vitamins and minerals

Supplements are known to provide for whatever becomes deficient. It is actually not a replacement to natural nutrients that we usually get from fruits and vegetables. However, if Vitamins A, C and D are taken in excess, it can also be toxic…

An estimated 250 million preschool children are deficient of vitamin A which is required by the body to keep the skin and the mucous membranes of the digestive, respiratory and urinary tracts healthy. Vitamin A is also needed for good…

Did you know that a third of word population undergo stress in two week period? This is a result of the current lifestyle such as busy working schedules,finance crisis, insecurity, heath complication, relationship issues among others. This…

Healthy eating for our children is vital. They require the necessary nutrients and vitamins for them to develop. A lot of children are suffering from poor concentration levels, anemia, depression, malnutrition and much more. Which is…

Depression and suicide has been increasing in this day and age, in all age groups. The suicidal rate has shown an increase of 2.4%. With these astounding increases, scientists have performed studies and they had discovered that by consuming…

High Dose Vitamin Therapy is a method that uses a large amount of vitamins, this involves taking vitamins that is given to the patient which is more than the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) to be able to prevent or treat illnesses…

Narcolepsy is a rare sleep disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to fall asleep. Patients with narcolepsy have sleep attacks (i.e., fall asleep suddenly during the day) despite having quality sleep at night lasting for minutes to…

Hyperthyroidism (also be referred to as thyrotoxicosis) is a disorder in which the thyroid gland overreacts, producing excessive amounts of thyroxine.  This excess thyroxine alters most body functions. This condition can occur at any age.…

Graves’s disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism and it occurs frequently in women. It is an autoimmune condition where the thyroid gland is over stimulated to produce thyroxine. In Grave’s disease, a specific type of antibodies…

Hypothyroidism, sometimes called underactive thyroid, is a condition where the thyroid gland does not produce enough of a specific set of hormones, particularly thyroxine. Thyroid gland problems are much more common in women than men and…