Serrapeptase is a very powerful enzyme that can provide multiple benefits to your health and body. Known primarily for it’s anti-inflammatory properties which can help with pain relief, serrapeptase is also beneficial for treating arterial blockage.

Serrapeptase for Pain Relief

Serrepeptase is not only a strong anti-inflammatory, it is also an anti-edemic which helps to further reduce pain be preventing swelling and reducing fluid retention. Serrepeptase further helps to reduce pain by blocking the body’s release of amines from inflamed tissues which cause pain to occur.

In many cases, serrepeptase can be used as an alternative method of pain relief for patients that have difficulties with commonly used prescription or over-the-counter pain medicine such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) which can have negative side effects. Unlike NSAIDs which can cause such side effects as constipation, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, dizziness and drowsiness, using serrepeptase as a pain relief is safe and does not provide such risks.

Serrepeptase is used very commonly throughout Europe to treat inflammation and pain as studies performed there have shown it’s effectiveness to be better than that of other medications. In fact, researchers in Europe have found that patients given serrepeptase for pain relief and swelling reduction experience a complete recovery of pain and swelling faster than those given other treatments.

Serrepeptase for Treating Arterial Blockage

Another beneficial property of serrepeptase is it’s ability to treat arterial blockages that occur. Some stuides have shown that use of this enzyme works faster and more effectively at removing arterial plaque than other methods use as chelation treatment.

Serrepeptase induses fibrinolytic activity in the tissues of the skin. This means the it helps to break down fibrin, which is a protein that can build up in the arterial walls and cause poor circulation. Serrepeptase also helps to break down and digest blood clots, non-living tissues, cysts and arterial plaques that are blocking arteries and causing harm to your health.

Use of the enzyme is not only successful at treating existing arterial blockage, but also from keeping the arteries free of plaque and fibrin build up and preventing blood clots from occurring. Since there are no side-effects to taking serrepeptase, providing you take the supplement as directed, it is an excellent enzyme to add to your diet thanks to all of it’s beneficial properties to the cardiovascular system. It is also an excellent alternative for helping to treat pain relief that you experience if you are injured or suffer from a condition like arthritis.

Serrepeptase can be purchased in varying strengths, with lower dosages being taken multiple times a day and higher dosages being taken once daily. When purchasing this enzyme, look for quality enteric coated capsules which are better utilized by your system to ensure you receive the full benefits of the product. Products such as Doctor’s Best Serrepeptaseare a good choice as they come in varying dosages and do have an enteric coating making them more effective at treating the conditions you are using them for.

The skin care industry is a thriving multi billion dollar market, and everyone from huge companies to small one room laboratories are trying to get their share. One would think that all these options are a good thing, and in a way they are, but in the same way they are not. You see, not everyone is totally honest about what they are doing, and these big businesses have the money and power to pull strings and create these loop holes that they can wiggle through. What I am talking about is labels and packaging, there is very little regulation over what can and can’t be printed on these labels, and the consumer must be very careful to not get tricked. It is important to educate yourself on the ingredients in your skin care products.

Chemically based products have the potential to have the opposite effect on your skin, and are also very good at triggering an allergic reaction. Not to mention the fact that your skin is super absorbent and what ever goes on your skin is absorbed into your body. I have a good rule of thumb when it comes to skin care; if you wouldn’t eat it, don’t place it on your skin. Natural products, and I am talking about truly natural products, should have ingredients that you can read and acknowledge the fact that you are reading English and not Russian.

So, are these all natural skin care products as effective as the not so natural ones?

Yes, yes, yes! A perfect example of this is a very successful natural skincare line called Annemarie Borlind natural beauty. These natural products are super effective and extremely good for your skin; there are anti-aging regimens, acne treatments, and body care. She has specifically designed a line for every skin type, and every skin problem you can think of, and believe it or not many of the conditions we face today are a direct result of the products we are using to correct them. We simply must get away from these chemicals and get back to a natural product.

