Combat Nerve Pain
How your nerves send signals, why nerve pain happens, and the nutrients the article looks at, from B vitamins to alpha lipoic acid. Read more...
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Understanding Common Foot Problems
Your feet can tell you a lot. A look at common foot problems, what they may point to, and simple ways to care for tired feet. Read more...
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Your Adrenal Glands
What your adrenal glands do, how stress affects them, and the herbs and nutrients people often look at for support. Read more...
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What Is SAMe Good for?
SAMe is made naturally in the body. Here is what it is, how people use it, and what to check before you try it. Read more...
Fresh ginger, aloe juice, licorice root sticks and a bowl of psyllium and flaxseed
Top 4 GI Healers: Get your gut in working order
Ginger, aloe gel, DGL licorice and gentle fiber: four herbal options people reach for when digestion needs a little help. Read more...
Magnesium-rich foods: a bowl of pumpkin seeds, a small dish of almonds, fresh spinach leaves and a small white dish of plain tablets
Can More Magnesium Mean Less Epilepsy?
More than 1% of the US population, nearly 1% of the Canadian population and around 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological conditions... Read more...
A plate of pumpkin-filled thumbprint cookies with cinnamon sticks and a small pumpkin
Pumpkin Pie Thumbprints
Mini pie-like cookies with a spiced pumpkin filling. A fall treat for the whole table. Read more...
A sheet pan of roasted beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips, eggplant, onion and rosemary
Roasted Winter Veggies
Beets, turnips, carrots, parsnips and more, roasted with olive oil, garlic and rosemary. Serves 6. Read more...
Acorn squash halves filled with sausage, apple, cranberry and walnut stuffing in a baking dish
Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash
Acorn squash halves stuffed with sausage, apples, leeks, cranberries and walnuts: a seasonal side or main dish. Read more...
A bowl of penne with butternut squash, chicken sausage, pecans, Parmesan and sage
Penne with Butternut Squash and Chicken Sausage
A comforting fall pasta with roasted butternut squash, sage, chicken sausage and toasted pecans. Read more...
Eggs baked in tomato and red pepper sauce in a skillet with basil, garlic and crusty bread
Baked Eggs with Tomatoes, Red Bell Pepper, & Garlic
A hearty breakfast for two: eggs baked in a garlicky tomato and red pepper sauce, finished with fresh basil. Read more...
Two bowls of amaranth porridge topped with sliced strawberries and almonds
Strawberry-Almond Amaranth Porridge
A sweet, textured breakfast porridge made with amaranth and almond milk, topped with strawberries and almonds. Read more...
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Natural Movement
Crawl, balance, carry, climb: what natural movement training is and simple ways to move more the way you did as a kid. Read more...
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Intuitive Eating
Intuitive eating is not a diet. Here is how it works: eat when you are hungry, stop when you are full, and rebuild trust with food. Read more...
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FODMAPS and Your Gut
What FODMAPs are, how an elimination plan works, and where digestive enzymes fit in, from a writer who has been there. Read more...
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A Blend of Probiotics & Phytonutrients Improves Bowel Function & Gut Health
A healthy gut microbiome is increasingly being shown to be crucial for an expanding variety of reasons. Read more...
Antioxidant foods: sliced oranges, a handful of almonds and sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and a small dish of plain tablets
Antioxidants Improve Sperm Quality & Boost Fertility in Men
Male infertility is responsible for half of all infertility cases. Research is increasingly identifying oxidative stress as a leading cause. Read more...
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Are You Stressed Out? Adaptogens to the Rescue!
Who doesn’t need help with stress? This new study supports the traditional role of adaptogenic herbs for stress. Read more...
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Remarkably, Omega-3’s Reduce Aggression
Surprisingly, research suggests that omega-3 essential fatty acids can reduce aggression. Read more...
Fresh turmeric roots, a small bowl of bright orange turmeric powder and a dish of plain golden capsules
Can Curcumin Help People with Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition. But it is often misunderstood and misrepresented. Read more...
A small bowl of dried dark saw palmetto berries beside a dish of plain softgels, a wooden hairbrush and a sprig of palm frond
The Great Hair Herb for Both Men & Women
You read a lot about hair loss help for men, but women need help too. Read more...
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This Herbal Mouthwash Beats Chlorhexidine
Gingivitis is a common gum disease that causes irritation, swelling, redness and bleeding. Read more...
