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Anti-Aging Supplements - Vitamins and Minerals for Anti-Aging

Anti-aging supplements include vitamins, minerals, and even hormone replacement. Learn about which anti-aging supplements have real benefit and which are just hype. Find out the latest information on anti-aging supplements, vitamins and minerals.
What Are the Health Benefits of Chia Seeds?
Chia seeds may be the next big superfood. Packed with antioxidants, omega-3 and healthy protein, chia seeds are a great addition to any diet. Find out about the health benefits of chia seeds and the nutritional qualities of this great source of healthy nutrients.
What is Rebiana and Is Rebiana Safe?
Rebiana is the trade name of a stevia derived sweetener made by the agricultural giant, Cargill. Rebiana has received a "non-objection" letter from the FDA and is the core ingredient in multiple other products, such as Truvia. Rebiana is a highly refined sweetener created from select parts of the stevia plant.
What is Purevia and Is Purevia Safe?
Purevia is a sweetener derived from the stevia plant. It can be used instead of sugar, mostly in drinks. Stevia was banned as a food additive by the FDA, but they recently issued a non-objection to Purevia and other sweeteners using a specific processing method. Read about the safety history of stevia and purevia.
What's in Truvia and Is Truvia Safe?
Truvia is a sweetener derrived from the stevia plant. It is marketed as a "natural sweetener." Truvia can be found in products (usually beverages) and as a stand-alone sweetener. But is Truvia safe? Fid out the story behind how this sweetener came to be.
What Is Resveratrol?
Resveratrol has been claimed by some to be the "longevity pill" and a cure for all the age-related illnesses like diabetes, heart disease and just plain time. Where did all this hype about resveratrol come from, and is there any truth to it?
Resveratrol Supplements: Do They Work?
Resveratrol supplements are all the rage. Everyone seems to be talking about resveratrol supplements as the "longevity pill" and the fountain of youth. Is there any truth, at all, behind the claims of the makers of resveratrol supplements? What is behind these pills claiming to give you a longer, healthier life?
MonaVie Antioxidant and Nutrional Drink
MovaVie is an anitoxidant and nutrional drink that is marketed as a supplement to help your body meet nutrional needs. This review of MovaVie will look at the taste, cast and value of MonaVie antioxidant and nutritional drink.
Do Multivitamins Reduce the Risk for Cancer and Heart Disease?
Multivitamins should help reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. When researchers looked into the impact of multivitamins on the risk of cancer and heart disease in a group of women, they found a few surprises.
Can Vitamin E Help Prevent Cancer?
Can vitamin E help prevent cancer in women and prostate cancer in men? Researchers gave men and women either a vitamin E supplement of a placebo and watched over also a decade. The results? Vitamin E isn't as goo as everyone hoped for cancer prevention.
Can Beta-Carotene Fight Off Cancer?
Can beta-carotene supplements help prevent cancer? Could it be possible that a simple supplement of beta-carotene could actually increase cancer risk? Researchers looked at this question and found some surprisingly results about the link between beta-carotene and cancer risk.
Does Vitamin C Prevent Colds?
Vitamin C is probably the number one supplement that people take to prevent colds - but does vitamin C really work to fend off colds? When researchers pooled data from multiple studies, they found some surprises about vitamin C and the prevention of colds.
Can Vitamin C Prevent Cancer?
If vitamin C could prevent cancer, that would be fantastic news. But, surprisingly, there has been very little research into vitamin C and cancer risk. Should you take vitamin C to prevent cancer? Find out here.
Ginkgo Biloba, Memory and Stroke Risk
Ginkgo biloba is one of the most widely used supplements to prevent age-related memory and cognitive problems. The research on ginkgo biloba remains unclear. Ginkgo biloba doesn't always link to improved memory and less dementia with aging, and there is some evidence that it may increase stroke risk.
Saw Palmetto for Enlarged Prostate
Saw palmetto is a supplement that is gaining in popularity to address prostate and aging issues. Some think that saw palmetto can prevent prostate cancer. The evidence only shows that saw palmetto can be effective for treating an enlarged prostate. Other uses of saw palmetto have not been verified.
Selenium Supplements and Longevity
Selenium (Se) is a supplement gaining in popularity for healthy aging. Some of the reputation of selenium comes from its effectiveness for reducing the risk of prostate cancer in men with low levels of selenium. Benefits of selenium supplements for people with normal levels of selenium are unclear. Find out more about the uses of selenium.
Ginkgo Biloba and Memory
Ginkgo biloba is one of the most popular herbal supplements. It has been praised for helping with memory, brain aging and countless other uses, but what is the real story behind ginkgo biloba?
Fish Versus Fish Oil Capsules
Fish oils are good for your heart. They provide omega-3 fatty acids that help keep your cardiovascular system healthy. You can find them in oily fish, but now you can also find them in fish oil supplements. This study reveals, for the first time, if the supplements are as good at providing heart health benefits as the real thing.
Aloe Vera – Health Benefits of Aloe Vera
Aloe vera has long had a wide range of health benefits including soothing burn and skin irritation. Now, aloe vera juice is being sold to help a side variety of problems. Does aloe vera live up to the claims of health benefits and is there any danger in drinking aloe vera juice?
Black Cohosh - Menopause Remedy?
Black cohosh is gaining popularity as an herb that can help with the symptoms of menopause. Does black cohosh really work to alleviate hot flashes, night sweats and more. Black cohosh is usually used as a tea, though capsules and other forms are becoming more common.
Bitter Orange – Health Benefits of Bitter Orange Supplement
Bitter orange, also known as neroli and petitgrain, is an herb supplement that is common used for weight loss, congestion, heart burn and more. Bitter organe contains a substance called synephrine which acts in a similiar was as ephedra (now banned). Bitter orange is also used in aromatherapy.
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