What’s in Your Water and How to Purify It for Optimal Health

by John Brisson | Jan 14, 2018 | Awareness and Advocacy, Digestive Health, Supplement Recommendations, Water

The water you consume daily could be contributing to your health issues. Even when it appears to be crystal clear is often contaminated in our modern world. Plagued by everything from natural contamination to human-made pollution entering the supply, what you are...

C60 Fullerene “Buckyballs”: The Most Overpriced Supplement on the Market?

by Jason Hooper | Jan 10, 2018 | Buyer Beware, News and Studies, Opinion, Supplement Recommendations

The anti-aging marketing machine has picked up C60 Fullerene molecule claiming that it will improve memory, decrease recovery time between workouts, increase your lifespan, kill bacteria and viruses, and of course, they must throw in weight loss claims into the mix...

Vitamin B-12 and Your Gut

by Jason Hooper | Dec 12, 2017 | Digestive Health, Mitochondrial Health, Supplement Recommendations

Cobalamin (vitamin B-12) is a fascinating nutrient with unique properties unlike anything else discovered. It is named for the cobalt molecule that is central in its molecular structure and provides an inorganic component which supplies and receives electrons. It is...

What Exactly Are Systemic Enzymes and How Do They Affect Your Gut?

by Jason Hooper | Nov 17, 2017 | Digestive Enzymes, Supplement Recommendations

Systemic enzymes are a marketing term used to describe a category of supplemental health products.  The peer-reviewed, scientific literature make very little reference to “systemic enzymes” (most likely because the name is misleading).  Advertisers tell us that...

How Ingesting MCT Oil Could Be Making You Ill and How to Limit It

by John Brisson | Oct 30, 2017 | Digestive Health, Supplement Recommendations

Issues Ingesting Coconut Oil, MCT Oil, Brain Octane Oil? Here Is Why and How to Change It. Many people enjoy the use of refined MCT (medium chain triglycerides) oils for cooking, adding it to their coffee, or supplementing with it as a source of MCT’s. MCT oil...

Fix Your Gut Guide to Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Diet or Supplements?

by John Brisson | Aug 28, 2017 | Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Supplement Recommendations

A majority of Americans have more omega 6 fatty acids circulating their bloodstream than omega 3’s, creating inflammation and health issues. A fatty acid is a chain of lipids bound to a carboxy backbone. The chain is either saturated or unsaturated because of...