If you’re like most people, you don’t give a lot of thought to your liver, but you literally couldn’t live without it. This organ plays multiple roles, including filtering out toxins, regulating your metabolism, producing energy, assisting with digestion, storing essential vitamins, and controlling cholesterol production. Since it does so much for you, wouldn’t it be nice if you could do something for your liver? You can. There’s a supplement you can take that has proven benefits for your hard-working liver: Thisilyn.

How Thisilyn Helps
Offered by Nature’s Way, Thisilyn contains milk thistle extract. Milk thistle is an herb native to the Mediterranean region that has been a folk remedy for liver and other disorders for thousands of years. The milk thistle extract in Thisilyn is primarily composed of a flavonoid complex known as silymarin. Silymarin protects the liver by preventing absorption of harmful toxins.

Silymarin is so effective in preventing liver damage that it is sometimes used to treat patients who have eaten extremely poisonous mushrooms. The use of milk thistle can dramatically increase the survival rate of patients in this predicament.

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Have you ever thought about taking a supplement to build muscle? Or has your sex life taken a dive recently? Either of these situations can be combated with Vitrix. This product, made by Nutrex Research (a company put on the map by its Lipo-6 product), will allow you to gain muscle and have a better sex life due to increased testosterone levels. In the same way Nutrex Lipo-6 is known for its outstanding weight-loss and fat-burning results, bodybuilding has never been easier than it is with Vitrix. While the goals of the two pills are different, the same technology was used in creating both of them. The Vitrix liquid capsule works to achieve results better than other types of supplements, so you can toss that bottle of GABA or EAS creatine mix and take these simple pills to get the results you’re looking for.

How Vitrix Gets Your Groove Back
Vitrix works to enhance sex by increasing that all-important male sex hormone, testosterone. By using extracts from the plant Tribulus terrestris, Vitrix works to regulate the levels of DHEA in the body, creating more testosterone so that your libido is increased. By using this type of supplement at low levels, you’ll be able to experience a rise in your testosterone that translates into a greater sexual experience. The increase in hormone levels, along with the release of nitric oxide (NO) within the body, acts as the sexual prowess booster you’ve been looking for. Whether your sex drive has flagged because you’ve gotten a bit older or because you’ve been using a prohormone, you can easily regain what you once had by using Vitrix.

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Anti-aging supplements, skin treatments, and joint formulas all contain varying levels of collagen, the critical component of joint cartilage that allows joints and muscles to stay strong and flexible. Flexibility and range of motion of muscles can deteriorate with age, and this is largely due to a reduction of healthy cartilage. People suffering from degenerative joint diseases in particular can benefit from a dietary supplement that includes vital cartilage and collagen compounds. Nature’s Way Hydraplenish has much to offer: It helps lubricate and cushion the joints, promotes healthy skin tissue, and even reduces the signs of aging.

Collagen
There are three main types of collagen, but collagen type II is the primary form of articular cartilage that is necessary for healthy joints, muscles, and tendons. Healthy cartilage ensures that the body can move and stretch with ease, and comprises glucosamine, chondroitin, hyaluronic acid (HA), and collagen type II. All of these compounds are available in various dietary supplements and nutritious foods, but each two-caplet serving of Hydraplenish offers the added advantage of bioavailable collagen.

Bioavailability
An essential element of many dietary supplements, bioavailability is the degree and rate at which the body absorbs nutrients. Nature’s Way designed Hydraplenish for enhanced bioavailability, making it very easy for the body to assimilate key compounds and start utilizing collagen to repair joints, lubricate muscles and tendons, and even smooth lines on the skin’s surface.

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Sugar: It is perhaps the most overlooked and dangerous component of Westernized diets. It has been linked to a myriad of diseases, including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and stroke. However, Americans seem oblivious to these risks. The average U.S. adult consumes 1 pound of refined sugar in as little as a week. Sugar is everywhere and, in prepared foods, is perhaps the hardest ingredient to avoid. Controlling sugar intake is no easy task. It’s a delicate balance between proportion and self-discipline.

