Why the wisdom of Fish Friday is good for your Omega-3 levels and your health.
We recently celebrated ‘Global Omega-3 Day’. It served as a reminder for us to sear up some salmon, eat those anchovies and take copious amounts of fish oil more regularly. In Ireland, we often refer to Fridays as Fish Fridays. That’s because people abstained from meat and ate fish on Fridays, and the tradition continued […]
Does a deficiency of vitamin K play a role in Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis can be very painful and debilitating, and a vitamin K deficiency may be making it worse. Maybe your Aunt or someone you know and love has twisted fingers, swollen with inflammation and pain. RA and OA are not fun. By and large, past thinking around the development of osteoarthritis has been […]
How can this small Vitamin K make such a big difference to my heart health?
Several very important proteins require activation by Vitamin K2. One of these, GLA, is vital to bind calcium, remove it from the arteries and carry it to your bones, where it is required to build a healthy bone structure. We know that the build-up of calcium in the arteries is the biggest threat to blood […]
Could this one little vitamin K reduce your chances of premature mortality?
Would you be interested to hear that a little known family of molecules, Vitamin K, maybe the missing ingredient in your diet? And may decrease your chance of dying from heart disease or osteoporosis, two leading causes of death. It may even help with diabetes, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and certain cancers. (ref) We all […]
The Expanding Role Of Omega-3 in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease.
While the health benefits of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) omega-3 have been well established for the past three decades, it is only recently, since its appearance as a pharmaceutical agent, that this remarkable fish oil product has received recognition for its usefulness as a preventive and therapeutic agent in a wide range of clinical disorders. […]
Why is Vitamin D so important?
Early science understood the calcium homeostasis role of Vitamin D and bone health. However, we now know that vitamin D plays a major biological role in human physiology, cell differentiation, proliferation (1) and immunity. In our new understanding, we realise it is no longer recommended to have merely sufficient levels of Vitamin D to avoid rickets. […]
