Omega3 Dosage and How To Get It Right

June 26, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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The lack of any official guidelines makes it difficult to find the right omega3 dosage, so here are some tips to ensure you get the very best. The correct dosage is dependent on the purity and quality of your chosen supplement.

Being the most important supplement on the market as well as the most popular, there are many poor products out there, and only a few that stand head and shoulders above the rest to give you the best omega3 dosage.

In fact many contain little omega3 at all so it is important to check out the website or label very carefully. The two main omega3 fatty acids we want are DHA and EPA. DHA is by far the most important and responsible for most of the amazing health benefits.

They include prevention of heart attacks and strokes, effective treatment of arthritis, prevention of breast and colon cancer and lowering of high blood pressure or hypertension. Taking a quality oil will give you these and many more benefits, but most won’t and may even contain harmful toxins from the fish. Read more

So What Crutial Vitamins And Nutrients Do I need and Why ?

June 16, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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Taking quality vitamin nutritional supplements should be about better health and energy, freedom from illness, improved sexual vigor and slowing the aging process.

But it is true that vitamin nutritional supplements are among the most important things you can do for the overall health of your mind and body.

If you eat a healthy diet or supplement your diet with nutritional supplements such as vitamins and minerals, you might not be getting the nutrients you think you are getting.

You probably hear lots of info about the need to get sufficient amounts of vitamins in your daily diet, and to take a vitamin supplement if you aren’t getting those essential vitamins.

This is one of the many important vitamins for babies, and for example, babies with a B12 deficiency may simply fail to develop normally. Read more

What is Silymarin? Discover It's Beneficial Health Properties

June 13, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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Silymarin is a flavonoid found in the ripe seeds of the common milk thistle plant. In many areas, the plant is considered an invasive weed, but it is also a natural medicine. You have probably seen it growing on roadsides and in untended fields. It is a thorny plant with a lovely purple flower that attracts numerous butterflies during the spring and summer months, when it is in bloom.

It was used by traditional healers to treat cirrhosis, jaundice, and hepatitis, as well as gallbladder disease. It is currently a favorite adjunctive therapy for hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. Silibinin, another flavonoid found in milk thistle, is used to counter ingestion of poisonous mushrooms.

All flavonoids have antioxidant activity. Increased flavonoid intake is believed to help prevent heart disease and cancer, both due to the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. There may even be other methods of action not yet understood. One of the things that scientists are attempting to do is to explain “why” flavonoids and other antioxidants work as they do. Researchers have found that silymarin inhibits a variety of different processes that lead to carcinogenesis. Read more