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What is diabetes? Diabetes is a metabolic condition in which the patient exhibits high levels of glucose levels in the blood. This can be a result of insufficient insulin production, the body does not respond properly to insulin production, or a combination of the two. Insulin is a hormone that...

What is it? Pine Bark Extract is derived from the Pinus pinaster tree, a maritime Pine tree. The extract contains a variety of naturally occurring chemicals. These phytochemicals mainly include proanthocyanidins, and flavonoids, both of which have exhibited antioxidative properties. An antioxidant is a compound that can easily donate electrons to radical species in order to neutralize...

Grapes have been used in folkloric and homeopathic medicines for many different ailments since ancient times. The disease fighting properties of grapes have been well known even before biochemical knowledge confirmed this notion. Grapes contain many chemical compounds that help the body to maintain good health as well as prevent...

What is Multiple Sclerosis? Neurons (cells that make up the brain and nervous system) have a protective covering over the portion that propagates signals. This is called the myelin sheath. Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, is a neurodegenerative disease that results from the body’s immune system attacking it’s own neuron’s myelin...

When milk is heated, then fermented with bacteria, a creamy and tangy treat results: yogurt. Yogurt has been a staple, go-to nutritious snack for quite some time. But what makes everyone reach for yogurt? Yogurt contains a large amount of protein and calcium, and the very bacteria used to ferment...