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If you've spent any amount of time reading about health supplements and holistic medicine, you've probably come across the use of kitchen spices as herbal remedies. Cinnamon, garlic, tea; any number of common kitchen ingredients have health benefits when consumed as part of an overall healthy diet. Two of the most frequently mentioned – and potentially powerful – spices are turmeric and ginger. In fact, in addition to all of their unique benefits, these two are commonly combined into one super-supplement. Many believe that they have synergistic ingredients that help power up each other. Is that true? What are the...

If you get 20 health gurus and workout instructors in a room and ask them what you should drink before and after a workout, you'll get 25 answers. There are so many different products, different options, and different concerns that it's impossible to pick any one option as "the best" for everyone. The truth is, everyone has a different body, and so everyone responds to different supplements, pre-workout shakes, and post-workout recovery drinks in different ways. So, if you've tried the FAT IMMOLATOR 9000 and the MEGA WORKOUT ULTRADRINK from your friendly neighborhood Amazon store and haven't liked the results,...

The world of health foods and supplements is full of ingredients, some of which you may have heard of, and others that might be completely unfamiliar. Some of them are rediscovered ancient medicine from thousands of years ago, and others are brand new compounds synthesized out of common fruits and vegetables. Still, others are naturally found in the food we eat, but when isolated, can be added as a supplement to enhance their natural effects. L-Carnitine is one of these last ones, a molecule naturally found in our food, but which is now often found as a supplement you can...

Height is a factor in beauty with significant cultural relevance for many. Tall is beautiful, tall is useful, tall is powerful. Tall men are strong and have an advantage in many walks of life. Tall women fit more classical depictions of beauty, and height is sought-after by many. All of this has led to a health craze where millions of people – mostly women, but many men too – seek out any means they can to increase their height. They try everything from high heels and platform shoes to painfully invasive surgeries to herbal supplements. Some of them work! Height-enhancing shoes...