Insomnia is a sleep disorder that impairs sleep quality. Symptoms can include: difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking too early. When you awaken, you can still feel exhausted. Your quality of life, health, and work performance can all suffer from insomnia in addition to your energy level and mood. An overactive mind, hormones, …
When it comes to beauty products it can be hard to know exactly what you need. It’s easy to believe the colorful packaging that promises shiny hair and clear skin. While topical products like shampoos and oils can provide some benefit to improving your hair, skin, and nails, you can’t forget about nourishing your body …
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The thyroid does a lot of work behind the scenes to keep the body healthy such as maintaining a healthy metabolism, maintaining blood pressure as well as body temperature and heart rate. For anyone who doesn’t have a thyroid condition, it can be easy to forget about this important gland. Thyroid disease affects approximately 20 million people …
For many, the transition from summer to fall means spending time cozied up with a hot beverage in front of a fireplace watching holiday movies. For others, it can mean catching a cold or the flu. “The winter season is the time of year when we have more respiratory infections,” Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious …
Alcohol consumption has been on the rise since the pandemic began and according to this study, alcohol consumption increased by around 17% (1). It also explained how alcohol not only exacerbated the negative effects of isolation, but also showed an increase in domestic violence. Alcohol can have many negative effects on people’s lives specifically on …
Holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum), also known as tulsi, is a medicinal adaptogenic herb used to help treat various conditions including managing the body’s stress response. Adaptogens are plant materials that may have health benefits due to the way they work to counteract the effects of excess cortisol. Stressors can be psychological and/or physical. The numerous …
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We recently released our newest product, Opti-thyroid+ and with it, questions have arisen around the difference between this and Protea Nutrition’s Baseline+. To answer this question, it’s important to understand what each product is designed to do in the body. Baseline+ was designed to support healthy female hormones. Hormones are chemicals that carry messages through …
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Over half of the body’s skeletal muscle amino acid pool is made up of L-glutamine, which is the most prevalent free amino acid in the human body. For the immune system and intestines to function properly and maintain defenses against microorganisms, L-glutamine is a crucial fuel source. It safeguards the health of the GI tract …
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Bloating is a condition where your belly feels full and tight, often due to gas. Bloating can have causes that aren’t due to underlying disease. Examples include drinking carbonated beverages, eating a large meal, menstruation, constipation, or gas. Bloating can occur at varying degrees and can be quite uncomfortable but there are some ways to naturally improve …
In today’s Western diet of Big Macs and French Fries, we often hear about the dangers of too much salt in the diet. Diets are full of sodium due to fast food and processed foods. All this salt increases water retention, which elevates blood pressure. High blood pressure leads to serious conditions like heart attacks, …
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