Category: Best Nutritional Supplements

9 Best Anti-Inflammatory Supplements, According to Dietitians

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Reducing inflammation is a buzzy goal that health influencers and health care professionals alike encourage people to do. No matter whether you are struggling with low-grade chronic inflammation or acute inflammation, finding ways to combat these effects can offer some major benefits.

Unlike acute inflammation, which is the body’s immediate response to an injury, infection, or tissue damage, chronic low-grade inflammation can be a result

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What is berberine, the supplement dubbed ‘nature’s Ozempic’?

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A dietary supplement called berberine is gaining momentum on social media for its weight loss effects, even being referred to by some as “nature’s Ozempic,” in reference to the popular drug that can help people shed pounds.

Users say berberine, which is found in a number of plants, including barberry plants, helps curb appetite and improve blood sugar levels, resulting in weight loss. Google searches for “berberine” began to increase at the end of March before they spiked in late May.

A Chinese barberry plant. De Agostini via Getty Images

Berberine is rising in popularity as demand increases for medications

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A Dietary Supplement That Might Really Work: Taurine

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Readers of this column will know that I’m highly skeptical of dietary supplements. So you might imagine my reaction when I saw headlines a few days ago about Taurine, “the elixir of life?” (at CNN) and “Supplement Slows Aging In Mice And Monkeys” (New York Times).

Unlikely, I thought. But I read the scientific article behind these reports, and now I’m intrigued.

What is taurine? And could

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Here’s what the science says

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Sea moss, also referred to as Irish moss or its scientific name, Chondrus Crispusis typically “used as a stiffening agent in instant puddings, sauces, and dairy products such as ice cream,” according to medical journal Elsevier’s book series, “Advances in Food and Nutrition Research.”

But some people believe that the leafy red algae — consumed in the form of a powder, capsule or gel — can boost your immune system and even aid in weight loss.

In recent years, edible sea moss has gotten a lot more attention on social media, including from celebrities like rapper Meek

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Supplements for depression: Do they work?

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Depression is a common mental health disorder that affects many people worldwide. Effective treatments are available, but they do not work for everyone, so some people look to dietary supplements to try and alleviate symptoms. But do they have any effect? Medical News Today looked at the latest research and asked experts whether supplements might be of benefit to people with depression.

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What does the latest research say about using supplements to help treat depression? Image credit: Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images.

Depression is a lasting feeling of sadness, emptiness, or an inability to feel pleasure that usually happens

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