ASA versus White Willow Bark Extract. Aspirin or ASA, as I’ve outlined previously, works its cardiovascular preventive wonders by blocking COX activity, thereforethwarting production of the pro-inflammatory PGE2 and the clot-inducing thromboxane TXA2 (17, 18). Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and other such pharmaceuticals, inhibits inflammation by retarding PGH (see Figure 13) activity (19). …
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Senior Nutrition 1
Seniors have different nutritional needs that result from an aged digestive system that may have a reduced capacity to digest and absorb crucial nutrients. Research also demonstrates that the manufacture of important antioxidants in the senior’s body begin to decline compromising immune system efficiency and contributing to premature degeneration and aging. When this age-related deterioration …
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Joint and Bone Health; Are you prepared for the unexpected? 0
By Franco Cavaleri BSc NB; Nutraceutical Biochemist; Mr IFBB North America We’ve all heard the ranting and raving by health enthusiasts, including my own harangue about the value of preventive care and staying active and fit. Too many, of us, however, sit at the sidelines, waiting for life to force us into action before taking …
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Oxidation 101 Beauty and the beast; The antioxidant and the free radical. 0
The free radical is much more than just “a bad chemical that inflicts damage,” and there’s a lot more to the antioxidant than its “good-guy image”. In fact, our cells and the cells of our companion animals rely on free-radical activity for many life-supportive processes such as immune function and oxidation of nourishment for energy …
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Intrinsic Genetic Potential for Healing & Maintaining Health 0
Blended excerpts from Potential Within A Guide to Nutritional Empowerment Authored by Franco Cavaleri ISBN 0-9731701-0-7 This article is composed of multiple excerpts to result in tone and content shifts and reference numbering that may be out of order. Taking Back Control of Health Diseases such as dementia and other cognitive disorders; arthritis, colitis, and …
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Designing A Supplement Program For the Human Race of a Lifetime. 0
Although it’s easy to surrender to the common belief that disease is an age-related inevitability more of us are taking our health into our own hands employing the powerfully protective natural strategies that have been available to us for thousands of years. Supplementation has been used in various forms for millennia. As far back as …
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Anti-aging & General Disease Prevention 0
Blended excerpts from Potential Within A Guide to Nutritional Empowerment Authored by Franco Cavaleri ISBN 0-9731701-0-7 This article is composed of multiple excerpts to result in tone and content shifts and reference numbering that may be out of order. Preserving Youth Whether it’s pain, inflammation, blood clot, or asthma attack, the biological response is caused by …
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