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If you’re like people on the internet, when you have joint pain, your body turns into an x-ray with neon blots: Or, maybe you spend lots of time rubbing a seemingly pained knee: Every article about joint health uses those same images! No one is original. Here’s our stock photo for discussing joint health: That …
Collagen is the biggest trend in supplements I’ve seen, second to only CBD. It’s everywhere, with some internet doctors building their empire on collagen products alone. Whenever I first mention collagen to someone who isn’t familiar, I actually get confusion. They instantly think I’m talking about plastic surgery. Wouldn’t it be nice if a collagen supplement had …
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What Is A Cold? A cold is an upper respiratory tract infection that is usually caused by a virus. The upper respiratory tract is the nose to the upper back of the throat, the back of the throat you can see when you say “AHHH”, and everything down where the pipe splits for your gut …
A new clinical trial studying a prescription strength specialty fish oil has concluded. The product is Vascepa by Amarin, and it is a unique product. Most fish oil products are a combination of the two essential fatty acids (Omega-3s) EPA and DHA. Vascepa, however, is 100% EPA. The dose studied in the trial was 4000 mg, which …
What is CBD? CBD and THC are the two active compounds found in cannabis plants (marijuana and hemp). To simplify it, CBD has many potential medical applications, specifically in “relaxation” related effects: calming, anxiety support, muscle relaxation. It has been studied to help in pain management and epilepsy with promise. THC is more fun since …
Meal replacement shakes, protein supplement powders, and smoothies are everywhere. In our quest to get all our nutrition from a magical jar instead of our diet, we’ve created a billion dollar market of flavored, sweetened, plant and milk powders in jars, bags, and packets. There’s so much noise in the protein supplement space. We want to teach …
Village Vitality Will Soon Be Known As Woodstock Vitamins. Five years ago, this pharmacist created a new supplement experience: Village Vitality. Our mission was to provide “Wellness with Integrity.” From our small pharmacy in the most famous small town in America, we have succeeded. We have big dreams. We are expanding soon to a national …
Did you hear about the gal who made a flax-only smoothie? It was a fruitless endeavor… Once you address your cramps from being bent over laughing so hard, it’s time to get serious about one of the most important things you’ll ever know: flax. See what I did there? I exaggerated the importance of flax. It …
My favorite thing to tell people about Vitamin D is that Vitamin D isn’t what we think it is. Specifically, it’s not a vitamin. It’s a hormone. A vitamin is defined as a chemical we need for body processes that come from the diet, since we can’t synthesize it on our own. Vitamin D, though, is made by …
There are two things I’m certain of: our country has gone crazy and our guts are a mess. Since this isn’t a place for my political stream of consciousness, let’s focus on the GI stuff. Gut related issues accounts for an easy majority of concerns brought to my attention on a daily basis. There’s a …
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