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The Health Beat is your unbiased, scientific and clinical source of food, supplementation, and disease prevention research. We strive to help you navigate the complicated diet and supplement world with ease, backed by published research and clinical experience.
Best and Worst Multivitamins for Seniors
After writing my first article on multivitamins titled The Best and Worst Multivitamins, I received requests for both an article on multivitamins for seniors and for prenatal vitamins. Neither of these are an easy feat because it is impossible to get everything you...
The Top 8 Cancer Fighting Mushrooms
Studies have shown cancer-fighting mushrooms exist due to anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory properties by induction of apoptosis accompanying modulated cell cycle progression. The activity varies on the type of mushroom and if it is a hot water extract or alcohol...
The Best Vitamin K2 Sources of MK-4 and MK-7
What is Vitamin K2? Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin, along with vitamins A, D, and E. Vitamin K's main claim to fame is coagulation homeostasis and calcium homeostasis. The letter “K” is used because it is derived from the K in the Germanic word Koagulation,...
Best Prenatal Vitamins
The Best and Worst Prenatal Vitamin article has been the most requested article that I have written so far. I didn't want to disappoint with this article, so I put extensive time and research to outline everything needed for healthy development, the optimal amounts of...
The Best and Most Effective Supplements for High Blood Pressure
Indigenous cultures and traditional farmers prove time and time again that the deviation from the native diet and physical workload leads to high blood pressure. Age-related increases in blood pressure have been observed in almost every population, except among...
Best Electrolyte Drinks for Diabetes
If you have diabetes and you are looking to stay hydrated with an electrolyte drink, you know it can be difficult to find one that isn't too high in sugar and carbohydrates. The best electrolyte drinks for diabetes will not include cane sugar, high-fructose corn...
The Best Greens Powders without Cereal Grasses
For quite a long time, I thought greens powders were a waste of money. I would scour the aisles, looking at greens powders, almost convinced each time that I needed more barley or wheat grass in my diet. It’s green, therefore it makes sense. Green is good, right? It...
The Beauty Mushroom: Tremella
Tremella is a medicinal mushroom that has not received the level of fame that cordyceps, reishi, chaga, or Lion's mane has enjoyed. However, if you are interested in skin care, Tremella is potentially the best one. Also known as "snow ear" or the less creative "white...
Best Plant-Based Protein Powders
Finding the best plant-based protein powder in a sea of options can be frustrating. How do you know what ingredients it should and shouldn't have? Here at The Health Beat, we like to empower our readers with the knowledge to confidently pick out the best products. The...
Proven Research for Hair Growth, Thickness and Health
Your hair, skin, and nails are a window into what is going on inside your body. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, overtaxed organs and hormone imbalances often make themselves known in the form of rashes, blemishes, dryness in hair or hair loss and imperfections in...
Adaptogens: The Secret Weapon for Athletes
If there was something that I thought every athlete should add to their arsenal, it would be mushroom and herbal adaptogens. Put aside creatine, BCAA supplementation, glutamine and any other ergogenic aid. These only address the physical demand (with debatable...
The Best and Worst Multivitamins
Whether you are eating a poor diet and trying to fill in the gaps with a multivitamin, or eating a balanced diet and taking a multivitamin for insurance against deficiency, dietary supplements in the form of a multivitamin are a part of more than 30 percent of an...
The Best Multivitamins for Athletes and High Performing Executives
Whether you are pushing yourself physically or mentally past the limit, you need the raw materials to maintain a sustained effort for the long haul. The body's reserves can only maintain a high level of performance for so long before exhaustion, injuries, poor...
The Best Magnesium Supplements
In this article, you will find out why you should avoid magnesium oxide and learn the differences between malate, citrate, bisglycinate, taurinate, and L-threonate. The type of magnesium you take will determine if you get results or not based on your individual needs....
The Best Probiotic and Prebiotic Supplements
For millions of years, our ancestors ingested the best probiotic and prebiotic supplements through hunting and gathering, including fresh unwashed food from the ground and trees. It is only under a microscope that we have become aware of the billions of microorganisms...
The Best Fish Oil, Algae Oil, Cod Liver Oil and Salmon Oil
Omega-3 fatty acids have been in the headlines numerous times in recent years, with fish oil being one of the most discussed and debated supplements in the world. These headlines have touted the health benefits of omega-3s as well as the cautions related to fish oil...
The Best Children’s Multivitamins
I believe that we have the knowledge to make our children the healthiest in history. I know, quite an ambitious claim when are all the statistics are pointing to the contrary. The educational tools are available for parents to implement, and we need to increase access...
How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally
Have you ever wondered why cholesterol levels can change so much person to person? A lot of misinformation has been spread over the last 70 years when analyzing total cholesterol levels, and recent research is proving that we must look beyond the total cholesterol...
The Best Supplements for Concussions
Taking Concussions More Seriously I am not here to talk you in or out of sports and activities that increase the risk of concussions. My job is to inform you as much as possible on how to prepare yourself or a loved one to help mitigate the damage before a concussion...
Best and Worst Whey Protein Powders
Have you found it difficult and confusing to choose a whey protein powder? You're not alone because choosing a whey protein powder now requires the skill of a wine connoisseur. The taste, types of cows used, grass-fed vs. grain-fed, heavy metal testing, artificial...
Best Electrolyte Drinks for Chemotherapy
In the article, the Best Nutrition During Chemotherapy, I went into detail about how chemotherapy affects both cancer cells and healthy cells, and how nutrition can help protect the healthy cells. Having worked with many cancer patients in my past nutrition practice...
Best Supplements for Colds and the Flu
As we head into each new cold and flu season, people are justifiably nervous for catching anything now. Nutrition Genome has outlined numerous strategies for COVID-19, including a hypothesis in March 2020 that COVID-19 is using the NF-kB pathway for the inflammatory...
Best and Worst Electrolyte Drinks
Electrolytes are charged metallic “ions” that help balance fluid pressure inside our cells and control the pH of our blood. Normal nerve, heart and muscle function rely on adequate amounts of these minerals, and deficiencies can hamper performance dramatically. Water...
Is Vitamin C the Most Important Vitamin For You?
"There are more than ten thousand published scientific papers that make it quite clear that there is not one body process (such as what goes on inside cells or tissues) and not one disease or syndrome (from the common cold to leprosy) that is not influenced - directly...