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What are the most important nutrients in the diet?

What are the most important nutrients in the diet?

Spoiler alert: even the best scientists and doctors do not know what compounds make up the majority of our food. Can you believe we have no idea what makes up...

What are the most important nutrients in the diet?

Spoiler alert: even the best scientists and doctors do not know what compounds make up the majority of our food. Can you believe we have no idea what makes up...

Ingredient spotlight: Sea cucumber

Ingredient spotlight: Sea cucumber

Did you know that sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates in the same phylum (share evolutionary similarity) as starfish and sea urchins? Despite being consumed as a food and health tonic...

Ingredient spotlight: Sea cucumber

Did you know that sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates in the same phylum (share evolutionary similarity) as starfish and sea urchins? Despite being consumed as a food and health tonic...

Ingredient spotlight: Sea buckthorn berry

Ingredient spotlight: Sea buckthorn berry

Did you know that the sea buckthorn berry–plump, orange, grows on thorny bushes, thrives in the artic–possesses a plethora of amazing attributes? Having to withstand extreme conditions, sea buckthorn is...

Ingredient spotlight: Sea buckthorn berry

Did you know that the sea buckthorn berry–plump, orange, grows on thorny bushes, thrives in the artic–possesses a plethora of amazing attributes? Having to withstand extreme conditions, sea buckthorn is...

Apoe4 - the Ancestral allele

Apoe4 - the Ancestral allele

APOE4 (A4) carriers—especially homozygotes (those with two copies of the APOE4 allele, A4/4)—are considered to have a genetic predisposition to a shortened lifespan, cardiovascular disease, and, most notably, Alzheimer’s disease...

Apoe4 - the Ancestral allele

APOE4 (A4) carriers—especially homozygotes (those with two copies of the APOE4 allele, A4/4)—are considered to have a genetic predisposition to a shortened lifespan, cardiovascular disease, and, most notably, Alzheimer’s disease...

More to skin than meets the eye

More to skin than meets the eye

Your epidermis is showing! When I was growing up, “Your epidermis is showing!” was considered a playful tease along the lines of “XYZ" (eXamine Your Zipper). It was a tease...

More to skin than meets the eye

Your epidermis is showing! When I was growing up, “Your epidermis is showing!” was considered a playful tease along the lines of “XYZ" (eXamine Your Zipper). It was a tease...

Ingredient Spotlight: Blackcurrant

Ingredient Spotlight: Blackcurrant

Our whole food sourced, nutrient-dense, and certified organic blackcurrant berry offers a plethora of health perks: Anthocyanins impart a deep purple pigment and support healthy blood flow delivering oxygen and...

Ingredient Spotlight: Blackcurrant

Our whole food sourced, nutrient-dense, and certified organic blackcurrant berry offers a plethora of health perks: Anthocyanins impart a deep purple pigment and support healthy blood flow delivering oxygen and...