Study Spotlight

Adaptogens, including rhodiola, are growing in popularity although they’ve been used in traditional medicines for generations.  That’s because people now have discovered what has been known for ages: These herbs help you deal with the challenges of life. If you...

Grapes and grape seed extracts, with beneficial polyphenols and oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), have been the focus of study for over half a century. While grape seed extract supplements initially provided a simple and popular way for people to protect their...

Appreciation of vitamin D, popularly known as “the sunshine vitamin”, continues to grow. Despite being known as a critical nutrient for bone, cellular, and cognitive health, it is also often deficient—especially in elderly individuals, people who work primarily indoors, or...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 30 million American adults suffer from osteoarthritis. While the side effects of many prescription drugs have become well known, many people still assume that if a pain reliever is sold over-the-counter that it...

While turmeric is well known as a culinary ingredient and source of curcumin, it also provides turmeric essential oil, which helps curcumin absorb more efficiently and provides compounds called “turmerones” that have powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant abilities.

Sugar has taken its share of lumps in health headlines lately, and for good reason. Increasingly, studies show that it is one of the most toxic (and legal) substances that you could put in your body. Research from Dr. Robert...

Although for some a high-fat, high-protein diet can lead to weight loss and blood sugar normalization, other research points to ways it can worsen either condition, based on the body’s reaction to the foods.

The University of California San Francisco has an excellent resource available for anyone who is concerned about breast cancer. This handy guide, “Nutrition and Breast Cancer” provides an easy-to-follow list of foods that can reduce the risk of breast cancer...

Many people are aware of the heart-promoting aspects of olive oil. It is a source of healthy fats that help build blood vessels, it provides compounds that help regulate blood pressure, and it is a strong antioxidant that prevents free...

One of the main revelations in modern health – due in a large part to advances in natural health – is that fighting inflammation and oxidative damage in the brain is a primary way to preserve cognitive function. Most people...

Inflammation throughout the body doesn’t just cause aches or pain – it is a dangerous condition that can begin a spiral of cellular misfires that lead to DNA damage and tumor formation. In the case of oral cancer, tobacco use...

While colon cancer could arguably be considered a natural outcome of specific genetic, environmental, and other conditions and causes, there are natural preventive and possibly curative measures on the horizon that are also gifts from nature. Colon cancer risk typically...

Grape seed extract has many attributes – one them being the protection of the heart and arteries. However, that protection only extends to beneficial blood vessels. Studies, like the one below, show that grape seed actually inhibits the development of...

While appropriate levels of iodine are critical for thyroid, energy, and metabolism in virtually everyone, having enough of the mineral on board is especially crucial for pregnant women for the cognitive development of their child. But interestingly, a recent survey...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in nine women will experience postpartum depression. However, before overall moods settle that low, there is an initial period commonly known as “baby blues” or postpartum blues. While these feelings can resolve...

The anti-cancer medicine of the future? Boswellia. Stopping cancer is a frontline goal of conventional and complementary medicine. Because of increasing research on botanicals and other nutrients, there is a greater focus on the abilities of these ingredients to bolster...

Ginseng (Panax ginseng) has been recommended for thousands of years for a host of health reasons, and its full range of benefits is still being investigated. While the tonic effects of ginseng for fighting fatigue are well known, more recent...

PUBLISHED STUDIES: 1. Randomized double-blind study: wound-healing effects of a Symphytum herb extract cream. Symphytum×uplandicum Nyman) in children. Abstract: The wound healing effects of the topically applied preparation containing a concentrate (10% active ingredient) from the aerial parts of medicinal...