Imagine you just learned that olive oil was good for your health (which it is, of course. I'm just using olive oil as an example to make a point.) Would you then take a capsule or two every day?
I hope not. You'd probably pour it liberally on salads, use it in cooking, keep a big jar of it handy. You wouldn't worry whether you poured 1000 mg, 2000 mg or more on your foods.
Fish oil is also an oil with nutritional benefits. The health benefits of fish oil outweigh the health benefits of...
Katie had an LDL of 87 mg/dl, HDL of 48 mg/dl, triglycerides of 201 mg/dl. By conventional standards, not too bad. Reading about the heart... Read more »
Fish has given fish oil a bad name. Because questions have been raised over mercury and pesticide residues in fish when eaten, some... Read more »
Katie had an LDL of 87 mg/dl, HDL of 48 mg/dl, triglycerides of 201 mg/dl. By conventional standards, not too bad. Reading about the... Read more »
Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil possess the unique ability to reduce triglycerides. There's no doubt that omega-3s do this quite... Read more »
Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have conclusively been shown to reduce risk for heart attack and stroke. They also have the capacity to... Read more »
Omega-3 fatty acid is often misnamed an “alternative” or “natural” medication. Penicillin was, of course, derived from a living organism... Read more »
Aromatherapy is often called an "alternative therapy. Based on my experience, I would prefer to call aromatherapy a "complementary therapy," one... Read more »
One of the best ways to manage migraines is to identify the foods, habits, and environmental factors that trigger them for you, and to avoid those as... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
A migraine is a common type of headache that may occur with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light. In many people, a throbbing... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Liver spots are flat, brown-black spots that usually appear on the skin in sun-exposed areas of the body. They have nothing to do with the liver or... Read more »
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