Author: Robert Kroening

It’s hard to get enough protein if you’re on a vegetarian diet. But it’s not just vegetarians who are not getting enough protein. Most people over the age of 50 can’t digest and use protein well. But now, thanks to a new breakthrough, everyone can get all the protein they need. How? With protein in…

If I suggested that one reason you might be gaining weight and suffering from various food allergies is that you’re not getting enough salt, you might think I’m crazy. With all the attention the American Heart Association has placed on salt restriction for blood pressure, you’d think we all get way too much salt. But…

We don’t hear much about vitamin E these days. It’s suffered a lot of scrutiny through the years, mainly due to poor research. But the vitamin might be just what you need if you have any sort of cardiovascular disease. In recent years, there’s been a lot of attention focused on infections causing heart attacks…

Did you know Ancient Greek women would rub snail slime on their skin to keep it looking young? Sounds disgusting, but it works. Many South Korean women are beginning to use it again, and their products are making it into the United States. “Snail essence,” as they call it, is one of the latest fads…

Something is happening to hundreds of thousands of Americans, and nobody is noticing. They’re losing their sense of smell. While this might not seem too serious, it can be. Not only can you lose your interest in food (and your taste for it), but you also lose your ability to smell dangerous smoke or chemicals….

What if I told you there’s a 50% chance you’re wasting your money on vitamin D supplements? Take Mary, for example. She’s one of the 50% of people who aren’t getting everything out of the vitamin D they’re taking. She really didn’t want to get the flu this past winter, so she started taking 5,000…

If you have suffered through a bought of the flu, you may have noticed something after you recovered. You may have noticed that your memory didn’t seem as strong as it did prior to the illness. As it turns out, there’s growing evidence that the flu can harm your brain. A new study published in…

Alzheimer’s is now considered by many to be type-3 diabetes. That’s because there’s growing evidence that insulin deficiency and insulin resistance could cause Alzheimer’s-type damage. Now research finds part of the connection between type-2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s, and it could lead to a way to slow the progression of this largely untreatable disease. Scientists in…

Do you throw your egg yolks away every morning when you cook breakfast? If you do, and you’ve noticed your muscles aren’t as strong as they used to be, then you might want to stop. That’s because new research suggests eating eggs without the yolks is hurting your ability to build muscle. In fact, a…

Have you ever noticed that your hair, skin, and nails all begin to thin as you grow older? It’s no coincidence that all this happens about the same time your hormones begin to wane. And it’s also about this time when many of us see our mineral levels decline and our bones become brittle. Could…