You’ve likely heard that multivitamins can help prevent nutrient deficiencies and ensure that you’re getting adequate amounts of essential vitamins and minerals. Research indicates that daily supplementation of multivitamins may also support your health in numerous ways, including reducing your risk … [Read more...] about Part II: Multivitamin Benefits
Brain Health
The Stress-Cortisol-Insulin Connection
To help us handle stress, adrenaline affects a variety of different parts of our body function. For example, it functions as a hormone (a well known fact) as described in our last blog, and as a neurotransmitter in the brain (not so well known). Our body produces adrenaline in large quantity in … [Read more...] about The Stress-Cortisol-Insulin Connection
ADD & ADHD – Behavioral Disorder with a Biological Basis?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Some of the common symptoms of ADD with hyperactivity (ADHD) are restlessness, inability to concentrate, aggressiveness, incomplete projects, quarrelsome attitude, and angry outbursts. To teachers and parents, these are considered often as "behavioral" problems. On … [Read more...] about ADD & ADHD – Behavioral Disorder with a Biological Basis?