Regulating sugar intake is critical for controlling blood-sugar levels. Many adults fail to realize that when we control our blood sugar, we ultimately minimize the stress placed on our internal organs. Eat too much sugar, and your body works twice as hard as it needs to. Each food you eat is eventually broken down into sugar, or glucose—your body’s primary energy source. This glucose will circulate through your body until your pancreas releases insulin to shuttle it into your body’s many cells.

Insulin Resistance
Problems arise when your blood-sugar levels are constantly elevated. Your cells can, in fact, become resistant to insulin, and you may not be able to get the energy you need from the food you consume. This is known as insulin resistance. If the condition isn’t corrected by diet, exercise, or some external factor (such as dietary supplements), the pancreas will eventually quit releasing insulin altogether. Your cells can become starved for energy. If elevated blood sugar is left untreated for significant periods of time, damage to the eyes, nerves, blood vessels, and kidneys can result, and so can diabetes.

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In a perfect world, we’d get enough sleep every night, keep our stress levels to a minimum, and eat a diet so healthy a nutritionist would be proud. But most of us probably don’t live our lives that way, even if we’d like to. When we’re lacking in any of these areas, our body’s systems that work to protect our health by keeping viruses and harmful bacteria at bay can become weakened. This opens the door to illness.

Fortunately, we can do something to bolster our immunity and nourish all the body’s systems that work to keep us from falling ill. Nature’s Way formulated its SystemWell Ultimate Immunity with all of these systems in mind. In addition to the basic nourishment provided by vitamins A, C, and D, and the minerals selenium and zinc, SystemWell includes key herbs, probiotics, and other botanicals that are intended to support specific body systems. The systems supported by this formula and a few of the 28 other key ingredients are described below.

Cellular
Maitake, shiitake, yamabushitake, and reishi mushrooms support the immune system by stimulating certain cells, such as natural killer cells whose job is to “kill” tumor cells or cells infected with viruses.

Circulatory
Garlic is included for its antiviral and immune-stimulating properties. One clinical study found that regular users of garlic suffered from colds less often than the non-garlic group.

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Migraine sufferers know this all too well: It isn’t just a headache. Migraines tend to be more severe and may also include nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and noise. While medications may be necessary and beneficial for some, others may not tolerate these medications or their potential side effects. Fortunately, there are alternatives, including the well-studied herb feverfew, which is found in MygraFew. With regular use, MygraFew, from Nature’s Way, may help reduce the number and severity of headaches experienced.

Feverfew and Migraines
A cousin of the sunflower, feverfew has been used for centuries in Europe. And, as the name implies, traditional uses include reducing fevers as well as treating minor aches and pains and menstrual disorders. But it has been its effect on headaches and migraine prevention that have garnered the most interest and attention.

Numerous studies, including some double-blind clinical trials discussed in the British Medical Journal, the Lancet, and Phytotherapy Research, have found using dried, powdered feverfew leaves to be very effective in easing migraine-related symptoms while also reducing the duration and overall number of attacks. In these studies, migraine sufferers reported a reduction in pain, nausea, and vomiting, and were less sensitive to light and noise. The part of the feverfew plant used is important. Effective studies have made their preparations from the dried feverfew leaf, which is the form found in MygraFew.

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Americans are caught up in a torrid love affair with sweets. And while a cookie now and then may be fine, too many will eventually lead to major health problems. Hypoglycemia, obesity, and adult-onset diabetes are just a few of the possible effects of a sugar-laden diet.

Get Back on Track

Cinnergen is a natural, whole-food supplement. It contains all-natural ingredients, such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and choice antioxidants. NutraLab Cinnergen provides you with the nutrients your body needs to help you better metabolize sugar.

Who Needs It?

Cinnergen is recommended for anyone whose diet is out of balance. Faced with an overabundance of simple sugars, your body reacts in a number of ways:

Diabetes

Although it’s not clear exactly what causes diabetes, it is certain that diabetes occurs when your body cannot process insulin. Insulin is important because it helps you process sugar into the nutrients you need to remain healthy. A poor diet not only loads you up with empty calories, but also causes a deficiency in the nutrients needed to properly transform sugars into energy.

