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Controlling Blood Glucose Levels

By Gene Bruno, MS, MPH

Several dietary supplements have the potential to help reduce blood glucose and A1C levels in diabetics. Most studies on these supplements were conducted on type-2 diabetics; however, given the mechanism of actions of these nutrients,…

L-Carnitine Lowers Blood Sugar Levels.

L-Carnitine is an amino acid that is naturally produced in the body and plays a vital role in the metabolism of fat. It functions as a transporter of fatty acids into the mitochondria. L-carnitine helps the body produce energy.…

Vitamin D is Really Amazing!

Here is a little write up from Roger Mason, a friend of Supplement Spot.

Whatever condition and disease you study, vitamin D keeps coming up as a major factor. Vitamin D is the most important and deficient vitamin of…

Lose a Pound a Week – It’s Easier Than you Think!

You’ve probably already figured out the math: You have to cut 3,500 calories to drop one pound. To lose a healthy pound a week, that’s 500 calories a day! But you don’t have to deprive yourself or add an hour…

Oil of Oregano

Oregano is one of the common herbs used in Italian food. It belongs to the mint family, green in color when fresh. Its strong aromatic aroma is maintained even when it is dried. Dried oregano is used to add flavor…

Folic Acid

Folic acid (also known as vitamin B₉,vitamin B_c or folacin) and folate (the naturally occurring form) is a B vitamin that the body needs to make healthy new cells.

Folic acid is present in foods such as dried beans,…

TWENTY FIVE WAYS TO BE HEALTHIER

By: Roger Mason

June 21, 2011

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SAM-e

S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) is an amino acid that can be used to assist with in certain circumstances such as: osteoarthritis, depression, fibromyalgia, schizophrenia, headaches, and to increase bile flow. Other names for SAMe include: S-Adensyl Methionine, L-Methionine,…

Maritime Pine Bark

Pycnogenol is a pine bark extract known as a powerful antioxidant with the ability to relieve inflammation, and to improve the immune and circulatory system. The first known reference to pine bark as a therapeutic application was by Hippocrates in…

To Krill or not to Krill?

Krill oil, rationally enough, comes from the shrimp like crustacean, Krill, which lives in the coldest parts of the ocean. Although Fish oil has been commended for years for the benefits it can bring to the human life, a recent…