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Cold Sores

Cold sores are extremely contagious and common among young children. Once contracted, the causative virus – herpes simplex – stays in the system waiting for an opportunity. Cold sores can be triggered by stress, fevers, viral infections such as a cold, menstruation, but mostly by eating a diet in which amounts of arginine are higher [...]

Acne

As we all know, acne is an inflammatory skin condition that causes eruptions on the face, neck, upper back, and elsewhere. But what most of us don’t probably know is that there are many causes of acne.

In many cases, the person is in puberty. The increased hormonal activity of puberty causes the body to produce [...]

UMAC-Core: Human Tested – Animal Approved!

Reprinted with permission from the Humane Society, Delta B.C.

There is no doubt in Maggie Ferguson’s mind that UMAC-Core is saving lives. In December 2008 she had almost given up on Jellybean, a young standard poodle that was desperately ill with Addison’s disease, a failure of the adrenal system. As president of the Delta Humane [...]

It’s Enzyme Time

Reprinted with permission from WholeFoods Magazine Greenbook, published June 2009

What do laundry detergent, automobile exhaust systems and saliva have in common? All three contain catalysts or substances that speed up a chemical reaction while remaining unchanged. In cars, this is useful for reducing the toxicity of emissions, but detergents and saliva contain a different type [...]

Glucosamine & Chondroitin

NOW® Foods has published some great information on their website about the research that’s been done on Glucosamine & Chondroitin, “natural and effective nutrients that support healthy joint function by supplying the materials needed to produce collagen and proteoglycans,” the two elements comprising articular cartilage for healthy joints.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

Linus Pauling and Vitamin C

What a brilliant man! According to the biography on the website belonging to the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, he holds a number of records:

* the only person ever to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes — for Chemistry (1954) and for Peace (1962);
* one of the two greatest scientists of the 20th century [...]

High Doses of Vitamin C

According to Andrew Saul, Ph.D., in Doctor Yourself: Natural Healing That Works, if someone has a cancerous tumour, high doses of Vitamin C strengthen the collagen that holds healthy cells together; retard the spread of an existing tumour; strengthen the immune system; and provide pain relief.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

NOW® Foods’ Quality Philosophy

The majority of dietary supplements that Savings, Naturally has in its webstore are from NOW® Foods: over 200 of the more than 500 products that Savings, Naturally sells.

Wrasma Marketing, the parent company of Savings, Naturally, developed its webstore name as an acronym that uses the first letters of the following phrase: supplements and vitamins ~ [...]

A New Product ~ LeafSource™

Savings, Naturally has just started to carry a very exciting new product – LeafSource™ – that is derived from a “sea bed deposit containing ancient fossilized tropical vegetation (humic and fulvic acids, proteins, macro and micronutrients, organic carbon compounds, plant hormones and enzymes).”

The word “humic” was not in my lexicon, so I looked it up. [...]

Natural Health Personalities I Met at the CHFA

I met a number of natural health industry personalities at the Canadian Health Food Association trade show this past weekend.

Brad King, a nutritional researcher, performance nutritionist and best selling author, was signing his latest book – Beer Belly Blues: Becoming the Ultimate Male. Again. on Saturday afternoon. I had heard him speak about this book [...]