By Sarah Bangs, FoodScience Corporation Fad diets have become increasingly popular since the 1980s, with new versions popping up every year claiming to be the most effective method for weight loss....
By Sarah Bangs, FoodScience Corporation Children are rapidly developing, and not only in the physical sense. They are continually forming new habits, and these habits are often carried over to...
By Roger Kendall, PhD Dimethylglycine (DMG) is an amino acid with quite an exciting history. Its use in health and maintenance goes back to 1960s, where the Soviet Union came up with the idea that...
By Ian D. Bier, ND, PhD, LAc, FABNO Our neurological, psychological, and social development as children are all dependent upon positive sleep hygiene. However, as much as 30% of young children today...
By Ian D. Bier, ND, PhD, LAc, FABNO Over a span of 20 years ranging from 1997-2016, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have almost doubled in prevalence—from 6.1 % to 10.2%—in...
The connection between IGF-1—also known as the insulin-like growth factor 1—and the human growth hormone (HGH) for healthy aging is complex. If excessive levels –low or high– of IGF-1 are present in...
The human body is an amazing web of interconnected systems, and just because a certain marker is high or low, it doesn’t necessarily tell us where the problem lies. This is a concept often missed in...
When was the last time you purchased your shampoo, an all-purpose cleaner, or a bottle of water and thought about the possible repercussions of using such everyday items? Like most consumers who...
By Dr. Don Zone, MD Cutting edge medical research has only recently discovered the unique benefits of a certain group of chemicals that form part of the Vitamin E family, tocotrienols. It is also...