Posted by admin on November 15th, 2010
Growing up as a kid my parents where always big on vitamins and supplements, ah yes those where the good old days, with Flintstones chewables, but hey I actually kind of liked the way they tasted, but another supplement that was a must for us was Vitamin C, my mom swore by it saying we needed to get our extra dose to prevent a cold, which many may dispute that it may or may not help us with colds or flu, but just as well I continue to take my Vitamin C.
Some interesting things I did not know about Vitamin C
Vitamin C was used to treat Scurvy in the 17th century, although the cure for scurvy was not isolated to vitamin C what they did know is that eating oranges and lemons treated scurvy, which was later found that the ascorbic acid in the fruit was what treated this deadly disease.
Unlike mammals and other animals the human body does not produce ascorbic acid naturally humnas need to get it from foods , vitamins and supplements, most fruits and veggies are good sources of vitamin C. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 1st, 2009
Everyday it seems you see an article with big time skepticism about herbal remedies, supplements and vitamins. But just today I ran across an article done about a study on women who had been taking folic acid and Vitamin B12, the study was published in the archives of internal medicine, you can read the article here. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on February 17th, 2009
I had ordered Puritans pride vitamins in the past and was really impressed with the quality of their products,plus they offer a huge variety of herbal and vitamin supplements not only for us humans but for pets also, since I was kind of short on cash, this month I ordered a supplement that me and the wife could take to meet our similar needs, the price was right. I bought the two bottle special, so if you bought two bottles you received a third bottle free since me and the wife are splitting the bottle I figured I would go ahead an get enough for it to last me and her for at least a couple of months. so for less than $30.00 U.S.D I had three bottles shipped. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on February 17th, 2009
So you may have followed a few of my posts on my weight loss, and after a week of being pretty steady I am looking for something to give me a little bit more of an edge and more energy, when dieting or changing our eating habits it can be a shock to the system maybe its not all physical , but maybe a big portion could also be psychological, this is where supplements and vitamins come in to the picture.
You will read all kinds of pros and cons of vitamins and supplements, some saying they work some saying they don’t, my grandma always ate well, but always took some kind of supplements, especially after she got older,she lived to be 96 years old, many say its in the genes, but grandma did not have a clean life she drank and smoked but also did yard work and walked when she could. Read the rest of this entry »
Growing up as a kid my parents where always big on vitamins and supplements, ah yes those where the good old days, with Flintstones chewables, but hey I actually kind of liked the way they tasted, but another supplement that was a must for us was Vitamin C, my mom swore by it saying we needed to get our extra dose to prevent a cold, which many may dispute that it may or may not help us with colds or flu, but just as well I continue to take my Vitamin C.
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