Mar 24, 2021 | Nutrient Deficiency, Wellness
Chronic alcohol abuse can cause vitamin deficiency by depleting nutrients in three major ways: decreasing nutrient consumption, enhancing malabsorption, and increasing excretion. The former is due to alcohol’s suppression of appetite, along with the tendency to...
Mar 31, 2020 | Featured, Immune System, Nutrient Deficiency, Vitamins and Nutrients, Wellness
Your immune system requires vitamins and minerals at certain levels for optimal function. A poor diet lacking in these nutrients puts you at risk. “The immune response is compromised when nutrition is poor,” write the authors of a 2018 literature review. Not only does...
Mar 23, 2020 | B Vitamins, Featured, Vitamins and Nutrients, Wellness
Members of the B vitamin family are crucial to producing immune system cells, and clinical studies have shown that deficiency compromises your immune function. Your immune system is a complex network of various types of cells that are either part of your innate...
Jan 9, 2020 | Nutrient Deficiency, Wellness
Aspirin reduces pain, fever, and inflammation — and also Vitamin C. Though doctors have been recommending the over-the-counter drug for decades to reduce the risk of cardiac events, scientists have found substantial evidence of gastrointestinal side effects that can...