How Do You Know if Your Multivitamins is Worth It?

August 22, 2011

How Do You Know if Your Multivitamins is Worth It? As common as the toothbrush, multivitamins are in every arsenal for the health conscious individual out there. But you may be popping the pills everyday thinking that it is good, but does your multivitamin really work? Hundreds of companies are developing their own brand of [...]

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What is the FDA?

July 29, 2011

What is the FDA? FDA stands for Food and Drug Administration, an agency that ensures the safety, of certain important products that are in the market. The people behind it range from field inspectors to chemists, all working to guarantee the public a safe and effective use of these products. Through their list of protocols [...]

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Zinc: Why does your body need it?

June 24, 2011

Zinc Facts When the cold weather hits, you know that you are going to get at least one cold or sore throat! It seems that avoiding that cold or flu is almost impossible during the winter months. Even if there is nothing that you can do to completely avoid getting sick this season, you can [...]

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Introduction to Vitamin K

June 24, 2011

Benefits of Vitamin K Most people know that it is important to take daily supplements of calcium to help their bones stay strong. But did you know that it is just as important for your bones to get enough vitamin K? Vitamin K is essential to bone health and bone formation. In fact, it goes [...]

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Purpose of Vitamin E

June 24, 2011

Benefits of Vitamin E Most people out there start looking for a magic pill as they begin to age. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find a pill that could help your skin look younger, softer and smoother? What about minimizing the appearance of wrinkles or scars? With all of the talk these days about free [...]

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Introduction To Vitamin D

June 24, 2011

Benefits of Vitamin D Did your mother ever make you swallow spoonfuls of cod liver oil when you were a kid? If so, you were not alone, and maybe your mother knew what she was doing! Cod liver oil is an excellent source of vitamin D which crucial to the human body. Vitamin D is [...]

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Vitamin C Needs No Introduction?

June 24, 2011

Vitamin C Is More Than Just Oranges… If you value your healthy smile and enjoy having teeth, you will want to eat that orange and keep up your vitamin C levels! A severe form of vitamin C deficiency will lead to scurvy which was prominent among sailors hundreds of years ago as there was a [...]

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Vitamin B5

June 24, 2011

Benefits of Vitamin B5 It is almost impossible to know what all of the different vitamins that are found in the body are used for. It can be especially difficult for people who are not medical professionals, because some vitamins can be referred to by a variety of names, making it even more confusing. A [...]

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Vitamin B3

June 24, 2011

Benefits of Vitamin B3 Vitamin B3 is a powerful member of the B-complex family and comes in two basic forms. Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, and niacinamide, which is also known as nicotinamide. All forms of vitamin B3 have biologic activity; however niacin is also necessary for regulating cholesterol in the body.  Vitamin B3, [...]

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Vitamin B2

June 24, 2011

Benefits of Vitamin B2 It can be hard to keep all of the B vitamins straight in your head. There are many vitamins in the B complex that work together in the body. Vitamin B2 is one of the water soluble vitamins that are involved with the B complex, and they work together to process [...]

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