Moderation is the key in almost anything and with vitamins, it’s no exception. For the most part, people who spend a lot of money on vitamins just end  up with expensive urine, but sometimes too much of a vitamin can cause problems. Researchers in Sweden found such a problem among 25,000 women who took vitamin C.
The recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 45 mg per day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and 60 mg to 95 mg per day, according to the United States’ National Academy of Sciences. The researchers, who published their findings in the Journal …read more

Your eye is a complicated body part; if all the parts don’t work properly, your vision is affected. Part of your eye is the lens, which is the clear part that allows the eye to focus light or an image on the retina. The lens is made up mostly of water and protein. The retina is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. If this lens gets cloudy, this is called a cataract.
The lens gets cloudy when the protein bunches up together in the lens. The light or image can’t pass through the lens, leaving a cloudy spot. …read more

August is Cataract Awareness Month – a month when eye care professionals hope to spread the word of the causes of cataracts, the prevention and the treatments.
Have you ever seen an eye with a cataract? Cataracts don’t just affect people, but many cats and dogs develope them as they age too. Cataracts happen with the lens of the eye becomes clouded, obstructing vision. Did you know that cataracts are the leading cause of blindness throughout the world?
Cataracts are often considered an older person’s problem. It’s estimated that half of all people 80 years or older have at least one …read more

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! We might just have a new type of oral diabetes treatment. It is derived from yeast and yes, that did make me giggle since yeast is in bread and bread is carbs and carbs turns to sugar and… you get my point.
It is called glucose tolerance factor, GTF, and is essential in understanding how your body builds a resistance to insulin and can use it an ineffective way at different parts of the day or in differing situations.
The results indicate that GTF acts similarly to insulin in the rats, lowering the level of glucose, …read more