Although vitamins are generally considered natural, their quality can vary greatly. Not all vitamins are created equal and contrary to popular belief, just because a particular brand is more expensive does not always mean that it is better. In addition, there are few regulations in the vitamin industry, which can sometimes make it difficult to determine which products are better […]

In addition to the content of active nutrients, we can find other substances (additives) with different functions – most often they lenghten their shelf life, add to their volume, prevent their oxidation or facilitate their disintegration in stomach. A very often is the form of softgel – it is mostly a gelatin capsule that is filled with either some oil […]

Known as a plague of humanity since the dawn of time, insomnia is one of those afflictions that often brings with it no real physical harm, but still manages to take a massive toll on the human psyche – if you’ve suffered its effects, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. They don’t plague me regularly, but I tend […]

A few years back, I was obsessed with Gregory House and his “houseisms.” He was sarcastic, to say the least, but very smart, bordering on genius. I’ve always wanted to be like him – spouting medical terms and being able to find solutions to baffling medical problems out of thin air. It’s like magic. Dr. House had a very intimidating […]

While we love to tell our kids – and anyone else who will listen – about the wisdom, knowledge, and experience we’ve gained with age, there is a cold, hard truth about getting older that we avoid just as surely as we tout those advantages: our bodies are slowly failing. “Slowly” is the key word there; we aren’t exactly about […]