Alkaline for Life® Blog
I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word “detox” I think of laxatives, green smoothies, and lots of tea. What if I told you there is an essential nutrient that acts as an integral part of our own internal detoxification [...]
This question of whether tryptophan can help with anxiety is relevant to the more than 40 million adults in the US who suffer from anxiety each day. We know that serotonin and melatonin regulation play a role in mood and [...]
An estimated 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, and many more have trouble falling asleep or suffer from poor sleep quality. Many people take magnesium supplements because of magnesium's [...]
As part of magnesium’s role as an activator of 600+ enzyme systems within our body, it has several actions in the regulation of brain and nervous system function. Magnesium regulates the excitability [...]
Many of us have a sub-optimal intake of magnesium. In fact, HALF of the population in the United States does not even get the amount recommended to prevent deficiency, let alone for optimal health [...]
Magnesium is one of the most crucial yet often overlooked nutrients. It is the fourth most common mineral in the body, and the second most abundant mineral in human cells. This amazing mineral acts as [...]
Most plants and animals synthesize their own vitamin C, and their internal production of vitamin C greatly increases when under stress. Humans, however, are not able to [...]
Many of us have heard of, or even live by, the expression “food is medicine.” But have you ever considered that exercise could also be thought of as a type of medicine? Well, experts in the exercise industry have begun [...]
Most of us don’t realize that vitamin C deficiency is the 4th most common nutrient deficiency in the United States. While that doesn’t mean that we [...]
