20-12-2020
Feeling sad and stressed due to COVID-lockdown? Perhaps DHEA can help to counteract depression!
Feeling sad and stressed due to COVID-lockdown?
Depression in winter time is quite normal, because we aren't exposed to the vitamin D-generating sunrays, which also enhances immunity levels. Fortunately, we can take vitamin D supplements to combat...
06-12-2020
Set point and holiday weight gain
Set point and holiday weight gain
At the time of writing this article the first week of advent has almost finished. In this week most people will have started decorating their homes for the holiday season that is upon us.
Though for most this period...
22-11-2020
Are eggs good or bad for diabetes? Lies, damned lies and statistics of a flawed observational study.
Are eggs good or bad for diabetes?
Outside of COVID-19 very little health news catches the attention of newspapers, unless it is something out of the ordinary. One such news item was the result from an observational study among Chinese citizens of whom...
08-11-2020
Can vitamin D help combat infectious diseases like COVID-19?
Can vitamin D help combat infectious diseases like COVID-19?
Most people know how important vitamin D is to maintain good bone health, but less well known is how it improves immune health.
Until recently that is, when a study was published...
25-10-2020
Common foods that are dangerous for our pets ; use of SAM-e as a liver detox
Common foods that are dangerous for our pets
Last week we sold SAM-e to a dog owner who had been told by her vet to give it to her dog that accidentally was poisoned eating xylitol. Xylitol, I asked in disbelief? That sweetener that is recommended by...
12-10-2020
Plastics in our body: autoimmune disease linked to breast implants
Plastics in our body
Only fairly recently we have become aware of the dangers of plastics in our environment. For a long time we thought these plastics would not be of any concern to us. However, invariably, most plastics end up somewhere in the...
27-09-2020
How much protein do we really need? What are signs of protein deficiency?
How much protein do we really need?
A short while ago, we received an urgent message from Jarrow Formulas with an apology on how they erroneously had created a faulty label their bone broths. Upon questioning what was wrong, it was stated how the %...
13-09-2020
Are white teeth healthy? Advantages and disadvantages of dental veneers
Are white teeth healthy? Advantages and disadvantages of dental veneers
Over the past few weeks, people couldn't stop talking over how a couple of famous Dutch celebrities have undergone dental surgery procedures so they could flash a truly blinding...
