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Keep Your Defenses Up with Isamune Plus

Support your immune system with Isamune Plus. The cool crisp air, falling leaves, and pumpkin-spice lattes are a welcome change after a blistering summer. Unfortunately, with the changing season also come annoying sniffles, painful coughs, and miserable body aches; however, we are not completely defenseless. The immune system is a remarkably complex network of cells, tissues,… Continue reading Keep Your Defenses Up with Isamune Plus

7 Ways to Help Your Immune System Now

Don’t forget nutritional support for your immune system this winter They say you never truly appreciate the value of a well-functioning machine until it breaks down. So it goes for your immune system. Its complex network of cells, tissues, and organs protect your body on a daily basis from bacteria, microbes, viruses, and toxins. But… Continue reading 7 Ways to Help Your Immune System Now

How Athletes Can Build a Stronger Immune System

Whether training for a race or competitive sport, one of the worst challenges that athletes can face is sickness or injury. But athletes come with the added risk of a compromised immune system because of frequent and extreme trainings. A strong immune system depends on a healthy, balanced diet rich in nutrients, but it’s not… Continue reading How Athletes Can Build a Stronger Immune System

Five Ingredients To Strengthen Your Immune System This Season

The leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping, and that means it’s time to get the right nutrition for your immune system. Don’t wait! Now is the time to step up your defenses. With fall and winter closing in, Isamune® with Zinc can help keep you and your family feeling well by delivering a range of… Continue reading Five Ingredients To Strengthen Your Immune System This Season

Goodbye Pyramid, Hello Plate

USDA’s new food icon emphasizes fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and dairy groups. Today, in an effort to help consumers make healthier food choices, the United States Department of Agriculture unveiled its new, non-pyramid food icon, MyPlate. The plate icon emphasizes the key messages from the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, launched earlier this year. The… Continue reading Goodbye Pyramid, Hello Plate

Focus on Variety, Not ORAC

ORAC testing results cannot be translated to real antioxidant protection in the body. For years, scientists have been trying to develop a test that can illustrate the antioxidant capacity of foods. This information would provide evidence for which foods are “super-antioxidants” and potentially are best at reducing oxidative stress and supporting the health of cells in the… Continue reading Focus on Variety, Not ORAC

Nutrition Month Tip: Fruits and Veggies, Think Variety

Emphasize variety over quantity of fruits and vegetables, a recent study suggests. Going to the grocery store and wading through the fruits and vegetables—fresh, frozen, packed and dried—can be confusing for anyone. So what do we do? We grab the same things every week. We buy what we are used to! Some fruits and veggies… Continue reading Nutrition Month Tip: Fruits and Veggies, Think Variety

Teens Eat Too Little Fruits, Vegetables

A recent CDC report highlights the lack of fruits and vegetables in the diets of teenagers As any parent understands, getting teens to eat healthy—as in getting adequate servings of fruits and vegetables—is nothing short of a battle. Now, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) points out that… Continue reading Teens Eat Too Little Fruits, Vegetables