Category Archives: Vitamins

How to Get More of Your Vitamins From Your Food

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

December 14, 2012

  • Secrets to squeezing more nutrition out of every bite
  • Why the skinny salad is really starving you
  • An avocado a day helps keep the doctor away

I’ve always been a proponent of getting nutrition from your food first, before turning to supplements. But with the way food supplies have changed through the last 50 years, it’s just not possible to get all your nutrients from food. My basic recommendations include a good multi-vitamin along with probiotics, and balanced essential fatty acids (the dream “5” adding alpha lipoic acid and acetyl-L-carnitine.) Continue reading →

Should You Be Getting A Vitamin B12 Shot or Not?

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

July 12, 2012

  • What you need to know about vitamin B12
  • Who needs a B12 shot?
  • The hidden danger of the indigestion myth

Third issue in a series of 3 on Energy and Aging

It’s no secret B vitamins – especially vitamin B12 or cobalamin – are considered the high-energy nutrients. Everything from soft drinks to energy bars – even hangover remedies – are boasting a lot of B’s these days. Continue reading →

Are You Washing Your Vitamin D Down The Drain?

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

June 20, 2012

  • A vitamin D theory that might not wash with you
  • How the magical conversion from sunlight to vitamin D happens
  • A common sense but challenging suggestion

I had a patient recently who was completely perplexed when I diagnosed her vitamin D deficiency. Continue reading →

How To Take Your Vitamins So They Work

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

February 6, 2012

  • Vitamin classifications and why they matter
  • The when, where and how of taking supplements
  • Understanding possible interactions and staying safe and healthy

For most of us, the easier we can make our daily routine, the more likely we are to stick with it. But the easiest way to take your supplements might not be the best way. Continue reading →

Get More Than a Kiss From Mistletoe This Year

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

December 14, 2011

  • A kiss is only the beginning
  • Were the Druids and ancient Greeks right?
  • How to make mistletoe work for you

If you thought getting a kiss under a well-placed sprig of mistletoe this season was the most this traditional Christmas decoration might do for you…think again. Continue reading →

Multiply Cellular Health

By Bonnie Jenkins, Advanced Natural Wellness

If you’re a long-time reader, you’re probably aware of how often the mainstream media and medical communities have espoused the “worthlessness” of taking a multivitamin. Propaganda like this is a real shame. It confuses and disappoints the average person striving to stay healthy. Continue reading →

Vitamin B12

By Bonnie Jenkins, Advanced Natural Wellness

If you’ve got flagging energy levels, your doctor might suggest taking vitamin B12. But you don’t have to have a deficiency to experience problems. Recent studies show that even the low end of so-called “normal” B12 levels can create havoc with your health, prompting scientists to view this nutrient in a whole new light. Continue reading →