To first understand about tocotrienols, there must be some distinctions made between tocotrienols and tocopherols. While d-alpha tocopherol is the compound most often referred to as vitamin E, the term “vitamin E” actually applies to a family of eight compounds.
Not too long ago, I received a call from the ambulance transporting my husband to the hospital after being hit by a car while riding his bike. As you can imagine, my stress level immediately shot through the roof and continued for the next several weeks while we dealt with the repercussions of the accident.
Longstanding historical trends converged this week in New York state to produce a media feeding frenzy around dietary supplements quality. The state attorney general issued cease and desist orders to several prominent retailers alleging they were selling herbal formulas that did not actually contain the ingredients listed on the label, or contained undeclared allergens.
Fatigue, lethargy, anxiety, mood changes, difficulty concentrating, depression, negativism, cognitive decline and memory loss, learning and behavior problems in children, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet, and problems conceiving… What do these symptoms have in common? Any one of them could be a sign of low levels of vitamin B12.
St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) is native to Europe but now grows wild throughout the world. It is so named because it produces its bright yellow flowers near June 24th, the day Christians celebrate the feast of St John. (The word wort simply means plant in Old English.) St John’s wort has a long and colorful history of use.
It’s the end of a long day and exhausted, you tuck into bed and wait for sleep to come. But instead of sleep, the creepy, crawly sensation overcomes your legs. You stretch your calves, trying to overcome the urge to get up and move, but it doesn’t work.
If you’ve ever suffered from a headache, joint pain, toothache, backache, or aching muscles after a hard physical event, you’ve experienced the body’s inflammatory processes at work. It’s the body’s way of trying to heal itself. Unfortunately, sometimes the pain is difficult to bear.
The world of nutrition is dynamic—new discoveries are always being made, while old ideas are thrown to the wayside. Everybody has an opinion, and the popularity of specific diets and certain nutrients continually ebb and flow.
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Subject: Vitamin D is tested using a 25(OH)D serum measurement. Standard lab values are inadequate for assessing status. We are using the following values to interpret 25(OH)D test results:
< 20 ng/mL: deficient
I‟m not a picky eater, and never have been. In fact, I consider myself a rather adventurous eater. But we all draw the line somewhere, and for me it has always been with organ meats—you know, the other parts of the animal like liver, glands, heart, kidneys, and brain.
Even if you consider yourself to be a health-conscience person who takes pride in caring for your body, tending to your tendons and ligaments may not be at the top of your “selfcare” priority list.
Weird things were happening to Theresa… and they were happening at night. Clues to her strange nocturnal behavior were left behind in the mornings. “I would get up and find empty food containers sitting around.
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