However, there are hundreds of natural products available that are reputable, and actually 100% natural. All you have to do is look and investigate the products before purchasing them to ensure you are getting a good product for your money. Always remember that just because it says natural doesn’t necessarily mean it is natural, you must be sure to buy your products from a reputable all natural skincare website. Doing this will ensure you get a great all natural product, at a great price.

A very good indication of someone’s general health can be told by judging the appearance of their hair, skin, and nails. Many old doctors use to actually take this into account when diagnosing a patient’s condition, now however we have many standardized blood tests and laboratory scans to diagnose illnesses. But, believe it or not your doctor is still paying very close attention to these things because poor hair and nails can indicate a deficiency in certain vitamins and minerals, as well as many medical conditions. Many women that have taken a prenatal vitamin during pregnancy have commented on how gorgeous their hair and nails were during their pregnancy, and this is because of the potency of the prenatal vitamins, not the pregnancy itself.

There are certain vitamins and minerals that your hair and nails need to grow and thrive, ensuring that you get these vitamins and minerals will definitely improve the condition of your hair and nails. It is not just one specific vitamin that makes your hair and nails grow and look great, it is a whole range of them that must work together to promote growth, and push all the old out. There are a whole range of products that specifically focus on strengthening the hair and nails. However, one must approach them cautiously as there are many products that are designed for topical application, such as specialty shampoos and nail polishes. These products are okay, but the real problem is internal, and no external source can fix that.

To treat the problem at the source, and completely heal the body within, you must “fix” the problem, which is usually a deficiency of some kind. Taking a specific hair and nail support supplement is a great way to do this. Some specific vitamins, minerals, and proteins that are essential to the health of your hair and nails are:

Collagen : Collagen is completely essential to the health and suppleness of your hair, skin, and nails. Ensuring that your body has enough collagen will not only help your hair and nails, but it may help to prevent premature wrinkling.

Vitamins A, B, C, D, and E : This is easy enough to remember if you know your ABC’s. These five vitamins are an absolute necessity to the health of many functioning systems in the body, and supporting hair, skin, and nail health just happens to be one of them.

Biotin: Also known as Vitamin H is a completely essential vitamin to the formation of hair and nails. This vitamin has also shown effectiveness in treating baldness.

Many of these hair and nail health supplements contain several, if not all of these ingredients, but let’s not forget there are several herbs that have shown promise in this area such as Nettle, Kelp, Horsetail and Oatstraw…just to name a few. To find out more on these great supplements please visit the Nutrition101 blog

In the course of the last year I have heard this question so many times I can repeat the answer in my sleep. As long as you have a realistic expectation of the supplement it works fantastically. If you are going to take the supplement at 50, and expect it to make you look and feel 21 again, I am afraid you will be sorely disappointed. What it will do, if taken correctly, is prolong the inevitable aging process and keep you looking and feeling younger than your body actually is.

How does it do this??

An anti-aging supplement is designed to restore order to a chaotic aging body. You see when we are young our bodies are balanced and full of defenses, when we age we lose this perfect balance and our defenses against the known causes of aging become weak and depleted. Some scientists have suggested that this depletion is due to the stress of adulthood, while others have stated that we simply use up our reserve and our bodies can’t keep up. What ever the cause these defense mechanisms are what keep us young and prevent certain diseases and age appropriate features from appearing.

What are these defenses??

Free radicals on our skin and in our body cause us to age. Internally these free radicals are a by product of oxygen and they are every where. When we are young we have these free radicals in our body, but the difference is we have a large army of anti-oxidants, the natural destroyer of free radicals. When we age, for some reason, our body no longer has this large army, and the free radicals take over destroying our cells and wreaking havoc inside our body, even causing some very serious diseases.

How do I build my “army” back up?

We do receive some, very few, but some anti-oxidants from the food we eat. There are certain foods that are very rich in anti-oxidants such as the acai berry, blueberries, and pomegranates. But, no one can eat these all day everyday so supplementation is the best option.

So why not just take an anti-oxidant supplement?

