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Posted on July 19, 2019

Featured Supplement: Elderberry

Elder trees, most commonly Sambucus nigra and Sambucus canadensis, have been used as a botanical medicine for thousands of years around the world for everything…

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Posted on July 16, 2019

Featured Supplement: Echinacea

Echinacea, also known by the common name cone flower, is a popular botanical medicine worldview, but there are more traditions surrounding its use than scientific…

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Posted on June 14, 2019

Featured Supplement: NAC

N acetyl cysteine, commonly known as NAC, is one of my favorite supplements for the majority of chronic illnesses. Cysteine is a conditionally essential sulfur-containing…

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Posted on May 24, 2019

Featured Supplement: Valerian

Historical evidence for the use of valerian root (Valeriana officinalis), also called setwell, as a sleep aid and anxiolytic goes as far back as ancient…

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Posted on May 21, 2019May 20, 2019

Featured Supplement: Melatonin

Melatonin, also known as N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, is promoted as a natural sleep aid; however, it's a hormone produced in the pineal gland in the brain from…

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Posted on May 14, 2019

Featured Supplement: Magnolia Bark

Bark, leaves, and cones from the magnolia tree (Magnolia officinalis) have been used in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbal medicines for centuries. Magnolia bark extract…

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Posted on May 10, 2019May 10, 2019

Featured Supplement: Acetyl L-Carnitine

Carnitine is a compound synthesized by the liver and kidneys from the amino acids lysine and methionine that was first isolated from meat, which is…

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Posted on May 7, 2019May 7, 2019

Featured Supplement: D-Ribose

Sugars, particularly glucose, are used by the body to produce energy, but some sugars have other functions within the body. D-ribose is a critically important…

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Posted on May 5, 2019

Evaluating Dietary Supplements

In the United States supplemental nutrients and phytotherapies, i.e. botanical medicines, are primarily under the umbrella of dietary supplements, leaving the field loosely regulated with…

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Posted on May 3, 2019May 3, 2019

Featured Supplement: Milk Thistle

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum), also called holy thistle, Mary's thistle, and Scotch thistle, has been used as food and medicine in the Mediterranean region for…

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