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Immune balance broadcast: Hear it here.

Wanna experience one of the most beneficial half hours of your life? Listen to Embria Health Science’s Stuart Reeves as he is interviewed about immune balance on a Latrobe, PA radio station.  Stuart hits the big points on immune health and quality of life, from colds and flu to stress and travel  to extreme exercise [...]

Immune health and colds/flu - Straight from Mayo

Mayo Clinic’s infectious disease online instruction on cold and flu remedies pretty much describes what we’ve been talking about; many of the commercial over-the-counter ”remedies” for colds really don’t add up to much.
Plus, the conventional mindset on supplementation with extra zinc or vitamin C does not have much scientific support behind it. Call it a wives [...]

Stress and immune defense: Another “C” for “clearly outdated”

Here’s another summary on stress and physical illness at About.com. It’s a good write up, but it ends with that old familiar myth: Megadoses of vitamin C can supercharge your immune system to help ward off stress-related physical ailments.
There’s no doubt that viatmin C is an essential nutrient. It’s classified as a vitamin, for goodness sake, and is crucial [...]