Recently, the media has pounced on a couple of published studies, which reported that dietary supplements can be bad for you. One study found that intake of vitamin E increased the risk of prostate cancer (1); another reported that post menopausal women who took certain vitamins and minerals had an increased risk of dying (2). [...]
Did you know that 95% of vitamin/mineral supplements sold in North America today are synthetic?1 In most cases, that means you’ll find rocks, petroleum and coal tar in the supplements you’re taking to help you maintain a healthy life. A bit shocking, isn’t it? It’s a mantra that we at Mannatech® have placed at the very center [...]
It is generally accepted that health doesn’t just miraculously appear. Rather, it is the end result of a process that begins at the cellular level in the body and cascades through tissues and organs to ultimately be identified at the clinical level. To be clinically healthy, it is essential that the process start with healthy [...]
When you hear the phrase, “living in the gap,” what do you think of? Hiding out behind a rack of sassy skinny jeans, making a little bed and pillow out of hoodies and t-shirts so you can live at the mall in retail heaven? Could be fun. But that’s not what I’m talking about here. [...]
It goes without saying that every company selling vitamins will claim to have the best. Each company, when creating their marketing materials, will search for words and phrases that they hope will convince the public that their product is superior to others. As I explained in part one of this blog series, the word “natural” [...]
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