Is there a Paradox in the use of Vitamins?

Do you think taking vitamin supplements improves your health? Well you do if you supplement. But do they really? How do you know what your own bodies vitamin requirements really are? What is vitamin toxicity? What if you take too much of one vitamin and not enough of another? Have you thought about what excess [...]

University of California Berkley Wellness Guide to Dietary Supplements

Nutrition, Fitness, and self care resource breaks down and describes the benefits and health risks to the most common dietary supplements.  Wellness Guide to Dietary Supplements

Jay Robb Enterprises Whey Protein

I like the taste and texture of the Jay Robb Brand Vanilla Whey Protein and the Vanilla Egg Protein. Although more expensive than conventional store brands, these have ZERO aspartame and use Stevia instead. The Egg Powder contains no fat and less than one gram carbohydrates per serving so Jay recommends you eat a few [...]

Plant Sterols and Immune System Function:

The majority of the content in this post comes from The Hoffman Center. The Hoffman Center is Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s Integrative Medicine Website. Dr. Hoffman practices the kind of treatment we would like to see more medical professionals gravitate towards, specifically their mission is to “combine modern medical technology and complementary medical modalities in an [...]

PH Testing – Is Your Body PH Balanced? Do You Know About Alkaline and Acidic Foods?

Is your PH Balanced? Find out by testing with an inexpensive and highly accurate home testing kit. An alkaline balance of 7.35 to 7.45 is optimal for continued health, and acidic body is a diseased body. The test kits used for home ph testing like the ph stix (phstix?) pictured will give you are pretty [...]

Organic Foods – Just Say YES!

Fresh whole unprocessed foods grown without the use of pesticides, chemicals, or hormones. Yep the way they were grown up until Corporate America discovered Chemical Manufacturing and huge profits altering the food supply! Even ordinary people with no real interest or understanding of the corruption and depletion of our food supply can understand the benefits [...]

Glyconutrition – Glycobiology – Glycoscience

This is new to me as it probably is to you, and no claims are being made from HealthSynergyRx as to the effectiveness of the 8 Sugars in treating any health condition. We are as fascinated by Glycoscience as we are by all nutritional approaches to health problems. The basis of Glycoscience is the study [...]

Cosmetics Reviews – Alternative Products We Have Tried

This is a very simple page of some of the cosmetics products (Selected from the Environmental Working Groups Cosmetic Safety Database) I have tried and how I feel about their effectiveness for their stated purpose. This does not mean they are safe or unsafe. These cosmetics reviews are my opinions. I know there are many [...]

Dangers of Makeup – Are Your Cosmetics Safe?

When people think of illness they think inside the body, however most pathogens or illness are introduced to us from sources outside the body. Are your cosmetics safe? Please see our page titled Cosmetics Reviewed for information on products we have purchased and our opinions on not only the saftey of the cosmetics but are [...]

Super Antioxidant CoQ10 – aka Coenzyme Q10

Found in every cell Coenzyme Q10 essential for energy production. Cellular Enzymes and coenzymes break down protein, fat, and sugar you eat to produce energy. Caution: If you are taking any cholesterol lowering drugs like Lipitor it’s essential that you monitor your Coenzyme Q10 production as these drugs interrupt the production of CoQ10. Elevated cholesterol [...]

Systemic Enzymes – Restore, Promote, and Maintain Health

Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts, speeding the rate at which biochemical reactions proceed but not altering the direction or nature of the reactions. Enzymes are found in every cell of every living plant and animal, including humans. As biocatalysts, they either begin a reaction or cause a reaction to speed up. Without enzymes, [...]

Food Choices – A Simple Guide to a Balanced Diet

Eat a balanced diet? The food Pyramid? We know we need to eat right but what does it mean to “eat right”? What are our food choices? Have you ever been to the local grocer walking up and down the isles wondering what is there to eat? What am I going to have for dinner? [...]

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