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Spoiler alert: even the best scientists and doctors do not know what compounds make up the majority of our food. Can you believe we have no idea what makes up 90% or more of the food we eat? How is this possible? And what does this mean for prioritizing supplements that have the most important…
Like other nutrients in the body, collagen does not act alone. Crucial for maintaining the structure of our skin, bones, tendons, and other connective tissues, it relies on a variety of biomolecules to support its production and function in the body. Collagen is the most abundant protein in a complex network called the Extracellular Matrix…
It is hard to imagine that something our bodies do so naturally could be as dangerous as we are led to believe. Are fevers dangerous? What does the research say? And what are the guidelines from major health agencies? Humans evolved with bacteria and viruses – and along with infection came fever. Fevers are nothing…
Trendy, novel, and with the potential to leverage how we look, feel, and function, health hacks are attention grabbers. But, as the old adage goes, when a price tag is attached, “buyer beware!”, as it’s easy to get reeled-in by savvy sales marketing. Like being enticed to buy an expensive kitchen gadget to peel an…
The night Helene arrived, sleep never came. The heavy sound of whipping wind and dumping sheets of rain came instead and in frightening squalls. Squall-by-squall, I felt each was worse than the one before and I hoped each would be the last. Paltry, in comparison, to the terror of those who lost their homes, and…
While putting away the food I brought to eat during my vacation, I came across something, already in the fridge, that I would not be eating for breakfast (or any other time). Going against the very nature of why we eat, I knew that consuming this breakfast food, engineered for convenience, would not bode well…
Food First Nutraceutical may sound like an oxymoron, but it’s not! With the purpose of providing nutritional value and health benefit, nutraceuticals can be a food or a supplement. Straddling both, Cellemental Complete is a whole food derived (a.k.a. Food First) nutraceutical delivered in the convenience of a capsule which may also be opened and…
When I worked as a direct care RN on a critical care pediatric unit, what gave me the most peace of mind was not planning for best outcomes, but for worst ones and then thinking how to prevent them. This way of inverted thinking has broad application including the leveraging of personal health. Instead…
Did you know that sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates in the same phylum (share evolutionary similarity) as starfish and sea urchins? Despite being consumed as a food and health tonic by many cultures, today and traditionally, sea cucumbers are still considered quite the oddity with their peculiar characteristics and unique composition. A case in point…
Did you know that the sea buckthorn berry–plump, orange, grows on thorny bushes, thrives in the artic–possesses a plethora of amazing attributes? Having to withstand extreme conditions, sea buckthorn is well-provisioned with unique properties that impart an impressive robustness. This, along with its history of use and beauty, gave us plenty of reason to pick…