Magnesium for Sleep: It’s Not Just About Muscle Relaxation

Magnesium for Sleep: It’s Not Just About Muscle Relaxation

Dear Friends, A couple of nights ago, I was mixing TrueMagnesium like I usually do, and it struck me that magnesium is involved in so many processe...

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Resistant Starch - The Most Overlooked Fiber for Your Gut Microbiome

Resistant Starch - The Most Overlooked Fiber for Your Gut Microbiome

Dear Friends, A lot of people understand that fiber is important, which is good. But what many often don’t realize is that not all fiber is the sam...

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Why Old-School Sleep Supplements Fall Short

Why Old-School Sleep Supplements Fall Short

Dear Friends, For a long time, sleep supplements were built around one main idea: Make people sleepy.  If that happened, the product was considered...

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Ep. 152 - Screen Time and Young Eyes: Nutrients Research Shows May Help

Ep. 152 - Screen Time and Young Eyes: Nutrients Research Shows May Help

  Kids and teens today spend hour after hour focusing on screens a foot or two from their eyes, something previous generations didn't do to the s...

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Ep. 151 - Can Your Gut Help Keep Your Brain and Muscles Younger?

Ep. 151 - Can Your Gut Help Keep Your Brain and Muscles Younger?

  Can the bacteria in your gut help keep your brain sharp and your muscles strong as you age? A new meta-analysis summarizes the evidence to date...

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Resveratrol Update with Dr. Marcia da Silva Pinto  Part 2

Resveratrol Update with Dr. Marcia da Silva Pinto  Part 2

Dear Friends, Here is Part 2 of the resveratrol interview I did with Dr. Marcia da Silva Pinto, who is the Senior Technical Manager at Lallemand, t...

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Resveratrol Update with Dr. Marcia da Silva Pinto  Part 1

Resveratrol Update with Dr. Marcia da Silva Pinto  Part 1

Dear Friends, Resveratrol is much more than the “red wine antioxidant” – and research with Veri-te resveratrol has shown it can support many aspect...

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Ep. 150 - How to Build Healthspan for Your Next 20 Years

Ep. 150 - How to Build Healthspan for Your Next 20 Years

  Healthy aging isn't only about how long you live. It's about how well you live for however many years you get. Carl Pradelli, CEO and Co-Founde...

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Vitamin K2: Overlooked for Vascular Health?

Vitamin K2: Overlooked for Vascular Health?

Dear Friends, When most people think about vitamin K2, they think about bone health, because it helps support bone strength and density working alo...

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Ep. 149 - Could Astaxanthin Help Your Body Use More Fat for Fuel?

Ep. 149 - Could Astaxanthin Help Your Body Use More Fat for Fuel?

  A new AstaReal astaxanthin study looked at something researchers hadn't isolated before: not whether astaxanthin supports exercise performa...

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Beware of Magnesium Blends

Beware of Magnesium Blends

Dear Friends, Each time I offer up tips on how to find high quality supplements or avoid being scammed by deceptive or outright fraudulent suppleme...

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Ep. 148 - Pomegranate Research Update with Dr. Andrea Zangara and Silvia Mont

Ep. 148 - Pomegranate Research Update with Dr. Andrea Zangara and Silvia Mont

We live longer than people did in the 1950s, but many of those extra years can come with frailty and a loss of mobility and independence. Our ...

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Why Do Your Joints Love Eggshell Membrane?

Why Do Your Joints Love Eggshell Membrane?

Dear Friends, If you’ve ever hard-boiled an egg and peeled away the shell, you may have noticed a thin film lining the inside of the shell. That fi...

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Ep. 147 - Tired at Work? Try This Instead of More Coffee

Ep. 147 - Tired at Work? Try This Instead of More Coffee

  A newly published study compared EnXtra directly with caffeine — and what happened after one-hour and at the five-hour mark is worth understan...

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Why Amla Is Trending — and What It Actually Does Best

Why Amla Is Trending — and What It Actually Does Best

Dear Friends, You may have noticed that amla, also known as Indian gooseberry, is getting more attention lately. Amla has been showing up more in t...

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Why Bone Health Support Should Start Earlier Than You Think

Why Bone Health Support Should Start Earlier Than You Think

Dear Friends,  When most women think about bone health - and more importantly, start to take action - they tend to be in their late 60s, 70s, or be...

