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Benefits of CBD
In 2017, retail sales of hemp-derived CBD products reached an astounding $350 million; by 2020, CBD is projected to be a billion-dollar market.[1],[2] What exactly is CBD, and why has it taken the wellness world by storm? Read on to learn about the evidence-based...
Full Spectrum or Broad Spectrum—How Do You Prefer Your Hemp Extract?
How to Decide Between a Hemp Extract With THC, or One WithoutIt seems as if cannabis, a plant regarded as a universal healer as far back as ancient Egypt[1], was made to order for our challenging 21st century. Cannabis has been used therapeutically for thousands of...
Why Your Allergy Symptoms Are Getting Worse — And What You Can You Do About It
An All-Natural Approach to Quenching Seasonal Allergies For GoodIt was early April when photographer and storm-chaser Jeremy Gilchrist sent his drone skyward to capture a thick, choking, yellow-green haze over North Carolina — a “pollmageddon” of spring pollens. He...
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Vitamin C: Essential Protection for the Winter and Beyond
In an era of astounding scientific breakthroughs—where healthy babies are crafted from the genes of three parents and we use CT scans to analyze 99- million-year-old baby bird hatchlings preserved in amber—we can sometimes forget the simple things. That includes the...
CoQ10: The Heart of the Matter
CoQ10: The Heart of the Matter Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), also commonly known by the names of its oxidized and reduced forms ubiquinone and ubiquinol, is one of our body’s most essential bionutrients. It is a potent, lipid-soluble antioxidant found in every one of our...
Boost Your Immunity & Banish Winter Blues
A Look at the Protective Power of Vitamins D3 and K2 Ah, that summer sun—how we all look forward to it, at the beach, poolside, park, patio, or just walking down the street on a midsummer day. Our mood lifts. Our bodies feel stronger. In essence, we feel more vital....
EDTA and Metal Chelation: Can a Liposomal Format Really Deliver?
EDTA and Metal Chelation: Can a Liposomal Format Really Deliver? Chelation therapy, that is, the removal of toxic metals from the body with an agent known as a chelator, is an important mainstay in toxicology and environmental medicine, both fields which deal with the...
Gut Health: A Critical Facet for Effective Detoxification
As many holistic practitioners who work with chronic disease will tell you, if you don’t consider and address gut function, the body will struggle to get well. This concept has long been emphasized regarding conditions as diverse as chronic infections, autoimmune...
BitterX Bigger Better
Detoxification: The Importance of Moving Bile with a Bigger Bitter Bile. It doesn’t have the best reputation. You know it as that bitter fluid you burp up on occasion. It’s also a synonym for spite and malice. As an adjective—bilious—it means spiteful and...
Thrivagen, the Herbal Elixir for Total Woman’s Well Being
A Liposomal Adaptogenic Blend Directed at Female Physiology “'The great question that has never been answered,” confessed famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, “and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is...
Post-Concussion Syndrome: The Risks and Potential Longer-Term Impacts of a Knock on the Head
With football and soccer season in full swing, and the risk of falls due to icy winter weather ahead, there is no time like the present to discuss the potential implications of head injuries, and effective approaches that may help mitigate injury-related consequences....
Water, Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink?
The Many Pollutants that Imperil Our Drinking Water Today Did you ever wonder why scientists get so excited over the possibility of water on other planets? Why should the presence of ordinary H2O—one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms—be so momentous? Because, as the...
Small But Dangerous Air
The air we breathe might be more dangerous than we think... 2017 has been a year of hurricanes, floods and fires—Harvey, Irma, Jose, and rampant wildfires raging across the west and Canada, including Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California and Vancouver. We don’t think...
Can Food Really Be Our Medicine?
How Toxins Are Pervading our Food Supply and Harming Our Health Brilliant Blue. Allura red. Sunset Yellow. The colors sound so delicious — surely they describe some dazzling new interior design, an innovative line of eyeshadows or next season’s shiny sportscars? Or...
Mitochondria: The Key to Reversing Disease and Aging?
If you were to discover the key to reversing or preventing disease processes, slowing or even stopping cellular changes associated with aging, as well as optimizing metabolism and energy production what would you do? Would you hold this treasure for your own, possibly...
What is YOUR Multivitamin Really Delivering?
Multivitamin users have been chastened for their health choices in recent years by the media for trying to support their health by taking a daily multivitamin. Multiple literature reviews have pointed at the lack of beneficial outcomes with multivitamin/mineral (MVM)...
Humble but Powerful: Cruciferous Vegetables Detoxify via a Potent Molecule Called DIM
Wherever you are on your health crusade, you will want to know about a potent, health-promoting compound called diindolylmethane, commonly known as DIM. You are undoubtedly familiar with the vegetable family known as the cruciferous, and its many satisfying, crunchy,...
Stress Support 103: Seawater Minerals Support Parasympathetic Response and Cellular Balance
In this 3-part blog series (Stress Support 101, 102, and 103), the Quicksilver Staff addresses a multipronged approach to supporting the body under stress. Learn more by reading each essential tidbit! Replenish Your Cells Even with a good night’s sleep, and with low...