Category: Best and Worst
Best and Worst 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 our nutrition practice...
The Best Probiotics and Prebiotics: Understanding the Microbiome
For millions of years, our ancestors hunted and gathered fresh food from the ground and trees. It is only under a microscope that we have become aware of the billions of microorganisms that also occupy these foods and then our guts. When the agricultural age...
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 the...
Best and Worst 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...
Best Plant-Based Protein Powders
How to Choose a Plant-Based Protein Powder 1. Pea protein or sprouted brown rice are going to provide the highest branched-chain amino acids, while hemp protein powder will also provide a good amino acid profile along with other unique compounds. Vegan protein powders...
Best and Worst Multivitamins for Seniors
After writing my first article on multivitamins titled The Best and Worst Multivitamins and How to Design Your Own, 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...
The Best Energy Alternatives to Coffee
“I can give up anything, but don’t ask me to give up coffee.” The quote above is one I have heard hundreds of times. Very few things will incite such a passionate objection as the fact that coffee may be one of the reasons for the current health...
The Best Supplements for Concussion Recovery
Taking Concussions More Seriously *This article has been updated in 2018. While at the gym over a year ago, I caught a small part of the World Cup game between Uruguay and England. Within a few minutes, I witnessed Alavaro Pereira take a knee to the face and was...
Best and Worst Multivitamins, and How to Design Your Own
Who would have thought that the Jetsons were right and we would try to get everything from one pill? 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...
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. If you have started an exercise regime, it can also be challenging to keep your blood...
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...
Best and Worst Whey Protein Powders
Whey Protein 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...
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