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Not so long ago, in pharmacies nationwide… Hundreds of times a day in communities all across the country, people are diagnosed with bacterial infections and prescribed antibiotics. These antibiotics are heroes, but they are also imperfect. Their lightsaber wielding may cause damage on their own. With antibiotics, this is extra true, as not only do they cause …
Gut Wars – The Protocol for Using Probiotics with Antibiotics Read More »
Calcium made the news again recently. A meta-analysis (a study of past studies) was published in JAMA stating there is no benefit of using calcium supplementation in adults over 50. To which we elegantly replied, “no duh.” That’s not the whole picture; there’s more to understand before we all stop taking calcium supplements. But yes, …
If you’ve followed us for some time, you can probably already tell we are not very big fans of fad diets here at Woodstock Vitamins. Diets ultimately aren’t sustainable. Fad diets often deprive your body of essential vitamins and minerals. Whatever weight you do lose will most likely come back—with a vengeance—when your diet is over. It’s …
I’m not a fan of resolutions. I ranted about it 1 year ago. Wellness resolutions never stick for people because it just becomes too much at once. Supplement regimens become a complicated hodgepodge of this or that miracle fix. Whatever new “thing” is blasted over the blogosphere and social media has to be read, processed, and …
Toss Out Your Resolutions! 3 Simple Rules for the New Year (or any time, really) Read More »
We shout from the rooftops that our whole food supplements are “100% Whole Food, 0% Nonsense.” In this world of supplement misinformation, the unfortunate truth is that we have to make this distinction. Search online for whole food supplements and you will find, without doubt, a gluttony of the nonsense we talk about. The term “whole food” …
If you’re familiar with Woodstock Vitamins you know we have strong roots to both the traditional medicine and natural supplement worlds. I’m a pharmacist. In our apothecary on Tinker Street in the heart of Woodstock—the epicenter of health and vitality—we use rigorous criteria to weigh the balance between the two sides of the healthcare spectrum. …
When you hear the word essential oils, what comes to mind? Amazing scents? Tranquility? Us too. But one more phrase sticks out with us supplement nerds, and that’s “misleading claims.” This month we will discuss essential oils and address the ubiquitous misinformation surrounding them, especially as it pertains to quality and their use. In medicine, …
I’m going to go ahead and get this horrible pun out of the way: We are ticked off by all the misinformation about Lyme disease!!! Now then, let’s get to work… Lyme disease. We’ve ranted about this before, yes, but we feel it is time for an update. This year will be a bad one …
I’m REALLY excited about this rant. It’s not because of all the good info that you are going to just LOVE. It’s because I can make jokes about weed, hippies, and our hometown, Woodstock, New York. Today we rant about the proliferation of CBD into the conversations at health food stores, pharmacies, and natural practitioners’ …
Following up on our promise from last month, we will have a rant-level discussion on antioxidants. In today’s super-long, sarcastic post, we will discuss why the term antioxidant is misleading and how many commercial antioxidant supplements are kinda worthless. Yet, we’ll stress why we don’t bail on the idea of seeking out antioxidants entirely. Finally, …
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