While anti-oxidants are a great way to defend the body from the aging process, there are several other factors to take in to account as well, like skin health, and hormone balancing. Hormones play a large role in the aging process as well; aging causes a steep decline in certain hormones and this can leave us with a feeling of tiredness, sluggishness, and fatigue. Not to mention the fact that hormonal imbalances play a large role in the development of certain cancers and leads to skin issues…such as wrinkles and dryness.

Taking an anti-aging supplement will address all issues of aging, free radicals, hormonal imbalances, skin health, and much more. However, as with everything else prevention is key, so it is best to start an anti-aging supplement young before the damage has set in. In other words, if you start the supplement at 27, you will look 27 well into your 40’s rather than waiting until the aging process has already started damaging your body and skin. The key to an anti-aging supplement is healthiness, we all want to look younger but the real gift is feeling younger! To find out more about anti-aging supplements please visit N101.com.

When it comes to protecting your brain and memory skills there are few things that compare on the scale of importance. Ensuring that you are protected and continue to stay cognitive into your golden years is by far one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Alzheimer’s weights heavy on the minds of almost every aging individual I know, and taking that little extra step to help prevent it is well worth the two seconds it will take to swallow a supplement. While we don’t know exactly what it is that causes the heart breaking disease researchers have suggested that keeping the brain and memory healthy through out life is definitely helpful in preventing it.

Taking a supplement to protect, or enrich, your brain and memory function is great for everyone, and can help with that midday lack of concentration, or forgetting to get the milk at the grocery store. There are several reasons that the brain doesn’t function at top capacity, but the good news is there are some proven supplements to correct these common causes of forgetfulness and sluggishness. Let discuss the top three…

Of course the first and obviously most popular brain and memory function supplement is Ginkgo.

Ginkgo has proven itself time and time again to improve brain function, and memory. This completely all natural supplement helps open the vessels that are meant to carry oxygen rich blood to the brain, as well as breaks up those sometimes sticky platelets that can slow the flow to a thick crawl. These claims are not someone’s random rants and theories, they have actually been proven in several clinical studies to be effective.

Acetyl-L-Carnitine is the acetylated version of carnitine, it performs similar functions as regular L-Carnitine, which is improving heart and blood vessle health and improving cognative function. But, Acetyl-L-Carnitine’s major point of distinction is that it crosses the “blood-brain barrier” more readily, thereby eliciting neurological (brain and cognitive) benefits more efficiently and effectively than other forms of carnitine.

L-alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine or GPC has shown in clinical research to helps support higher brain function, mental acuity, and the release of human growth hormone. Research suggests that it is more bioavailable than other forms of choline for the maintenance of learning and memory.

These three brain and memory function supplements are simply the tip of the ice burg, there are many more. However, I felt it important to note that we also have children’s formulas to aid in the battle against attention deficit disorder. These herbs and vitamins are great at improving cognitive skills and attention span in adults, and now we are realizing that they can help treat this common problem in children without all the horrible side effects of the pharmaceutical drugs. This supplement works by naturally increasing a completely normal, and naturally occurring, substance in the brain called DMAE. This substance has been shown to help enhance mental concentration. You know how your mom always told you to eat a good breakfast to get your brain going in the morning, this works on the same principals just 10 times stronger.

Creatine is an amino acid that stores energy in the muscles. Body builders and trainers are crazy about this supplement because of its proven effectiveness at increasing the workout time, and energy levels. Creatine is present in red meat and some types of fish, but when you cook the meat the creatine is destroyed therefore it is suggested to supplement.

As I said earlier creatine is an amino acid that stores energy in the muscle fibers. This basically means that creatine is a cell that sucks up loads of energy and then goes and deposits it in the muscles. This deposit of energy directly into your muscle fibers allows your muscles to endure much more exercise and strength building, without draining your body of energy. This supplement is a must have for body builders and trainers, because when you supplement with creatine you are essentially doubling the benefits of your workout.

