The B vitamins are responsible for a wide variety of important health functions in our body. Everything from maintaining healthy skin to reducing your risk of cancer can be enhanced through taking vitamin B supplements. There was a time when health researchers thought that vitamin B was one vitamin, like vitamin C or vitamin D. [...]
Vitamin D: The Miracle Supplement
July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By now everybody knows the rules you have to follow if you want to live a long life: Exercise, don’t smoke and eat right. Turns out there’s a new rule: Make sure you’re getting your vitamin D. Todays lifestyle means most people spend almost all of their time indoors and not getting the vitamin D [...]
Can Creatine Take Your Weight Training To The Next Level?
July 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Creatine was first discovered in 1832 by a French scientist named Michel Eugène Chevreul who identified it as a component of skeletal muscle. The muscle building benefits of creatine were unknown for almost one hundred years with the first known use of it to enhance performance during the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona, Spain. Creatine [...]
Resveratrol: A Miracle Vitamin Supplement?
June 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Resveratrol is a byproduct created by some plants that has quite a few health benefits. Red grapes, peanuts and blueberries are all known to be rich in resveratrol and the antioxidant effects of resveratrol are lowered blood sugar levels, a boost to the immune system and a jump start to the metabolism. We know of [...]
How Much Vitamin C Do You Need?
June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Many claims have been made for the wonders of vitamin C in recent years. The research done by Dr. Linus Pauling promoted taking vitamin C for a variety of ailments from the common cold to cancer. Recently, the focus on antioxidants and health has promoted the benefits of taking vitamin C as a way of [...]