Collagen Timing: Why Taking It Before a Workout May Enhance Joint and Tendon Health Collagen is one of those miracle supplements you’re always hearing about. People say it helps your skin look younger, strengthens muscles and ligaments, eases joint pain, and helps your hair grow thicker. It’s true that collagen is an essential protein. While…
Our bodies are full of beneficial microorganisms that help us stay healthy. Sometimes, though, everyday things like stress, the foods we eat, or an illness can kill off some of those microorganisms. Other things, like taking antibiotics, can also destroy good microorganisms along with harmful bacteria. Supplementing with probiotics regularly can help restore those beneficial…
Sometimes if you want to get all the benefits of one supplement, you need to take it with another supplement. That’s the case with Vitamin D and Vitamin K. Vitamin D is super healthy for you, but you need Vitamin K for it to work the way it’s supposed to. How It Works Vitamin D3…
Magnesium is an essential mineral for good health. Your body uses it to perform over 600 enzymatic reactions, such as metabolism, blood pressure regulation, and protein synthesis (Baaij et al., 2015). And yet despite how important it is, researchers estimate that almost two-thirds of people aren’t getting enough magnesium (Schwalfenberg and Genuis, 2017). Magnesium supplements…
When I need an energy boost, I brew up a cup of tangerine-flavored black tea. It’s just enough caffeine to give me a little pick-me-up. My husband likes to go for coffee or energy drinks. But caffeine isn’t your only option for a natural energy boost. You might also have recently heard of theacrine as…
In the last article we looked at a brief history of supplementation through the ages and some current regulations surrounding the present day nutritional supplement industry. I know the history buffs loved it and probably researched every aspect of it while everyone else said “SO WHAT DO I TAKE?????” Well, let’s start with what everyone…
A Brief History (Better living through science since always) Nutritional supplements have been used throughout history by every civilization for the same reasons we now use them; prevent disease, cure disease, increase performance, improve body image, etc. This is why we have ancient traditional institutions like Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic (Indian) Medicine that are now…
