Supplements

The health benefits of Apple cider vinegar (ACV) aren't just old wives' tales, it's the tang truth. The sour sip is a trusty sidekick in the fight...

Fall 2025

When your body runs low on vitamin D, your mouth feels it. People with aching, swollen gums almost always have less of the \"sunshine vitamin\"...

Fall 2025

Garlic supplements have been shown to improve your cholesterol numbers, and not just a little. People who regularly take garlic tend to see their total...

Fall 2025

Your cells produce garbage. In your cells, old proteins clump together, and damaged pieces pile up. When your cellular cleaning crew is doing its job,...

Fall 2025

Too many of us have a sweet tooth. We add sugar to our morning coffee, drizzle syrup over pancakes, or munch on sweets. But not all sweeteners are...

Spring 2025

Ginseng is one of the oldest herbs in continuous use. It has been used in Asia for thousands of years and has many health benefits.

Spring 2024

As we age, our bodies change. These physical changes are most obvious during puberty, but they continue throughout our lives. Some of the changes that...

Spring 2024

Magnesium is one of the critical minerals in our body. Most of it is stored in bones or inside cells. More than 300 enzyme systems need it to function.

Fall 2023

Berberine is a herbal extract with important health benefits.

Spring 2023

Bee pollen is made of pollen grains that have been gathered by bees together with a bit of nectar and bee saliva. A single beehive can collect 100 lbs...

Fall 2022

Our brains age just as our bodies do. Thankfully, our brain function doesn't decline as much as our bodies. Supplements can help protect our thinking,...

Spring 2022

And saffron's mad about me. Saffron, the queen of spices, is also an effective medicine.

Spring 2022

DHEA is a natural hormone or rather a pre-hormone. Its main purpose is to provide the raw material for your body to make hormones such as testosterone...

Winter 2021

Spirulina is an edible green powder or tablet that is often thought of as algae, but it's really a bacteria. It is a bacteria that relies on the sun...

Spring 2020

About 1 out of 5 people are short of vitamin D. In northern areas in winter, half of the population may be short. And as we age, our body gets less...

Winter 2020

By the 1700s, sailors knew that lemons prevented scurvy, but they didn't know why. Vitamin C was first isolated in the 1930s. In 1970,...

Summer 2019

Welcome to mud season. In many parts of Canada, you can tell it's spring by the mud. But with the mud comes the fresh green hue of new leaves....

Spring 2019

\# Vitamin B: Cell Servants \#

Spring 2019

Vitamin, Mineral: Vegetable

Fall 2018

In this edition of Panacea, we turn our attention to author and doctor, Michael Murray, ND. His book, 5-HTP: The Natural Way to Overcome Depression, is...

Summer 2017

Canadians need more Vitamin D, according to a report issued by the Government's Office of Statistics. Only two-thirds of Canadians have adequate...

Summer 2017

Pain, Frankincense, and Herbs

Spring 2017

K2: Hidden, Ignored, and Banned

Spring 2017

My papa Jack lived to be 93, and by all accounts, enjoyed good health up to the day of his passing. One of grandpa's nightly rituals was to take a...

Spring 2017