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Are You Getting Enough Nutrients in Your Diet?

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

As you review your diet of the past week, ask yourself, Did I eat the right amount of fruits and vegetables every day? The recommended amounts are five servings for children, seven servings for women and nine servings for men. If you can say, yes, congratulations! If you are like most people you did not reach that goal. And, if you are like most of us, you did not…

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Osteoporosis and Grandparent Guilt

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

Osteoporosis affects over 10 million people in North America. Two million of these are men. Osteopenia, a reduction in bone mass that usually occurs before osteoporosis, affects over 44 million people, 32 percent of whom are men.

One out of every two women and one in four men age 50 and older will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. Each…

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Healthy Aging

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

If I would have known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself.

Dean Martin

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

H.D. Thoreau

This is the third in a series of articles on healthy aging. It is the most requested topic for our Weekly Wellness Reports and to me, it is one of the most important topics. You see, health is…

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Death Of A Generation

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

In medicine we get so used to dealing with statistics that we do not always remember that there are real people behind these facts. I recently quoted the statistic that children born today will not live as long or as well as their parents. Many of you could well be thinking, That is my children or grandchildren you are talking about!

Indeed, these are the children,…

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10 Steps to Better Health

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

Health is the consequence of healthy habits practiced daily. Health is the accumulation of all the thoughts, actions, words, intentions and feelings that you have now, or that you have ever had in your past or that you will ever experience in your future. As renowned neuroscientist Candace Pert stated, Every thought, every feeling, every emotion we experience impacts us and is…

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Losing the Holiday Weight Gain

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

The holidays offer plenty of opportunities for overindulgence: lavish dinners, tantalizing treats, etc. Sometimes the lure can be difficult to resist, resulting in holiday weight gain. But by implementing a practical weight loss strategy, losing those holiday pounds, and even lifetime weight control, can be well within your reach.

The plan

Losing weight requires…

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To Fight Brain Inflammation, Take Two: Sublingual B-12 and Nopalea

By By Scott Conard, M.D.

You may not know how crucial Vitamin B-12 is to brain health. Study after study shows B-12s role in fighting brain erosion, mental decline and other inflammatory brain conditions.

As a practicing physician, I can tell you about something even more remarkable: when you take TriVita Sublingual B-12 with the anti-inflammatory wellness drink Nopalea, the…

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Trust Is Critical When You Date, Bungee Jump and Sell Online, KickScore Research Shows

Original article at Smallbiz Technology

By Ramon Ray

We all know how important trust is.

Some guy in a clean uniform and a firm handshake approaches you, you feel pretty good. Some creep in a…

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The Physical Side of Stress

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

According to health experts, we need about 30 minutes of aerobic exercise most days of the week. The benefits of this are too numerous to list but include:

Heart health

Increased energy

Decreased obesity

Improved mood

Exercise has been called the best thing we can do for our body.

We also need resistance training to build lean body tissue…

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Understanding Seasonal Allergies

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

Seasonal Allergies: In Full Bloom

More and more people are experiencing allergies and suffering with related symptoms. In past Weekly Wellness Reports we have discussed how histamine receptors trigger inflammation in the four tissues they populate:

The airways

The digestive-reproductive tract

Our brain

Our immune…