Your lymph system is home to many of your immune troops and the primary location within your body where an immune response is mounted. Speed and efficiency of your lymphatic function is very helpful for an optimal immune response.*Your lymph system performs other important duties, including the removal of trash and the absorption and transport of fat. If...

Muscles represent the largest reserve of protein in your body. Having adequate protein in reserves, especially in a time of need, is important for a sustained optimal immune response. Muscle fitness in general, as long as exercise itself is not excessive, tends to condition muscles in such a way as to contribute to a baseline of healthy immune function....

Stress implies that there is an increased need for energy. Leptin, which is overall in charge of your body's energy spending systems, also regulates your adrenal and nervous system response to stress. When leptin systems work efficiently you have a better ability to tolerate stress, do not feel wired up or exhausted from stress, and do not eat in response...

The nausea and sometimes vomiting during pregnancy often starts between 4-6 weeks and may last until weeks 12-14 or beyond. Since there are so many changes going on in your body during this time,  nobody has been able to nail down a precise cause, but it sure can be annoying and get in the way of you getting needed nutrition into your body.Avoid greasy...

When stress pressures start to rev up, numerous systems in your body start to respond. This heightened rate of metabolic demand naturally produces more inflammatory trash as a byproduct. Like a power boat speeding through the water, the wake (inflammatory trash) is based on how fast you are going. If you are already low on energy then your power boat is...

Pantethine is the biologically active form of vitamin B5. Plain vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is rapidly washed out of your body. The unique structure of pantethine enables it to stay in your body for up to 16 hours helping to support energy production and cholesterol fitness. Pantethine is used by your liver to assist healthy metabolism of triglycerides...

Proper health preparation prior to and during pregnancy has a profound affect on the future health of the child. The “fetal programming” that takes place is especially involved with energy regulation, formation of metabolic “hardware,” and the likelihood of obesity during childhood or even adulthood.

A study following elderly individuals for 9 years has found that a lack of appetite increases mortality risk by 50%, a risk that can be eliminated by regaining appetite. The stomach hormone, ghrelin, is key to having an appetite. Ghrelin also activates growth hormone, enabling physical rejuvenation. A lack of appetite turns out to be an excellent...

2010 is a year marked by an explosion in gene-related nutritional science, with significant findings to improve the health of one and all. In contrast, the same type of gene science applied to the function of commonly used drugs is showing their true colors. These toxic poisons should be avoided for all but the most desperate use in true medical...

Zinc is an important mineral for thyroid function.

Many metabolic problems are adversely influenced by what is going on in the digestive tract. Adverse bacterial and Candida populations produce toxic byproducts and phantom metabolic signals that interfere with healthy metabolic function throughout the body. A new study shows that a multi-strain probiotic supplement helps improve the blood sugar metabolism...

Quality protein is the single most important calorie that helps you sustain, improve, build, and enhance multiple body systems, including weight loss and management.