“Zinc Up” For This Winter

-How Zinc Supplementation Helps Battling The Common Cold     Winter is coming. That means your kids and family might have a little more episodes of coughing, sneezing, congestion or fevers. The common trace element ZINC could be the natural answer as a recent meta-analysis demonstrated that zinc supplementation can reduce the duration and severity…

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ZINC – Better Immunity for Kids

Bahar Mahmoudi International Pharmacy Graduate and Natural Health Practitioner   Zinc is a trace element that is necessary for a healthy immune system. A lack of zinc can make a person more susceptible to disease and illness.   Top Health Benefits of Zinc: 1. Increases immunity and fights colds and flu. Multiple researches have demonstrated…

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Celebrate Sweet in the Sugarless Way

Slavea Manahilova Holistic Nutritionist (Certified Nutritional Practitioner)   Maintaining and improving the health of your kids, naturally has always been a dream of parents. However, most of the Multivitamin formulas on the market claimed to be “natural”, still contain potentially harmful ingredients such as sugar, synthetic sweeteners, synthetic preservatives, food dies or fillers.   Sugar…

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Making Smarter Choices Can Help To Improve Your Child’s Health

Protect and nurture the health of your kids with a good quality Probiotic Slavea Manahilova Holistic Nutritionist (Certified Nutritional Practitioner)   Probiotics may seem new to the food and supplement industry, but they have been with us from our first breath. During a delivery through the birth canal, a newborn picks up the bacteria Bacteroides,…

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The First Supplement for Your Baby – Now VEGAN!

Dr. Juliana Rosario Yeung ND, BScAgr, BSc   Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that has major roles in a developing baby. A major deficiency in vitamin D can lead to rickets, a condition where bones are weak and soft, causing development delays to skeletal deformities.   Babies need 400 IU per day of vitamin…

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All You Need to Know about Elderberry

Bahar Mahmoudi International Pharmacy Graduate and Natural Health Practitioner   The black elderberry plant is a deciduous shrub found mostly in North America and Europe. Most of the scientific research on the medicinal benefits of the plant has been conducted on the European species, Sambucus nigra. The plant produces white flowers that are used for…

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The Difference Between a Common Cold, Flu, and Coronaviruses

Bahar Mahmoudi International Pharmacy Graduate and Natural Health Practitioner Common cold, Flu, and Coronaviruses are all respiratory illnesses; however, they are caused by different viruses. Because these three types of illnesses have similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell the difference based on the symptoms alone. In general, flu is worse than the common…

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The Importance of Lutein of Children’s Health

Carotenoids are vital to a child’s health providing antioxidant properties to aid their growth. Lutein is a dietary carotenoid found in yellow, orange and red fruits and vegetables as well as leafy green vegetables. Lutein has been known for its strong supportive role in eye health, especially in decreasing the risk of age-related eye diseases.…

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