““I’ve decided to be happy because it is good for my health.””
by ~Voltaire

Hints for Swallowing Tablets/Pills for People Who Struggle

Here are a few “tricks” you could try for swallowing tablets or pills. As a matter of fact by using the first trick in swallowing tablets, I’m able to swallow as much as 10 tablets at once. However, if it helps anyone be able to swallow just one or two at a [...] [...]

Getting the Optimal Levels of Vitamin D

Measuring Your Vitamin D Status

The only true way to know your vitamin D status, and therefore your proper daily dose, is with a blood test, in which the metabolically-active form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxvitamin D (25-OH-D, or calcidiol) is measured. Relatively recently (over the past 5 to 7 years) when vitamin D’s role in [...] [...]

Vitamins and Minerals Help Maintain a Healthy Blood Pressure

About 10 days ago, I went to my doctor for a check up, the nurse took my blood pressure; “146/96,” she said. (I thought, “She’s wrong. I’ll just have the doctor re-take it when he gets in here.”) “Hey Phil, your nurse got too high of a reading on me. I [...] [...]

Resveratrol, a “Drug” for the Pharmaceutical Companies?

Last Sunday, CBS’s “60 Minutes” program ran a story about the incredible benefits of the antioxidant RESVERATROL, obtained from the skin of red grapes.  There are numerous medical studies showing the myriad benefits that resveratrol provides.  Like GRAPE SEED EXTRACT, resveratrol helps reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), can [...] [...]

Grape Seed Extract Prevents and Arrests Cancer

In past and recent studies, grape seed extract was shown to stop the growth of human colorectal cancer cells AND cause colorectal cancer cells to undergo apoptosis, …self destruction. Furthermore, recent studies have given further evidence that grape seed extract also inhibits breast cancer, oral cancer, and prostate cancer.  It has been shown to inhibit [...] [...]