Are Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Safe?

Many people who wander into a health food store for the first time have this question on their minds. For years they have read about the purported risk of supplements produced and sold by the largely self-regulated dietary supplement industry.

The best way to answer this question is by presenting...

That four-letter-word… “Diet”

“ Eat here… diet home ” –Earl Abel, restaurateur, 1938

Ah… that one little word, “ diet ”. So rich with layers of meaning and controversy, like a linguistic Rorschach Test. So much hated and so much desired in those four letters.

In this age of miracles and wonders and upside-down values where bottled wat...

Anti-oxidant Nutrients for Healthy Eyes

The complex, delicate structures of the eye are often the first to suffer the “slings and arrows” of aging. “Normal” aging is bad enough but additional, and all too common, health issues such as diabetes, can pose a serious threat to eye health and vision. I see this all-too-often in my medical ...

Vitamin D Fights The Moody Blues

Although Vitamin D is one of the most important vitamins nutrients for good health - yes, just as important as iron - many women are not getting enough. Once considered just a boon to bone health, it has now been proven that Vitamin D offers many more health benefits. So many that it is beginning to...

Men, Have You Had Your Estrogen Checked?

Men are getting tested for testosterone, but are they getting tested for that other hormone?

Men are going to doctors in droves to have their testosterone levels checked. Often, these men receive the answer they expected, that their lack of sexual satisfaction is, in fact due to a low testosteron...

Give Your Kids The Opportunity to Develop Super Brains

Enhancing DHA and EPA intake in kids has now been proven to dramatically improve reading ability, reduce ADD/ADHD symptoms, reduce behavioral problems, such as hostility and improve performance on standardized tests.

Even coordination has been shown to improve significantly, as have sleep problem...