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Fish Oil vs. Feeling Anxious It's hard not to get anxious these days. However, excessive anxiety can be caused by a basic nutritional deficiency. Let's at least fix that part. Feeling anxious? Worried about the future? Stressed? Good! That means you’re a fully functioning human being. Without...

Is prescription fish oil any better than your favorite fish oil supplement? In the early days, fish oil supplementation was crude. You couldn’t get the high doses needed without suffering the unwelcoming side effects: fishy taste, heartburn, diarrhea, and fish farts. (1) The purification...

Fitness enthusiasts have long known that vitamin D and omega 3 offer a myriad of health benefits, but a new study has looked at these nutrients’ potential to aid longevity, and it seems that you don’t have to take much to hold back the hands of time. The Benefits of Taking Vitamin D and Omega 3...

Omega-3s and Shoelaces Keep your telomeres intact to slow down cellular aging and keep diseases at bay. Here's how. Look down at your shoes. See those little plastic things at the end of your shoelaces? Those are called "aglets." If the aglets wear out, your laces fray, making it hard to thread...

Omega-3 Deficiency This common nutritional deficiency makes you tired, sad, and anxious. Left unchecked, it can lead to severe cognitive impairment. Let's prevent that. Way, way back in human history, one of your ancestors did something that changed the future: he moved to the coast and...

5 Simple Nutritional Solutions In a crappy mood? Certain nutritional deficiencies can cause that, or at least make the situation seem worse. Let's fix those. Your feelings don't matter. Well, okay, they do matter, but exactly how you feel about any given situation goes much deeper than you...

A Supplement to Help with Mood Issues Temporary feelings of depression are pretty normal, but if they persist you might need to do something about it. Here's a possible solution. What do you think is the leading cause of disability worldwide? Back pain? Maybe cancer or heart disease? Nope. The...

Feel Good, Fight Off Disease, and Live Longer Add years to your life and life to your years. Oh, and improve your sex life, too, with these proven health supps. Most people want to keep it simple. They want basic supplements proven to improve health. This short list of essential supps is for...

The Truth About Industrial Seed Oils Seed oil has been secretly sabotaging our health for generations. Here's which seed oils to ditch, plus the conspiracy that started it all. There are eight industrial seed oils that you should probably eliminate from your diet as quickly as possible. They...

The Best Supplement for Heart Health? The occasional lone study suggests that fish oil doesn't do much to improve heart health, but a recent meta study trumps all the naysayers. Let’s dispense with the usual statistics about chronic heart failure (CHF) that precede nearly every article about...

Fix It to Feel Better Low DHA/EPA wrecks your body and your mind. Do you have a deficiency? Here's what to watch for. It's easy to spot some nutritional deficiencies. For example, do you get scurvy on your long sea voyages? That's a vitamin C deficiency. We figured that out in 1747. We've known...

Stress: The Diet Connection Stress affects everyone, but certain nutrient deficiencies impair your ability to handle it. Here's what you need. In a recent survey of Americans, most said they felt stressed out to the point of breaking three times per week. Stress activates the body's "fight...

Are They Really Worth $300 a Month? The pharmaceutical industry makes a pretty good case for prescription fish oils... at least until you start to dig a bit. It must have really smoked their white, starched shorts. Practically the whole damn country was using fish oil supplements and all the...

The Superior Omega-3 Fatty Acid Most fish oil supplements contain more EPA than DHA. That's a big mistake. Here's why. Fatty acid supplements typically contain more EPA than DHA because fish naturally contain more EPA than DHA. That's fine for females because the biosynthesis of DHA is a lot...

Omega-3 Fatty Acids: The New Ratio Look at the label of your fish oil. There are a couple of important things to check for to determine if it works for you. Millions of people use fish oil supplements daily. If you're one of them, grab your bottle and look at the back of the label. What do you...

Fatty Acids for Muscle, Strength, and Endurance A legal performance enhancer that's actually healthy? Yes. You may even be using it already, but probably not enough. Here's the science. The term "ergogenic aid" has gotten a bad rap. What's the first thing you think of when you hear it? Banned...

Fish Oil vs. Feeling Anxious It's hard not to get anxious these days. However, excessive anxiety can be caused by a basic nutritional deficiency. Let's at least fix that part. Feeling anxious? Worried about the future? Stressed? Good! That means you’re a fully functioning human being. Without...

Feel Good, Fight Off Disease, and Live Longer Add years to your life and life to your years. Oh, and improve your sex life, too, with these proven health supps. Most people want to keep it simple. They want basic supplements proven to improve health. This short list of essential supps is for...

Fatty Acids for Muscle, Strength, and Endurance A legal performance enhancer that's actually healthy? Yes. You may even be using it already, but probably not enough. Here's the science. The term "ergogenic aid" has gotten a bad rap. What's the first thing you think of when you hear it? Banned...

If there is a knock on the lifestyle of the physique community, it’s that they often put more of an emphasis on aesthetics than health and longevity. That’s just one more reason to start supplementing with fish oil. Numerous studies have shown that it improves cardiovascular health in several...