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Immune support is a must if you want to help fend off illness. As we discussed on Monday, vitamin D-3 is easily one of the best supplements you can take for immune support. In fact, your body cannot mount a successful immune response without vitamin D-3. That’s one of the reasons illness levels spike during the winter months. To help properly support vitamin D-3 levels we’re discounting our high-potency 7,500 IU vitamin D-3 supplement. Cells In Your Immune System Have Vitamin Receptors Which Indicate It’s Needed For Immune Response The role that that vitamin D-3 has on immune response isn’t as well understood as vitamin C. However, we know that many of the cells that make up your immune system...

Guess what’s black, useful in cooking, incredibly small, and isn’t involved in the preparation of Mexican cuisine (even though the name would make it seem like it is). Stumped? Black cumin seed. Black cumin seed comes from a plant known as the Nigella sativa plant, which is native to southwest Asia (commonly called black cumin). This seed is an ancient ingredient for food used in cultures across the middle and far east for a millenia. It’s often used as raw seed or pressed into an oil called black cumin seed oil. Black cumin seed is becoming increasingly popular in alternative health circles as the research on this seed expands. In fact, black cumin seed is fast becoming one of the...

  The reason I’m writing this article today is because inside my home a common virus is wreaking havoc. That’s right, it’s the middle of winter and we’ve been sucker-punched by the cold. The common cold may be a misnomer. While we say it’s common in daily life, every cold we come down sick with is a variation of a type of virus called the rhinovirus. Rhino (which means nose) viruses form the genesis of most colds you’ll ever have in your life. The Rhinovirus is also different than the flu (influenza) so a distinction needs to be made for those who conflate the two with each other. All that to be said, if you want to improve your ability...