However, creatine is very fickle and if you don’t take it exactly right, it will fail to absorb correctly, which means it will not make it to the muscles where it needs to be. Taking a creatine supplement correctly can make or break your goal of muscle mass building. There are a few secret tricks that trainers share with their clients about how to take their creatine monohydrate powder. One such trick is to take the powder mixed with a sweet carb rich juice to speed and ensure the absorption. Many people make the mistake of mixing the powder with water, and while this does work, it is much more effective to mix it with juice. The sweet juice sets off a series of events that leads to the releases of the hormone insulin that works as a transport system directly to the muscles.

Just because water is not the best delivery system, doesn’t mean that it is not important. Anytime you exercise you need plenty of water, but when you take a creatine supplement it is especially important to drink plenty of water. Because your muscles are working overtime the creatine allows, or draws, more water into the muscle cells which takes more away from the body. So, it is super important to drink plenty of water before, during, and even after your exercise. Also, try to avoid caffeine rich products because caffeine naturally works as a diuretic and will allow the loss of the water from the muscles and the body; another product that can act as diuretic is alcohol.

Remember the whole purpose of creatine is to allow your muscles to sustain more stress, thus allowing more muscle mass. This allowance of greater endurance must be taken very seriously and not lightly, you are essentially pushing yourself to great limits and one must be sure not to push to hard. Creatine is a great supplement that has proven itself in many medical studies as effective. If you decide to start taking a creatine supplement you must approach the supplement with logic and don’t over do it as an injury can cause substantial down time.

When you are talking about problems that can arise with the heart and cardiovascular system the list seems as long as your arm. Sometimes these conditions are genetic and despite what most people think they can, and will, develop in people of ideal weight. There are so many factors that play into the development of some of these issues, obesity is a big one, but there are other factors that can attribute to there rise. Luckily research has discovered that there are several herbs that significantly lower the incidence of heart disease, and also promote an all around healthy cardiovascular system. While the list of beneficial herbs and supplements to reduce your chances of heart disease is long, there are a few specific supplements that are better than others.

Four specific supplements to keep your heart healthy are garlic, coQ10, Resveratrol, and vitamin E. Research has shown us that these herbs and supplements have amazing cardiovascular health properties. Let’s take about their specific actions in detail.

Garlic: Garlic has been used for centuries as not only an ingredient in food, but also a medical tool used to treat and prevent illness. Garlic has a rich source of organosulfur compounds that are thought to give it not only its great smell and taste, but added health benefits. Garlic has shown extremely positive benefits in lowering cholesterol, blood pressure, and some studies even suggested that Garlic is a great way to prevent blood clots from forming. Garlic possesses many other positive benefits in the body, other than cardiovascular. This little herb packs a powerful punch and would make a great supplement for anyone.

C0Q10: Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a compound commonly found in the mitochondrial of a cell. CoQ10 plays a key role in the production of ATP which is a cells source of energy. CoQ10 is said to decrease your chances of developing certain diseases such as diabetes, heart conditions, Parkinson’s, and cancer just to name a few. The effects of CoQ10 on the heart are amazing, it has been found effective in treatment for diseases such as hypertension, coronary artery disease, and atherosclerosis. These diseases are major and prevention is key. Taking this supplement everyday will ensure that your heart will stay healthy far into your retirement years.

Resveratrol: Is the active heart healthy ingredient in red wine. Researchers have isolated this natural substance as the component of red wine that makes the heart beat with glee when we drink it. Researchers have long touted that red wine was a heart healthy substance, but doctors are hesitant to suggest it as too much alcohol of any kind can have negative effects on the body. Now we don’t have to drink the sometimes bitter substance because this great ingredient has been drawn out and put in supplement form. Resveratrol is thought to decrease bad cholesterol and prevent blood clots.

Vitamin E: Vitamin E has long been known for its great effects on the skin and as a powerful antioxidant. However, recently scientist have discovered that cultures that consume high amounts of this vitamin in their diet, and people who take a vitamin E supplement long term, have an extremely lower risk of developing heart disease.

Heart disease is the number one cause of death among men and women in America, taking one of these supplements to prevent heart disease, and to keep your heart happy and healthy is a fantastic idea.