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Stress plays a factor in everyone's life and unfortunately it can cause havoc on our body. Thankfully, there are different methods you can use to reduce the stress in your life. Lets take a look at how stress affects the body and what we can do to combat it.

Did you know that your skin, your body's connective tissue, and many of its anchoring structures contain a secret weapon? Its true! The secret weapon is called elastin. As we get older the elastin in our skin can become brittle and frayed. In order to boost your body's elastin, lets take a look at what its role in the body is and how we can protect and preserve it.

Canadians are stressed, and while some stress is healthy and natural, motivating us toward good work. Too much stress can have a bad impact on our mental and physical health. There are many ways to manage stress, but sometimes we all need a bit of a boost. Lets take a look at a herbal adaptogen called Ashwagandha, to see what exactly it can do to help manage stress.

Calcium is one of the key minerals that makes up our bones. Since we are unable to produce our own calcium, we must get it through our diet. However, if diet isn't enough we sometimes have to add a Calcium supplement to get the required daily amount.

However, some calcium supplements have a poor absorption. Which means that the calcium is not being absorbed properly and is instead being collected elsewhere in the body, like the soft tissues. Lets take a look at what type of advanced calcium supplements can make a difference in your bone density!

 

 

Around the age of 30 most of us reach our peak bone mass so that by our 40’s we are usually breaking down bone faster than we are building it. This can lead to bones becoming brittle and weak; a condition known as osteoporosis which puts us more at risk for fractures.

In order to avoid this condition it is vital that we build strong bones early in life and then maintain bone strength as we age. If you are wondering how to improve bone health naturally, lets take a look!

 

One of the downsides of high-dose calcium supplements is the potential risk for heart health.  If calcium is not taken up effectively by the bones, there is the risk of it building up in the arteries as plaque, causing a narrowing called atherosclerosis. So, which Calcium Magnesium supplement is best?

Free radicals are molecules that are missing one or more electrons and they travel around the body aggressively attacking other molecules in order to replace their missing parts.  These aggressive encounters can cause damage to DNA, proteins, enzymes, and cell membranes. 

The body can cope with a certain amount of free radicals, but an overload can lead to a lot of trouble including heart disease, liver disease, accelerated aging, and certain cancers.  So how can we protect our body from these dangerous free radicals?  The answer: Antioxidants.

There are so many Vitamin C supplements available on the market today. But it is hard to know which you should take. With this in mind we have narrowed down what to look for in a Vitamin C supplement.

Most of us associate stress with grey hair, poor health, feelings of fatigue and looking tired. We often think that sustained periods of intense stress make us age more quickly. Recent studies have indeed shown that stress is linked with poor health, heart disease and reduced immunity. But does it shorten your life?