When you’re under oxidative stress, the system breaks down. T cells run short of an enzyme that keeps their membrane intact. The result: a chronic infection that your immune system can never quite get rid of, the development of an autoimmune disease, or even nastier things, like cancer. That’s why this vitamin is so important…

For 30 years now, alternative doctors and integrative medicine specialists have been showing us how foods can prevent cancer, and which herbs and plants fight cancer. But drug companies can’t make any money from you if you don’t equate synthetic chemical drugs and “medicine” with health. And now they want to try and tell you that…

We’re very deficient in vitamin C, and getting enough of it is a powerful cancer preventative. Spend just a brief amount of time and you’ll see new studies that show people who get the most vitamin C have a 30 percent lower risk for…

You’ve probably heard that omega-3s, like you find in fish oil, can improve your brain health. But the truth is, their effect on your brain is nothing short of miraculous…

Many of us shudder at the thought of vision loss. How would we get around? How would we experience the world? We go to great lengths to preserve our eyesight, like undergoing surgeries to correct glaucoma, cataracts and other eye conditions. So let’s protect them.

There’s been so much written about cholesterol and nutrition… and what you should do and what you should never do… Well, here’s a fact: If you don’t get enough calcium, it makes you fat and gives you high “bad” cholesterol.

If any segment of the American population needs this vitamin, it’s anyone with metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome affects one out of every three adults in the United States. If you’re one of them, you’re grossly deficient in the one vitamin that could help.

Probiotics — supplements containing helpful gut bacteria, and prebiotics — nondigestible carbohydrates that act as food for probiotics, have been the subject of much research in terms of making your gut as healthy as can possibly be. So why all this focus on your gut?

If you take this popular over-the-counter medicine, you could be setting yourself up for a destructive vitamin deficiency. And you may not know you have a problem until your memory starts disappearing, you suffer nerve damage and perhaps fall victim to anemia.

If you’re not a body builder, you’re probably not interested in protein powder. But building muscle is far from the only benefit: protein powders can boost your metabolism, help you lose weight… and avoid stroke or heart attack.

There’s one kind you want more of — brown fat. Brown fat is healthy fat that causes your body to burn more calories. In fact, its main purpose in your body is to keep your body warm by burning calories to generate heat. What if all your fat could be that easy to burn?

Vitamin E has impressive abilities at fighting free radicals that cause heart disease, Alzheimer’s, eye disease and even cancer. It can also boost your immune system, improve blood flow and prevent blood clots. But your body is struggling to absorb it…