A small bowl of black nigella seeds beside a small glass bottle of golden oil and a dish of softgels
Black Seed Could Provide Cardiovascular Benefits to Diabetic and Overweight People
If you are diabetic or overweight, black seed could help you to prevent cardiovascular disease. Read more...
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Pomegranate Helps Your Heart
Pomegranate is loaded in polyphenols and has proven powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Read more...
Fresh ginger root, sliced ginger in a cup of hot tea and a small dish of plain capsules
New Evidence that Ginger Reduces Blood Pressure
It’s hard to believe, but it is estimated that over a billion people have high blood pressure. Read more...
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Helping Hot Flashes with Chamomile
New science says helping hot flashes may be a beautiful flower away! Read more...
A Mediterranean spread: a bowl of salad with tomatoes and olives, a small bottle of olive oil, walnuts, a bowl of lentils and whole grain bread
The Diet that Helps You Live Longer
Want a tasty way to live longer? Check out this huge new study of diet and all-cause mortality. Read more...
Polyphenol-rich foods: a small bowl of flaxseed, berries, olives, a cup of green tea and a square of dark chocolate
More of These Antioxidants in Your Diet Could Increase Breast Cancer Survival
It should no longer be surprising that a healthy diet, loaded in, among other things, fruits and vegetables, fiber and healthy fats, can help prevent breast cancer and death from... Read more...
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New Evidence for Red Clover as a Herb for Menopause
Could that beautiful pink flower growing on your lawn really be a potent enough herb to take on the hot flashes of menopause? Read more...
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Half a Dozen Surprising Ways to Make Your Own Melatonin Naturally!
You know melatonin as a hormone secreted by the human pineal gland. But a surprising discovery is that there is a plethora of plant sources of melatonin. Read more...
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Pistachios Are a Natural Source of Melatonin. How Well Does it Work?
A surprising discovery is that several plants and herbs are natural sources of melatonin, a hormone that, in humans, is produced in the pineal gland. Read more...
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Omega-3 EFA’s Effective for Migraine
It’s hard to believe, but a billion people suffer from migraine headaches. Read more...
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New Natural Help for Ulcerative Colitis
Pharmaceutical treatments for ulcerative colitis have a range of side effects that is considerable. Read more...
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This Herb Helps Hair Growth in Men and Women
Though often thought of exclusively as a problem for men, thinning hair is a problem for women too. Read more...
Milk thistle flowers and seeds, dried dandelion root, fresh turmeric and ginger roots on a wooden board
Combo of Traditional Liver Herbs Improves Liver Enzymes
The modern world has confronted our livers with unexpected and unprecedented challenges. Read more...
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Shatavari Makes Life Easier for Perimenopausal Women
You hear more about menopause than perimenopause. But perimenopause can also mess up your quality of life. Read more...
Morning sunlight over a small dish of plain vitamin D softgels, a cup of coffee and an open book
Vitamin D Improves Cognition in At Risk Population
The scientific evidence for the benefits of vitamin D for dementia and Alzheimer’s is rapidly accumulating. Read more...
A generous colorful vegan meal: a big bowl of lentils, roasted vegetables, brown rice, greens and fresh fruit
Eating the Pounds Away!
Many diets are hard to maintain because they require you to eat less. Instead, this diet asks you to change the foods you eat while allowing you to eat as... Read more...
A small dish of plain probiotic capsules beside a bowl of yogurt and a glass of water
Eradicating H. Pylori with a Probiotic
H. pylori is the most important cause of peptic ulcers. The conventional approach to eradicating it has proven problematic. Read more...
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The Evidence for Olive Leaf’s Cardiovascular Benefits Just Got Bigger
Though less famous than olives and olive oil, olive leaves contain way more of the beneficial phenolic compounds and may be even better for your heart. Read more...
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Saffron for Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease
Metabolic syndrome may be the defining disease of our time. It is where the obesity, heart disease and diabetes that result from our modern lifestyle all meet. Read more...
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Grape Seed Extract Improves Varicose Veins
For some, varicose veins are a cosmetic concern; for others, they can be a serious health concern. Read more...
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Promising New Herbal Help for Kids with ADHD
ADHD is surprisingly common, and it can be very disruptive to your child’s life. Read more...