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Ep. 146 - Inside the Antioxidant Network Your Body Uses to Age Well

Ep. 146 - Inside the Antioxidant Network Your Body Uses to Age Well

  You've heard that antioxidants fight free radicals. Carl Pradelli, CEO and Co-Founder of NatureCity, goes one step deeper: there isn't one kind...

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Astaxanthin Update with Dr. Hecht and Dr. Hamrahi - Part 2

Astaxanthin Update with Dr. Hecht and Dr. Hamrahi - Part 2

Dear Friends,  Here is Part 2 of the astaxanthin interview I did with Dr. Karen Hecht and Dr. Susan Hamrahi from AstaReal. Dr. Hecht is the Vice Pr...

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Ep. 145 - Inflammation Isn't the Enemy - Why The “Cleanup” Process Matters for Healthy Aging

Ep. 145 - Inflammation Isn't the Enemy - Why The “Cleanup” Process Matters for Healthy Aging

Most of us treat inflammation as the enemy. Carl Pradelli, CEO and Co-Founder of NatureCity, makes the case that you couldn't stay healthy wi...

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Astaxanthin Update with Dr. Hecht and Dr. Hamrahi - Part 1

Astaxanthin Update with Dr. Hecht and Dr. Hamrahi - Part 1

Dear Friends, Astaxanthin is one of the most powerful antioxidants in nature – and the research on how it may help us as a supplement continues to ...

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Ep. 144 - Bigger Doses Don’t Always Make Better Supplements

Ep. 144 - Bigger Doses Don’t Always Make Better Supplements

  One bottle says 500 milligrams. Another says 1,000. Most of us reach for the bigger number, assuming it works better. After almost 25 years dev...

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We’ve Been Waiting 15 Years for This Study

We’ve Been Waiting 15 Years for This Study

Dear Friends, Every once in a while, a scientific study comes along that feels especially rewarding. Not because it tells me something completely n...

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Ep. 143 - Magnesium Is Not a Sleeping Pill. Here Is What It Actually Does

Ep. 143 - Magnesium Is Not a Sleeping Pill. Here Is What It Actually Does

  Magnesium relaxes muscles, but that is only part of the story. Carl Pradelli, CEO and Co-Founder of NatureCity, explains how magnesium suppor...

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5 Tips for Picking an Aloe Vera Supplement that Actually Works.

5 Tips for Picking an Aloe Vera Supplement that Actually Works.

Dear Friends, Recently, I shared some of my favorite reasons to use Aloe vera for digestive and gut health. As a quick refresher, Aloe vera may hel...

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Ep. 142 - Resistant Starch: The Most Overlooked Fiber for Your Gut Microbiome

Ep. 142 - Resistant Starch: The Most Overlooked Fiber for Your Gut Microbiome

  Not all fiber does the same job. Resistant starch is the type of fiber most modern diets have largely stripped out, and research suggests it ma...

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This Is What Actually Builds and Protects Collagen

This Is What Actually Builds and Protects Collagen

Dear Friends, Collagen has become one of the most popular supplement categories for skin, hair, joints, and healthy aging. And that makes sense bec...

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Curcumin Confusion: What Supplement Companies Don’t Tell You

Curcumin Confusion: What Supplement Companies Don’t Tell You

Dear Friends, When it comes to turmeric and curcumin, the real challenge is absorption. Because taking curcumin is one thing - getting your body to...

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Ep. 141 - 3 Things Better Sleep Support Should Actually Do

Ep. 141 - 3 Things Better Sleep Support Should Actually Do

  Most sleep supplements were built around one idea: make you sleepy. But if you have ever felt tired but wired at bedtime, you already know tha...

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The Low Dose Collagen for Skin, Hair and Nails - Part 2

The Low Dose Collagen for Skin, Hair and Nails - Part 2

Dear Friends, Today, I’m sharing Part 2 of my interview with Jocelyn Bérubé, who is the Executive Vice President for Scientific and Regulatory Affa...

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Ep. 140 - The Nutrient That Decides Where Your Calcium Goes

Ep. 140 - The Nutrient That Decides Where Your Calcium Goes

  Most people meet vitamin K2 through bone health. The less known story is what it does for your arteries.  Subscribe for science-backed heal...

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