Nerves must maintain healthy connections to tissues they are regulating, including the heart. When signs of nerve wear and tear (shaking, numbness, tingling, etc.) start to occur in the hands or feet, it means that the long nerves going to these areas are struggling to maintain healthy function. The basic nutrients needed for nerve transmission are B...

Your sinuses and respiratory system represent yet another area of your body that has numerous foreign cells in constant residence and hopeful natural balance. Like your skin, these areas are front line barriers that protect your body. Keeping them healthy and free of baseline symptoms is a key to having optimal immune function.For many years we have used...

Once you make it through the first two weeks after pregnancy then you simply need to keep track of the demands on you versus your ability to recover. Nutrition plays a role in its ability to help you have more energy, greater stress tolerance, and natural thyroid support. All of these issues are fully covered on the Prenatal Nutrition topic pages, and the...

About one third of the protein in your body is used to form collagen, the primary structural protein that forms the matrix of your connective tissues and organs, including your skin. Bone is fifty percent collagen that has been mineralized for a more rigid structure. Skin is seventy-five percent collagen and is a highly flexible structure. If you do not...

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...

Your menstrual cycle is energy intense. You have to put a steak dinner’s worth of protein onto the wall of your uterus every day. If you don’t eat enough protein, especially the week before your menstrual cycle, then your body will take apart muscle proteins and even the neurotransmitter proteins that keep your mood elevated. A lack of dietary protein is...

New research shows that if a patient is lacking in vitamin D then injury from toxic statin drugs is likely to happen more often. A whopping 38.8% of patients reported statin-related muscle aches and pains.

Supplementing with calcium is recommended to maintain good health and strong bones. All calcium supplements are not created equal, however, so choose carefully. Use this guide to help you choose.

Pancreatic enzymes are essential for digestion. Stress and diet reduce enzyme production, causing more gas and bloating. Learn how taking certain digestive enzymes can help you get back on track.

Try these nutrients to ease the digestive and immune stress the holidays may bring.

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Serum vitamin D concentrations are related to depression in young adult US population: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Vitamin D and the bariatric surgical patient: a review

NONCLASSIC ACTIONS OF VITAMIN D.

Vitamin D deficiency and age at menarche: a prospective study.

Short term and long term safety of weekly high dose vitamin D3 supplementation in school children.

Vitamin D and the digestive system.