Glycine’s Benefits: Why Take a Glycine Supplement?

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Glycine is a proteinogenic amino acid, which means it is among the amino acids used as building blocks for proteins. It is the simplest (and smallest) amino acid. Glycine benefits include improvements to fatigue, skin health, mental health, and inflammation.

What Does Glycine Do?

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Sleep Age: A New Metric for Mortality

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A study from Stanford Medicine has given us a new metric by which to predict mortality: sleep age.

What is Sleep Age?

Your “sleep age” is a projected age associated with your level of health. 

People tend to sleep differently at different ages. And, changes in … Read the rest

The Do’s and Don’ts to Intermittent Fasting for Balanced Blood Sugar

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Intermittent fasting and blood sugar can work together or against one another. Balance depends on how the fasting and feasting is planned out.

To “fast” is to go without food for a period of time. In a country where we struggle with an epidemic of obesity, … Read the rest

Folate: A Critical Nutrient for a Healthy Balance

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Folate is a tricky nutrient. It is essential, which means your body can’t make it and you need to consume it, BUT there can be a big difference between how much you are consuming and how much your body is actually able to use. In honor … Read the rest

A Recipe for Memory, “Salade Niçoise”.

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The MIND diet, derived from the Mediterranean diet and DASH diets, has been shown to help protect against some cognitive decline [1]. If you would like to read more about it, click here for a link to our blog post. Basically, the diet prescribes 10 brain-boosting … Read the rest

Do the elderly need to take amino acids?

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While age brings valuable wisdom, it unfortunately also brings the gradual wasting of skeletal muscle mass, known as sarcopenia. More unfortunately still, sarcopenia brings with it an increased risk of injury, disability, and the loss of independence. Starting as early as our 30’s, research has shown … Read the rest