Vitamin D3, also known as Cholecalciferol, is essential in many body functions, including helping the body absorb calcium to form and maintain strong bones, maintaining a healthy heart, and more importantly, supporting healthy nerves. Vitamin D3 is produced naturally...
Vitamins
EPA & DHA: What It Is and What It Means for Your Health
There are plenty of products in our grocery stores that tout themselves as being "heart healthy" or part of a diet "shown to reduce heart disease." These products, such as cereals or other processed foods, can contain many other ingredients that would counter any...
Vitamin C and Healing
Vitamin C has long been known as a necessary ingredient for strong immunity, going back to the days of preventing and treating scurvy in ocean-going vessels. Its lesser known, but just as important use is in aiding in speedy healing. The idea of using Vitamin C to...
How to Easily Increase Your Vitamin D Intake
Vitamin D is an essential element for a functioning body. But as we spend more time indoors, many are not even meeting the minimum daily requirements. The U.S. National Institute of Health recommends those under 70 years of age get a minimum of 600IU, and those 70 or...
Are You Flushing Away Your Vitamins?
The technology of capsule and tablet manufacturing has grown and evolved; considerably more goes into making a good multi-vitamin capsule or tablet than simply compressing ingredients in a machine. For example, name-brand and all reputable supplement manufacturers...
The Safety of Vitamin B6
How much Vitamin B6 is too much? We've often been asked if there are concerns with taking higher-than-normal amounts of Vitamin B6 for supplementation. Here's some information to address those concerns. The Linus Pauling Institute found that adverse effects have only...
Are You Getting Enough Real Vitamin C?
There is a huge difference between real Vitamin C and ascorbic acid. The more ascorbic acid you take the less your body absorbs. An intake of less than 20 mg has a 98% absorption rate. By the time you take 1000 mg to 1500 mg, the absorption has dropped to 50%. In...