An easy way to increase focus and energy

You know supplements are great, but I want everyone to first try this one tactic for increasing energy and focus. No its not buying Sera...though that will help, its doing exercise. I'm sure you've all heard it before. Read it a hundred times on the top 5 this, or 3 best ways this and so on.

But simply put don't try. Make time. Schedule it. Write it in your scheduler, outlook or message yourself to actually do some exercise. It doesn't have to be much, you can go for a 20 minute walk. No need to stress excessively about it but when you are stressed, tired or lethargic go for a walk. It helps trust me, science and my own personal experiences have shown me the light. 

20 minutes once, twice or three times a week goes a long way. Think about that the next time you run for your coffee. 

Autism and supplements?

Does anyone have any personal stories they can relate to the horrors, benefits or challenges an individual must face with autism and taking supplements? 

If so please email info@serasupplements.com subjectline: ATTN: Autism stories

 

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Health and Vitamins

Being a supplement comany you would think we would politely ignore articles like these or beat them down. Well, we aren't thugs, and the article isn't the best for information for example, it lacks citations and by researchers they mean a few doctors. You can find a doctor with any kind of view point really.  

However, the important things to take away from the new york times article is simply this. Its always better to consume vegetables, fruits and a source of protein for your body. Doctors and nutritionists are not always in agreeance with what is a healthy level of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. (most doctors have one nutrition class if that) 

However, stable and quality products have better impacts than cheaper vitamins. Many of these studies do not take into consideration the quality of the vitamins. For example it would be like saying the average car breaks down at x miles. However, perhaps buying a high quality car means that you do not break down at x miles. Researchers, doctors and nutritionists need to be far more specific in their studies as they generalize all manufacturing types to be equal which is not the case, nor are people. 

However the take away stands strong, eat vegetables and fruits, get daily exercise. However, I feel that vitamins are just fine but you'll find people on every side of the aisle. Its perfectly fine, but I take Sera daily for its mental boosting, increase of abstract thought and its energy enhancing properties- I walk the walk so to speak. 

If you are interested in the original article take a look here. 

Are vitamins dangerous?

Moving through my daily news reads of the industry I have found more and more articles on a study released about the risks of vitamins. Simply put the news said the majority of women who took these vitamins or minerals had a higher risk of dying. Calcium was the only one that didn't. So I'm going to get on my soap box for a minute.

There are some good explainations for this. One is that these individuals may have been taking vitamins due to known illness. for example, cancer patients take specific medication in an attempt to alleviate their illness. Saying "Older Women who take cancer medication are at a higher risk of dying" is true, but it maybe due to a third party, which is cancer. 

The news does a very poor job of translating scientific research properly. This is why our profits have been dedicated to medical research, we want to actually have rigorous studies in place. This is often difficult and when we are doing research for products there are a ton of different items of scientific study that appear to have all sorts of methodological issues or do not demonstrate a threshold for dose effect, the minimum amount needed to see an intervention. 

Could vitamins cause this? Yes. Could something else be causing this? Yes. Due to the correlational status we don't know the actual cause which is vital to making the best decision. 

I'm done with my little soap box now. Here is a prime example of a poorly written article that doesn't explain the science behind it very well. Sorry Alaska news, you just happened to be the one I picked out. 

Early signs of alzheimer

Thanks to WebMD for this article. While these may appear obvious people often tend to ignore symptoms until its largely late in the game. If you are concerned, seek medical help but just remember everyone has these things occur once in a while. 

click here to read warning signs of alzheimers

Study on Calcium and other vitamins

Looks like there is another study out there telling another story about vitamins, multivitamins and a wide range of other issues. Remember to take it with a 'just is just one piece of the jig saw puzzle' kind of mentality. Anyone who has lived long enough knows that studies will show that eating bacon helps and then eating bacon doesn't. Philip Wilson does a good job of staying neutral and trying to find all the facts. Hopefully you guys won't get lost in the details of this new study, just interesting calcium study here. 

What can help with jet lag?

Natalie Marx delivers an interesting post about how to stop jet lag and a few other symptoms using alternative medicine. Anyone have positive effects from this kind of treatment on jet lag?

How to stop jet lag

Did you know anti-energy drinks have some curious ingredients?

Anti-energy drinks are filled with a variety of different ingredients. One even has THC, the major chemical compound in weed. The majority of these products lack proper scientific backing to really speak strongly towards its own brand not to mention the potential long term damager that can occur on organs. 

While Energy Supplements receive a counter-culture change, it still doesn't seem that many of either kind is good for the body. 

to read further click here

Inositol is as good as pharma grade drug

Inositol in a clinical study was compared to an antidepressant known as fluvoxamine. The main treatment was for panic disorders. This was a stringent test of the effects of inositol. On the scales inositol tested slightly better than the pharma grade drug but was otherwise compariable on all other measures like phobia, clinical globa impression scale and the HAS. No changest to liver and kidneys were observed in the clinical trial and inositol maybe a healthy alternative to individuals receiving side effects from this pharma-drug.