Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you couldn’t see? Â How’s your vision now? Can you see okay? Do you expect to get cataracts or macular degeneration because your parents did? Â More importantly, do you even know what to do to save your vision? March was Save Your Vision month, did you give it […]
Late February, Natural News shared, “The U.S. dairy industry petitions FDA to approve aspartame as a hidden, unlabeled additive in milk, yogurt, eggnog and cream.” According to the IDFA and NMPF, hiding aspartame from consumers by not including it on the label actually helps consumers. Would this make you feel “helped”? In this case, is it ok to hide ingredients from […]
What causes cravings? Research often suggested that cravings were a result of some sort of nutritional deficiency. Women’s Health Magazine published an article suggesting that when we have food cravings, it may be our body’s way of letting us know we’re missing valuable nutrients. For example, the article points out that if we crave chocolate, […]
Has true scientific journalism and fair and balanced reporting has been lost on Consumer Reports (CR)  I cancelled my online subscription to CR some time ago after I read an article that I thought gave a very biased anti-supplement review. The recent their September edition titled 10 Surprising Dangers of Vitamins and Supplements just affirms my […]
When you work in a supplement store you get asked a lot of questions, and one most often asked is, ” If I’m trying to get healthy, what should I take first?”  I’ll  suggest they talk to their healthcare practitioner about getting their vitamin D levels checked and ask if they take a good quality […]
“It’s all in your head!” “ We can’t find anything wrong with you, here’s the name of a psychiatrist.” If you are a woman suffering from fibromyalgia for any length of time, you’ve probably had a doctor, friend, or family member, say something like that to you over the years. Heck, if you’re a woman, you’ve probably […]
