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Natural Allergy Remedies
Here are 6 things you can do to help relieve allergy symptoms without antihistamines: Shower And Change Your Clothes Besides the relaxation it can provide, showers are a useful tool for managing and preventing allergy symptoms. Taking a shower removes pollen or air...
Exercise of the Month – Squats
You can promote lower body strength by squatting in front of a sturdy chair. Keep your arms in front of you and be sure not to extend your knees past your toes as you bend to an almost-sitting position. Hold the position for a few moments, then raise yourself back to...
Featured Nutrient – Vitamin K
Vitamin K is an important vitamin that supports bone health and wound healing. Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that makes proteins for healthy bones and normal blood clotting. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, vitamin K helps produce four of the 13...
Exercise of the Month – Standing Leg Raises
Leg raises strengthen the thigh, hip, buttocks, and lower back muscles and help with balance. For side leg raises, stand behind a chair and hold on for better balance. Lift one leg out to the side, keeping it completely aligned from heel to hip, while maintaining a...
Nutrient of the Month – Vitamin D3
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...
How New Year’s Resolutions Can Impact Your Long Term Health
New Year’s Resolutions are started with the greatest of hope and determination, but then are usually forgotten and abandoned as the year passes on. It may seem odd that we are writing about New Year’s Resolutions here in June, but in terms of your health and...
Exercise of the Month – Wall Sits
Many people suffer every day from various forms of joint pain. Some of the most common areas people experience pain in are the back, hips, knees, and wrists. What if I told you there is a relatively simple way to help relieve this pain, that you can do in your own...
Nutrient of the Month – Turmeric
Turmeric is a plant in the ginger family that originates from southwest India. Like ginger, it produces flavor-rich and nutrient-rich rhizomes (horizontal underground stems that send out roots below ground and shoots above ground). These rhizomes are most commonly...
Cholesterol Myths Debunked
With almost 30 percent of U.S. adults over the age of 40 taking some form of cholesterol medication, it is no wonder that U.S. cholesterol drug sales are up into the tens of billions of dollars every year. Individuals are told that they have high cholesterol or high...
Nutrient of the Month – Fish Oil
Fish oil contains a high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids, including EPA and DHA, which have a number of benefits, such as supporting healthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels, bone health, and even mental and emotional health. Other areas of the body that this...