Grind Your Chia Seeds
The secret to unlocking the benefits of chia seeds may be grinding them up. When recently reviewing the literature on the health-promoting properties and therapeutic […]
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Catalent sees $1B Bettera deal as a key to growth in nutrition and consumer health
Tie-ups of candy makers and nutritional product companies into a single firm called Bettera has culminated in a $1 billion acquisition by Catalent. The global […]
Why I Seldom Recommend Vitamins or Supplements
By HANS DUVEFELT People here in northern Maine, as in my native Sweden, don’t get a whole lot of natural sunlight a good part of […]
How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic Levels
Boiling rice like pasta reduces arsenic levels, but how much nutrition is lost? Cooking rice in a high water-to-rice ratio reduces toxic arsenic content, which […]
How to Treat Bacterial Vaginosis
Vitamin C is pitted head-to-head against antibiotics for bacterial vaginal infections. A study published in 1999 raised the exciting possibility that “cheap, simple, innocuous and […]
Vitamin D Supplements for Increasing Aging Muscle Strength
We have known for more than 400 years that muscle weakness is a common presenting symptom of vitamin D deficiency. Bones aren’t the only organs […]
