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RDA: Recommended Daily Allowances The RDA (Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances) is an estimate established by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences for nutritional needs necessary for prevention of nutrient depletion in healthy people. RDAs do not take into account altered requirements due to sickness, injury, physical or mental stress, use ofRead More

Rick Wagner's Healthy Green Smoothie In a Vita-Mix or other efficient food blender combine the following organic foods after washing them thoroughly: 2 cups of water ½ lemon without skins ½ orange without skins ½ apple with skin and core 1 inch of cucumber with skin.

Weight Loss Tips: How to Eat as Much as You Want, Whenever You Want Why are sweets so hard to resist? What most of us may not realize is that sugar is addictive and the more we eat it, the more we crave it! The end result is a flawed insulin response that causes muchRead More

Anti-Aging seems to be the hot topic of the day that is selling magazines and expensive remedies and enticing a desperate public of aging baby boomers with a promise of a return to youth.

Eidon Bone Support is the only comprehensive bone support supplement available today that uses Silica as its base.  This formula’s primary function is to maintain proper collagen levels in the bones and supporting tissues followed by providing what we feel are the most important supporting minerals for bone, cartilage, tendon and ligament health.  Eidon BoneRead More

Healthy bones and teeth is the first association that comes to mind when we speak of calcium. This myth of high calcium intake for strong teeth and bones has been engraved into our minds since we were toddlers and constantly reminded, “drink your milk!” The fact is, when we were children, and for many yearsRead More

Imbalances in the bloodstream are not caused by excessive or insufficient intakes of calcium, but rather the malfunction of one or more specific regulatory organs. This list includes: Thyroid – Secretion of calcitonin lowers the levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and promotes the formation of bone by inhibiting osteoclasts (the cells that decreaseRead More

One drop of our Iodine Concentrate contains 75% of the US RDA. However, Iodine has been maligned in mainstream medicine over the last 100 years to the degree that the current suggested RDA will barely keep a Goiter at bay. According to the latest research, the RDA of 150 micrograms is woefully inadequate. Doses ofRead More

There is much confusion and contention around the issue of organic vs. inorganic minerals and the efficacious application of one over the other. There is a lot of information and there are a lot of opinions circulating as to the best sources of dietary minerals, pitting plant sourced (organic) against rock sourced (inorganic). Since opinionsRead More

Excerpted (with written permission) from: Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine Silicon is another mineral that is not commonly written about as an essential nutrient. It is present in the soil and is actually the most abundant mineral in the earth’s crust, as carbon is the most abundant inRead More