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Electrolytes for Energy and More: A Beginner’s Guide
In the same way that chemistry students create reactions using a variety of compounds, our bodies rely on a special roster of positively and negatively charged minerals to execute a wide variety of internal “reactions,” or functions.
January 4, 2021
Dry Eye Must-Haves for Screen Junkies
Perhaps “screen junky” isn’t a label befitting someone who is required to stare at screens all day for work, but whether you’re working, binging a show, gaming, or all of the above, you may notice some eye health issues start to develop as a result of heavy screen use.
January 4, 2021
Does Cooking Food Really Hurt Nutritional Value?
The raw-egg-swilling, beef-battering protagonist of the beloved Rocky franchise may have meant well, but as it turns out, the raw egg scene turned classic trope was all for not.
January 4, 2021
Coronavirus, the FDA, and Increasingly Relaxed Food Laws
On state and federal levels, the US government and regulating bodies across the world have had their mobility and flexibility put to the test by COVID-19.
January 4, 2021
Diet Foods and Their Impact on Public Health
Diet food and some mainstream brands like to latch onto phrases like “zero trans fat,” “no added sugar,” and so on to signal how healthy their products supposedly are.
January 4, 2021
Why Medium-Chain Triglycerides Are an Athlete’s Best Friend
This macronutrient contributes heavily to brain development, communication between nerve cells, insulation and protection of sensitive tissues.
December 29, 2020
When Good Fats Go Rogue: The Omega-6 Conundrum
Fat gets a bad rap, mainly because it’s oversimplified.
December 15, 2020
What’s Valerian Root, and How Does It Improve Sleep?
The majority of herbal sleep aids under objective scrutiny have been proven safe and non-addictive; that’s not the hard part when it comes to making it through the vetting process and into common use.
December 15, 2020
Trace Mineral Deficiencies Silently Threaten Public Health
It’s human nature to assign priority based on how much of a particular nutrient is required, but by fixating on macronutrients like calcium, potassium, and so on, we’ve created a gaping blind spot in public knowledge.
December 15, 2020
These Plant-Based Brain Boosters Can Upgrade Your Memory
While fitness and dieting experts dominate the nutrition conversation using weight loss and muscle growth as their only criteria for quality, the memory-boosting effects of nootropics continue to go underappreciated.
December 15, 2020
The Seafood-Opposed Dieter’s Guide to Omega Fatty Acids
Even if your seafood aversion requires a generous shellacking of tartar sauce every time you can’t avoid eating fish, we can’t emphasize enough how important it is to have fish at least a few times a month.
December 15, 2020
The Most Common Nutritional Deficiencies
Sugar, salt, and fat have presided over the American food industry as a tyrannical threesome for some time now, and thanks to their massive success, they’re well cemented into the infrastructure.
December 15, 2020
Stress-Eat the Proper Way with Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha is a small, bushy plant native to India, the Middle East, and some regions of Africa.
December 15, 2020
Protein for Athletes: Why, How Much, and When?
If you’ve just started paying closer attention to your protein intake for fitness and/or general wellness purposes, you may find yourself feeling overloaded with information.
December 15, 2020
Olive Leaf: Nature’s “New” Catch-All
Unfortunately, most lye-cured olives have been sapped of a sizable portion of their nutrients by the time they get anywhere near your table, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still reap the health benefits of this ancient fruit.
December 15, 2020
How Taurine Supports Eye Health
It’s been a decade or more since taurine made its way out of obscurity using the global stage that is the energy drink label, but the public knowledge gap is still going strong.
December 15, 2020
How Does Magnesium Help with Stress?
Everyone knows what carbs and fats do—at least on the surface—but the mention of trace minerals like magnesium tends to elicit a less confident reply.
December 15, 2020
Herbal Remedies for Sleep, Not Sedation
Virtually any problem that even subtly shifts your body out of its natural balance, i.e., homeostasis, has the potential to keep you awake at night.
December 15, 2020
How Does Glucosamine Relieve Joint Pain?
Sure, gravity wins in the end, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use everything at our disposal to keep our weight-bearing joints from breaking down prematurely.
November 16, 2020
How to Stay Focused Without the Jitters
Energy drinks and sugary snacks may be louder, sweeter, and faster-acting than natural sources of sugar, but rarely are those benefits conferred without some form of reckoning down the road.
November 16, 2020