Garlic has long been a key ingredient in Mediterranean and Eastern cooking, but many people don’t realize its potent effects on our immune and digestive systems. Garlic supplements offer a convenient option to regularly eating raw garlic; these can be used as a dietary supplement to fight infection, reduce blood pressure, and even manage blood-sugar levels. Nature’s Way Garlicin offers a simple way to enjoy many of the health benefits of garlic in a safe, natural formula.

History Lesson
Garlic was commonly used as a treatment for leprosy by ancient Greeks and Egyptians, and mixed with other herbal ingredients and antioxidants for its powerful therapeutic properties. Before the advent of modern medicine, raw garlic was prescribed to heal wounds, combat colds and fevers, and neutralize inflammation in the body. Some researchers in China believe that garlic has natural cancer-fighting benefits that can improve the body’s resistance to tumors, helping to prevent cancer-causing agents from circulating in the body.

The most important compound in garlic is allicin, the substance that is released when garlic is cut, chewed, or crushed. This is why many cooking techniques require garlic to be crushed before adding it to meals; the release of allicin makes it easy to absorb the key ingredients of garlic, and standardized allicin is found in a variety of garlic supplements. Since garlic also works as a natural blood thinner, it should not be taken by those who regularly have low blood sugar, or are taking medication that has anticoagulant properties.

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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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Peppermint oil has long been used as a soothing treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), poor digestion, and many chronic intestinal disorders. Fresh peppermint itself offers many healing properties, and is often used in aromatherapy to relieve headaches and nausea, and as a breath freshener. The powerful oil is available in Nature’s Way Pepogest, a formula designed to relive symptoms commonly associated with IBS, indigestion, and other chronic bowel problems. If you’re experiencing discomfort, gas, or bloating after meals, Pepogest offers many benefits in a convenient capsule.

Peppermint Oil vs. Indigestion
Peppermint oil works as a soothing agent for the colon and intestinal tract, reducing the chances of muscle spasms and encouraging healthy digestion. Such spasms are a common problem for people who do not get enough exercise or are eating an unhealthy diet. Digestion and bowel movements can be irregular, resulting in toxin buildup, gas, pain, and nausea.

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Dealing with a cold or the flu is physically and emotionally draining. The coughing, sneezing, aches, and pains can make sleep impossible. You might feel unable to accomplish even the simplest tasks. You might think all you can do is just wish it would be over soon. Well, there may be a way to do more than just wish for an end to cold and flu misery. There’s a natural remedy that gets great results when used to end cold and flu symptoms and strengthen the body’s immune system: Sambucol.

Nature’s Way Sambucol is a pleasant-tasting formula that gets its incredible flu-fighting abilities from its main ingredient: black elderberry extract. Black elderberry is a shrub that is native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. It was introduced to North America and now grows throughout the continent. Black elderberry has been used as a folk remedy for many years and was thought to be especially effective in treating respiratory ailments. But now, modern scientific studies have shown that the black elderberry extract featured in Sambucol really does have amazing curative powers.

Got the Flu? Get Better Faster
How can Sambucol help you fight the flu? According to an article on WebMD.com, two studies demonstrate the product’s effectiveness. In one of the studies, an amazing 93 percent of patients had no flu symptoms at all within two days of beginning to take Sambucol.

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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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The history of Nature’s Way is unique because the company was not started, owned, or funded by investment bankers, public shareholders, or some huge pharmaceutical producer. At the same time, it’s a true pioneer in the health and nutrition industry, dating back to 1969. And it’s still going strong.

There is no doubt that the company’s origins have influenced its corporate culture, and Nature’s Way began when a family was faced with a health crisis. When his wife became gravely ill, Tom Murdoch (the original founder) was determined to find a solution for her. Having exhausted conventional medicines, he felt that American Indians’ knowledge of natural remedies, which could be found in the Arizona desert, might solve the problem. His efforts were rewarded, and his wife not only recovered but lived for another 25 years.

A Company Is Born
Word of Murdoch’s success soon spread among his family and friends, and the Southwestern community as well. Then, another question arose: Were there more health treasures waiting to be discovered in the Arizona desert? Others joined his team, and this led to the production of eight basic health products that were sold to health-food stores in the area. While they were simple in their production, marketing, and packaging, these products formed the foundation of the health-supplement industry’s surge in popularity in the United States. Over the years, Nature’s Way became a recognized leader in the dietary and nutritional field, and its many products have influenced the way in which government agencies, retailers, competitors, and consumers look at such nutrients.

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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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The Nature’s Way Primadophilus product line offers powerful probiotics in a reliable dosage, via a delivery system designed to ensure the consumer receives the maximum benefits possible from this valuable dietary supplement. Nutritional scientists throughout the world are studying the potential of probiotics, and numerous clinical studies, as reported by Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Michael Picco, M.D., and colleagues on a Mayo Clinic Web site, support their use to help treat and prevent a variety of health conditions and problems.

The Promise of Probiotics
Probiotics have shown promise and measurable results in the prevention of such ailments as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), lactose intolerance, and numerous other conditions that result from an improper balance of the good bacteria and other microorganisms that occur naturally in the body and are essential to health. Immune function can be enhanced, as well, by the use of probiotics. Nature’s Way Primadophilus products include such powerful probiotics as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and Lactobacillus plantarum.

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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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If you seek a natural supplement that can work wonders, look seaward. The benefits of fish oil for coronary health have been widely documented. But fish oil isn’t just for heart health. It can treat or help prevent a variety of conditions, including depression, diabetes, osteoporosis, macular degeneration, attention deficit disorder, stroke, and auto-immune disorders. You can harness the power of fish oil by taking Nature’s Way Fisol or Super Fisol. Read the rest of this entry »