Milk thistle is a flowering plant that belongs to the daisy family. It is native to many areas around the Mediterranean Sea and was brought to North America by European colonists. It gets its name from the milky sap contained within its leaves. The most common species is silybum marianum. The medicinal extract from the […]
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Benefits of Vitamin D Vitamin D is produced under the skin when it is exposed to sunlight. It provides many benefits for the body. It promotes calcium absorption from the gut and helps maintain proper levels of calcium in the blood stream for bone formation and cellular activity. Low vitamin D levels can trigger the […]
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Vitamins are organic compounds that are necessary for proper health and cannot be synthesized by the body. By strict definition there are 13 nutrients considered to be vitamins in humans. Below are lists of vitamins, their functions in the body, diseases that occur when they are lacking, and dietary sources of vitamins. There are also […]
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1. Resveratrol Unless you really don’t like life, you might want to take a naturally occurring phenol called Resveratol. It is found in red grapes, blueberries, peanuts, and cocoa, and has been shown to have a positive effect on life extension.1, 2 Resveratrol [rez-ˈvir-ə-ˌtrȯl] is a powerful antioxidant3 and may reduce the risk of heart disease.4 It […]
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Picrorhiza Kurroa is a small plant that grows in the North-Western Himalayan region of India and Nepal. Between June and August white or pale purple flowers bloom on the plant, but it is the plant’s root that is mainly used for medicinal purposes. The active ingredients of picrorhiza protect the liver on many levels and […]
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