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  • Concerned About Supplementing With Calcium?
    June 10, 2019

    Concerned About Supplementing With Calcium?

    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!

     

     

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  • How To Improve Bone Health Naturally
    June 6, 2019

    How To Improve Bone Health Naturally

    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!

     

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  • What Calcium Magnesium supplement is best?
    June 3, 2019

    What Calcium Magnesium supplement is best?

    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?
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  • What Antioxidants Do For Your Body
    May 29, 2019

    What Antioxidants Do For Your Body

    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.

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  • Does Stress Really Shorten Your Life?
    May 25, 2019

    Does Stress Really Shorten Your Life?

    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?

     

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  • Why Omega-3 Fatty Acids Are Important
    May 22, 2019

    Why Omega-3 Fatty Acids Are Important

    For decades our culture waged a war on fat, blaming its consumption for obesity, heart disease, diabetes and more. We found ourselves faced with a multitude of low-fat food options but they didn’t make us thinner or healthier.

    In fact, we are heavier and more diseased than ever. It turns out fat is not the villain and we actually need a good dose of it in our daily diet.

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  • Why Probiotics Are So Important
    May 18, 2019

    Why Probiotics Are So Important

    Remember when our culture got a little excessive about eliminating bacteria?  Antibacterial soaps, cloths, sprays, and wipes swept the market.  We were convinced that we needed to keep our environment and our bodies sterile. Bacteria kind of got a bad rap.

    But what we’ve discovered in recent years is that our body contains trillions of naturally occurring bacteria that are incredibly beneficial to our health.

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