Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of over 80 chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant called cannabinoids. Cannabinoids bind to receptors in the brain and body and are responsible for the effects of cannabis, like feeling high, relaxed, or euphoric. Demand is increasing for CBD after it was popularized in 2013 by the CNN special, Weed. In Weed, five-year-old Charlotte Figi treats her severe form of epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome with CBD, reducing her seizures from 300 a week to just one a day. … [Read more...]

CoQ10, short for coenzyme Q10, is a substance naturally produced by the human body.  There are two forms of CoQ10: ubiquinone (another given name for CoQ10) and ubiquinol, the reduced form of CoQ10 that’s considered a far more effective alternative. Unfortunately, as you grow older your body produces less CoQ104 and finds it challenging to transform oxidized CoQ10 into ubiquinol. So what exactly does CoQ10 do and what are it's health benefits? In this interview from Dr. Mercola, he … [Read more...]

One of the trends in the health supplement industry over the past decade has been the green superfood power.  If you go walk down your health food store isle, you will see one brand after another of different green superfood's made of numerous types of green's such as kale, wheat grass, broccoli, blue-green algae and more.  These powders are generally made from the juice and sometimes fiber of these ingredients and cold processed to maintain as much nutrition as possible.The question … [Read more...]

The use of medical marijuana continues to be an emotionally and politically charged issue. Although cannabis oil preparations have been used in medicine for millennia, the concern over the dangers of abuse led to the banning of the medicinal use of marijuana in the 1930s.Only recently, marijuana and chemically related compounds have come back to being considered of therapeutic value. A prominent compound found in marijuana or cannabis, CBD, or cannabidiol, has shown to treat numerous … [Read more...]

Smoking can be one of the hardest habits to quit.  And because of this, it is the number 1 cause of preventable death.  There are different ways out there to help you quit smoking like patches, gum, and hypnosis.  But, many of these ways don't seem to work that well.  Is there a vitamin therapy that can help you quit smoking?  In this video from Dr. Andrew Saul, aka the mega vitamin man, talks about a simple proven vitamin treatment to help you quit smoking. [iframe … [Read more...]