The Allied D-Day Invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944
Seventy-five years ago, on the early morning of June 6, 1944 – the day D-Day – the force of 156,000 soldiers from Britain, US, Canada, countries of occupied Europe, and also from Australia and New Zealand launched a naval, air, and land assault on German-occupied west of Europe, across the English Channel with the landings […]
Wishing All a Thoughtful and Happy Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a uniquely American holiday observed on the last Monday of May in honor of fallen warriors who died while serving in the U.S. military. Initially known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day’s celebration started following the Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865). The fratricidal Civil War claimed more lives than […]
Adaptrin An Example of Bioprotectants and Adaptogens
THE ROLE OF STRESS IN OUR LIVES AND POTENTIAL ROLE OF BIOPROTECTANTS FROM INDO-TIBETAN MEDICINE IN MAINTAINING THE IMMUNE HEALTH AND STAMINA. Although recognition of “stress” as a condition did not occur until the rather recent 1930s, when it was described by the Canadian Dr. Hans Selye, it is not a new phenomenon. Stress has […]
The Boston “Open Air” Hospital Experience in Pandemic Spanish Flue Outbreak
“SUNSHINE VITAMIN” – VITAMIN D AND ITS POTENTIAL ROLE IN MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 INFECTION The article published in 2009 in the American Journal of Public Heath describes experience of hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in a devastating pandemic “Spanish flu” outbreak of 1918–1919. The historical records from an “open-air” hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, suggest that some […]
Selenium Revisited
Abstract Historically, minerals and trace elements were naturally abundant in the diet. Through decades of mass food production, combined with steady soil degradation through overharvesting, supply of minerals and trace elements like selenium in the food gradually decreased. Selenium is an essential trace element in nutrition because it is irreplaceable in sustaining health and prevention […]
Care for Your Metabolism When You Are Less Mobile Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
A NUTRITIONAL AND NUTRACEUTICAL APPROACH TO METABOLISM WHEN WE ARE LESS ACTIVE (PANDEMIC CONDITIONS) Regulation of Glucose in the body Glucose is one of the single most important life sustaining nutrients in the body. Consider that a sudden drop in blood sugar (glucose) levels, technically referred to as hypoglycemia, can cause a person to pass […]
Supporting The Herd Immunity with Adjuvants
IMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINATION VS. VIRAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES Immunology (Latin immunis means providing exemption, protection), or the science of biological defense of our body against disease, is one of the youngest and most dynamic disciplines of modern medicine. The science of immunology was born with the development of the vaccine. It was the English physician Edward […]
Optimal Probiotic and Characteristic
THE OPTIMAL PROBIOTIC IN MAINTENANCE OF HUMAN HEALTH DEFINING THE ROLE OF PROBIOTICS Probiotic bacteria are part of human biological existence, they colonize in the gastrointestinal tract and female reproductive tract, where they play important roles in the digestive and metabolic processes. These bacteria also contribute to homeostasis, characteristic of the state of health, through […]
Christmas During World War II
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE The 76 years ago at Christmas time, Europe and the World was in a grip of most devastating event in human history, World War II, with one of the critical battles of the war unfolding, the “Battle of the Bulge”. Towards the end of […]
The Multitasking Role of Vitamin K
THE POTENTIAL PROTECTIVE ROLE OF VITAMIN K IN NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS New cases of diabetes are increasing worldwide at a rapid pace, with the total number of people with diabetes projected to rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030 – an increase of nearly 200 million in only three decades. There are […]
Healthy Blood Sugar
Glucose (also called “blood sugar”) itself is not a culprit in diabetes. Glucose is one of the single most important life-sustaining nutrients in the body. When glucose is not sufficiently transported from blood to the tissues or when there is a low level of circulating glucose then the tissue, including the brain is starved from […]
Coffee and Health Benefits
META-ANALYSIS: COFFEE IN SUPPORT OF HEALTHY METABOLISM AND BLOOD SUGAR According to legend, the ancestors of today’s Oromo tribal people of northeastern Africa (“Horn of Africa”) have been considered the first who recognized the energizing effects of the coffee plant. The story of Khalid — the 9th-century Ethiopian goat herder who supposedly discovered coffee when […]
Traditional Food For the Thanksgiving — Healthy Thanksgiving!
For many Americans, the Thanksgiving meal includes seasonal dishes such as roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. But what was really on the menu at the famous harvest feast banquet in November 1621, and which of today’s time-honored favorites did not earn a place at the table until later in […]