If you’ve been a long-standing BarleyLife drinker, it might be a good time to pat yourself on the back. Sure, drinking BarrleyLife has improved your nutrition, and that in turn, has likely enhanced your overall health, but it looks like all those green smoothies may have saved you some money as well. A study published in Clinical Nutrition took a lookContinue reading “Nutritional Supplements Are Cost Effective, Research Finds”
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Oligofructose May Aid in Weight Management
A study out of a Canada published in Obesity journal found that oligofructose (aka fructooligosaccharide), a prebiotic fiber commonly found in food sources like chicory, onion and oat, may aid in weight management. The researchers put two groups of rats on a strict high-fat, high-sugar diet, but one faction was also fed oligofructose, and guess what? Even though bothContinue reading “Oligofructose May Aid in Weight Management”
Vitamin A: What It Can Do For You
Vitamin A kicks off the alphabet of vitaminery with a bang. If you’re a carrot (203% of vitamin A per serving) fan, you know that vitamin A is the good-vision vitamin. That’s because it helps protect the cornea and has been linked to preventing, impairing or reducing several eye-related health concerns: dry eye, superior limbicContinue reading “Vitamin A: What It Can Do For You”
A Healthy Diet a Day May Keep COPD at Bay
Recently, they did a study that found beet juice may be able to help people who suffer COPD increase their ability to exercise. In the lab trials, those who imbibed beetroot juice saw a significant increase in mobility.However, it turns out that beet juice is just the tip of the food pyramid when it comes to COPD.Continue reading “A Healthy Diet a Day May Keep COPD at Bay”
Vitamin A Deficiency May Play Huge Role in Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes has been called the scourge of the American public because nearly ten percent of the population suffers from it. That’s one million people altogether. It’s the seventh leading cause of death, and there is no cure. A recent study at Weill Cornell Medical College may shed some new light on this problem. Scientists there lookedContinue reading “Vitamin A Deficiency May Play Huge Role in Type 2 Diabetes”
Low Levels of Magnesium, A Risk Factor of Type 2 Diabetes
Studies in the last few years have investigated magnesium’s ability to regulate insulin secretion and/or action, and this is why low levels of magnesium are commonly considered a risk factor in the development of type 2 diabetes. Scientists at Brown University are now looking at ways to tailor nutritional therapy for diabetes based on several factors: genetics,Continue reading “Low Levels of Magnesium, A Risk Factor of Type 2 Diabetes”
A New Reason to Use CranVerry+
CranVerry+ is very good at what it does. It promotes urinary tract health and protects the body against the candidiasis, more commonly known as a yeast infection. Most of us don’t deal with these problems on a daily basis, knock on wood. So you might then say, “Hey, now that my UTI problems are allContinue reading “A New Reason to Use CranVerry+”
5 Reasons to Quit Drinking Soda
Soda pop dominates our culture. The average American drinks 57 gallons a year. It’s served in nearly every restaurant, stocked in the cooler of every gas station, you’ll find it in vending machines in hospitals and on posters adorning the walls of almost every athletic event. But the stuff has a ton of calories and is burstingContinue reading “5 Reasons to Quit Drinking Soda”
Breathe Easier With Vitamin D Supplementation
A study out of England found that vitamin D supplementation reduced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease symptoms by forty percent in patients who were previously deficient in that vitamin. The symptoms of this disease include coughing, overabundance of mucus, shortness of breath and tightness of chest. These problems have the potential to worsen and lead to hospitalization. All patientsContinue reading “Breathe Easier With Vitamin D Supplementation”
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