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 need in one pill. But I am also ...

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, meaning the ability to ...

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 every nutrient based on research, ...

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 syrup, aspartame, sucralose, or acesulfame ...

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 Top 3 Ways ...

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 American's diet ...

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 that also occupy these foods and then our ...

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 information, purity, rancidity, and ...

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 to healthy food, water, ...

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 ...

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 colors or sweeteners, cold processed vs. high ...

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 and genetic nutrition testing through Nutrition Genome, electrolyte ...

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 response and should be the target of vitamins, ...

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 consumed per kilogram of body weight more than any ...

How Much Calcium and Magnesium Should You Take? There appears to be a lot of conflicting information regarding the optimal amounts of calcium, vitamin D and magnesium. Recommendations for calcium intake varies across the world, with the United States having one of the highest recommendations and yet also one of ...

The Ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carb and low/moderate-protein diet with the goal of achieving nutritional ketosis. Ketosis is when the body begins producing ketone bodies out of fat and utilizes these ketones as fuel instead of glucose from sugar and carbohydrates. Nutritional ketosis is a is characterized by serum ...

"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 to the fact that coffee may be masking causes of current health complaints. The problem is ...