5 Benefits of Vitamin C

We usually associate Vitamin C intake with and cold and flu prevention. But there are many other know benefits of Vitamin C which seem to have big potential for our overall health and well being. Let’s have a look at some of the benefits of Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps to form collagen, an important [...]

Podcast: Six Benefits of CoQ10

Listen as health and wellness expert, Michelle Rodulfo discusses the six benefits of CoQ10 and why we may need to supplement with CoQ10 as we age.

Get the Lead Out! Another case of lead in dietary supplements

Last week I wrote about possible lead contamination of calcium supplements (Get the Lead Out! Could there be lead in our calcium supplements?) and today I’m writing about lead contamination in another dietary supplement. When will this madness end? The FDA is warning consumers not to purchase or consume a dietary supplement called Vita Breath [...]

Get the Lead Out! Could There Be Lead in Our Calcium Supplements?

People who take high doses of natural source calcium could be placing themselves at high risk for cumulative lead toxicity according to research conducted by the University of Arizona. While calcium itself has virtually no toxicity, there is evidence that natural source calcium supplements – those made from bone meal, oyster shell and dolomite may [...]

Nutrition: Liquid vs tablet supplements

Have you heard the claim that liquid supplements are more bioavailable and are, therefore, better than the tablet variety? Many liquid vitamin manufacturers use this claim in their advertising implying that liquid supplements are absorbed directly into our bloodstream. But let’s look at the facts. How are nutrients in supplements absorbed? Unless injected or placed under [...]

Body Wellness: Latest Breast Cancer Information

Here is the latest breast cancer info obtained from the American Cancer Society: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman’s life is a little less than 1 in 8About 192,370 new cases of invasive breast [...]

Body Wellness: Choosing the best supplements

In my earlier post: Body Wellness:  Supplementation we made an excellent case for daily supplementation.  But how do we go about choosing the best supplements? Here are a few of the challenges we face. 1.  With so many different brands on the market, it’s almost impossible to know which brand to choose.  And when we [...]

Body Wellness: Supplementation

Nutrition & Supplementation We already know that good nutrition is one of the ABCs of body wellness. And we’ve also talked about what types of foods we need to be eating. But how do we know if we’re getting all the nutrients that our bodies need from the foods that we eat? Chances are we [...]