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Can Supplements Help You Focus?

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If a single supplement could boost your mental performance — by increasing alertness and focus, clearing brain fog, sharpening your memory and reducing the urge to procrastinate — you might feel as if you stumbled upon a revolutionary hack for productivity.

“This is something people have been searching for since the dawn of civilization,” said Dr. Joshua Cahan, a cognitive neurologist at Northwestern Medicine.

Yet despite claims by many supplement makers that their brain-boosting capsules, gummies and powders do just that — with one company saying its “smart pill” promotes mental skills including “focus, learning, clarity, alertness, cognitive

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Can Vitamin D supplements reverse prediabetes? Who needs them most?

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While researchers have known that there is some link between Vitamin D deficiency and Type 2 diabetes, they still do not know whether or how one affects the other. A recently published review by US researchers looks at the factors that lead to differences in Vitamin D levels in the blood despite similar exposure to sun or supplementation. The study points out that absorption of vitamin D is higher when the exposure to sun is at a non-inflammatory level, obese individuals need more supplements as Vitamin D can get stored in the fat tissues, and that women usually have higher

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7 Supplements for Glowing Skin

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Skincare is a journey. While topical products you may apply to your face are fantastic, what you put into your body is equally as important on your path to a flawless complexion. Sure, there are known foods which can help boost your glow, but who has time to keep track of them?

An easy way to get your skin-nourishing nutrients in is by taking a supplement. And luckily, there are plenty of options to choose from! These can be easily incorporated into your

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These Are the Supplements You Should Avoid Taking Together

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Key Takeaways

  • Most adults in the U.S. take dietary supplements, including multivitamin-mineral supplements, vitamin D, and omega-3 fatty acid supplements.
  • If certain supplements are taken together, experts say it can lead to decreased effectiveness, increase the risk of side effects, or even cause potential harm to your health.
  • You should talk with a healthcare provider before taking any supplements to see if it’s safe, especially if you have a certain health condition or are taking specific medications.

More than half of adults in the United States take some kind of supplement or vitamin daily. Depending on the supplement you take,

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The Best Biotin Supplements for 2023, According to Nutritionists

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My freshman-year dorm mate, a Paris Hilton lookalike who hailed from a wealthy Northern California suburb, was very clued into the fish oil craze of the early 2000s. Each day, she choked down one of those amber, egg-shaped pills to fortify her French manicure and color-treated tresses. It was, as far as I can remember, my first introduction to the idea of beauty supplements. Fish oil has fallen out of favor since then, clearing the way for biotin to take over as today’s beauty buzzword of note, but I remain as skeptical of the latter as I was of the

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