supplements

 Mainstream media has been sensationalizing  the latest study published in theArchives of Internal Medicine on the use of dietary supplements by older women. (1)  Most of the headlines about this 19-year long study involving about 39,000 women with an average age of 62 state things like, “Women taking multivitamins or other supplements have an increased risk of death.”  Basically, they are all saying that vitamins will kill you.  

Wow! That sure gets our attention!    read more »

Questions about dietary supplements are in the news a lot these days.  Just this month ConsumerLab.com released a study on 38 multivitamin supplements.  Of those, 13 well-known products did not pass approval.  Improper labeling and discrepancies in the amount of nutrients claimed on their labels were the most common complaint.  The media blitz that followed focused on two talking points:  read more »

I've been following with interest what I can see at Lumigrate about what people are tuning in to hear and read about, plus talking with Mardy related to what information we can provide that is of most help to people.  It seems there are two tracks of people when it comes to supplements -- those who are in overall good health and wanting to maintain that, and those who have specific health concerns who then benefit from additional items.
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Mardy's Note: Yenta posted this in her 'usual forum' titled "It Can't Hurt!  read more »

In this podcast I ask more specifics of Allan and Gary related to how they go about hormone testing and prescribing as they have been doing this a while and have it all figured out!  Home test kits for some or laboratory testing for others depending upon finances and insurances.  They share more about how they go about hormone supplementation/replacement and their prescribing nurse practitioner Becca, who I hope will be able to at the very least chime in some here in the forums and underneath this topic in the near future so we 'hear from her' as well.  read more »

"Everyone has a story" and that's no exception for ITC Compounding and Natural Wellness Pharmacy Co-Presidents Gary King, RPh and Allan Jolly, RPh, ND.  It's fantastic timing at Lumigrate's 2-year mark providing progressive health education information to announce this highly regarded and large compounding and wellness pharmacy is adding their expertise to the stream of information at Lumigrate for YOU.   read more »

Mardy's Note on Feb 1, 2011: This exchange from late January 2011 between two different providers of highly regarded nutritional supplements distributed via the multilevel marketing model, if read through to my Comment about goals for Lumigrate about educating the public is likely an extremely powerful educational piece directly and indirectly about health care today, marketing models, information distribution, as well as the topic 'at hand', nutrition and supplementation thereof.  read more »

Every day I record several popular shows which I think carry good content and know are popular with the public, particularly in the US, and pick and chose which ones require or deserve time spent each day.  Today I really didn't have time, but I MADE TIME to watch Dr Oz because he had Dr Joseph Mercola on for a SECOND time.  I'd watched (and likely covered here at Lumigrate.com) the first time, and also have spoken with an old friend who was in a weeklong course about Internet marketing with him and find him really fascinating.    read more »

 As many probably have already heard, TV adventurer Bear Grylls (Man VS Wild) has entered into a promotional partnership with Juice Plus+. 

He's been taking Juice Plus+ since he was a teenager. He even unfurled  a Juice PLUS flag on the top of Everest along with his British flag.

Check out what he has to say at JuicePlus.com/YouTube. (link: www.youtube.com/user/OfficialJuicePlus)  read more »

The importance of a well-balanced diet high in fruits and vegetables is basic for good health, and we all know that we should be including at least five daily servings of each.  However, even when we take care in eating the most nutritious locally grown, organic foods, research has shown that today's diet is insufficient to avoid many chronic degenerative diseases.  (JAMA, June 19, 2002)  The nutrient-deficient soils of today just do not provide us with the quality nutrition we need in order to maintain o  read more »