Most of us have heard of, or even occasionally used the supplement melatonin. It is the most popular over-the-counter sleep remedy in the US, resulting in sales in excess of US $400 million during 2017. Melatonin is a hormone that is primarily released by the pineal gland in the brain and helps to regulate the
When writing the revised edition of Eat Right For Your Type, I alluded to the difficulties of doing nutritional and dietary research, and used salt as a prime example. It has been suggested that a statistically significant, well-powered study on the health effects of salt would have to enroll 28,000 patients for at least five
Trehalose is a sugar consisting of two molecules of glucose. However unlike the sugar on top of a jelly doughnut, it does not display the qualities of glucose when introduced into the body as it resists breakdown back into the simple sugars. Trehalose has high water retention capabilities, and is used in food, cosmetics, and