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Sometimes it’s difficult coping in this complex, fast-paced world. Couldn’t you use a hand in getting past the murky parts—naturally?

Essential oils provide a clean, safe pick-me-up. These plant-based babies do wonders in helping your body create its own natural balance. Essential oils are derived from the part of the plant that gives it a scent, contain hormone-like properties, and act as infection police, protecting the plant from disease and fungus. They also contain ingredients similar to human blood and tissue, making them compatible with our own physiology.

Our olfactory sense is highly attuned to our emotions. Notice that sometimes when you smell something, you are instantly brought back to another time. This could be a survival method that carried humans from long ago to the present day. It could be a way for us to tune into our sense of emotion, our own well-being. The bottom line is, our sense of smell elicits definite feelings and thoughts—it is a total immersion, an immediate reaction.

According to the Ananda Apothecary in Boulder, Colorado, researchers found that essential oils give a boost to various brain functions, including the limbic, or emotional, function. In a Korean study, it was found that by using essential oils in massage, patients experienced positive effects in mental aspects of wellness. While essential oils do not cure depression, they do provide a valuable get-out-of-bed-and-look-at-the-day attitude, which then enables you to concentrate on the source of your depression. Many naturopaths believe that, by using essential oils to help combat your depression, you are creating a balance within your body that allows you to heal quickly and more effectively.

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Chamomile has long been known as a powerfully soothing, relaxing herb, but you’ll find even more benefits of this potent plant when using it in aromatherapy. Chamomile is commonly associated with treating insomnia, and is often added to sleep aids as a natural relaxant. Most people find comfort in a cup of chamomile tea, but there are other ways to use the herb if you’re suffering from anxiety, nervousness, tension, or even skin problems.

What Is Chamomile?

Chamomile oil itself has a fairly sweet fragrance, and its essence is extracted from the flowers of the herb. It was used heavily during the Middle Ages as a natural soothing agent, to improve digestion, reduce inflammation, and soothe irritated skin. Egyptian cultures used it to treat fevers and heal wounds.

It is made from the flowers of the Matricaria recutita plant, and is a natural anti-inflammatory. Since it can soothe the body both inside and out, it’s one of the most versatile essential oils available.

Chamomile also contains the active ingredient azulene, which can help fight infection and speed up recovery time. This natural pain reliever has been shown to reduce joint inflammation and can even stimulate the production of white blood cells, which are essential for healing, and keeping the immune system in balance.

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The health benefits of the cranberry can be found in the fruit itself, as well as in the extracts and supplements made from it. Cranberries are mainly recommended, in some form, for adults who have frequent urinary tract infections (UTIs), a major cause of cystitis (painful inflammation of the urinary bladder). This is good for us to know, because about 25 percent of women have at least one UTI at some point in their life.

E. coli bacteria are the most common cause of such an infection, and when cranberries are consumed, they seem to keep the bacteria from clinging to the lining of the bladder and creating a problem. Cranberries are considered to be more effective if they are used along with other forms of treatment for this condition, usually antibiotics.

Anyone who does not have a chronic illness can still use moderate amounts of cranberry juice to prevent the development of UTIs, and 10 ounces of this liquid (or an equivalent) taken daily is often recommended as acceptable dose for this purpose.

Some studies have also found that cranberries can relieve blood disorders and help prevent stomach ulcers, cancer, high cholesterol, heart problems, arteriosclerosis, and gum disease. For this reason, they are considered to be one of America’s best 25 nutritional supplements. In part, this is because cranberries are high in flavonoids and antioxidants, both of which are essential to our good health.

Dosage

A dose of cranberries can vary greatly from one extract or supplement to another, and while consuming them in some form may have its benefits, we should also be keep in mind that many cranberry drinks sold in grocery stores contain a large amount of sugar. This tells us we need to be careful when deciding exactly which products to use.

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