Alcohol and Vitamins

Alcohol and Vitamins

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...
Immuni-tiki: Tropical Immune Smoothie

Immuni-tiki: Tropical Immune Smoothie

Supporting your immune system is a daily task. Wake up, make your bed, brush your teeth, support your immune system with a shot of Lypo-Spheric® Vitamin C. And do that every single day. Because if you’re not consistently taking Vitamin C, you’re not giving your immune...
Glutathione Depletion

Glutathione Depletion

The master antioxidant, Glutathione (GSH) is critical to keep our livers removing the damaging substances we ingest on a daily basis from our bodies. These substances come from processed foods, pollution, medications, stress, radiation, smoke, and alcohol, among...
Vitamins and Birth Control Pills

Vitamins and Birth Control Pills

Oral contraceptives, including birth control pills, interfere with vitamin absorption and activity. Vitamin, mineral, and other nutrient depletion is an effect of taking these drugs that has been documented since the 1960s, leading many researchers and pharmacists to...