Healthy brain function requires many important nutrients as well as an active, social lifestyle. Factors such as aging, emotional stress, and exposure to free radicals affect cognitive health. A diet rich in antioxidants and essential fatty acids is very important to enhancing memory, cognitive skills, learning ability, mood, and stress tolerance.
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Read MoreCorporate Wellness Magazine is an online publication dedicated to the health and wellness of employers and their employees. This month’s magazine has an article contributed by Village Green Apothecary. Wellness in the Workplace: How to increase employee productivity with a plan for healthy living offers supplement, diet, stress and exercise advice to help increase wellness and productivity. If you have any suggestions or would like to see more articles like this one, please let us know.
Read MoreVillage Green’s BIG SUMMER SALE starts today and runs through July 17. You can save 30% on Pathway brand products, and 25% on most other nutritional supplements. Natural body care products are 20% off. Stop by the store at 5415 W. Cedar Lane (Bethesda, MD), or shop online. Our knowledgeable staff is always available to help you with personalized advice for your health-related questions.
Read MoreIf you have ever been to Village Green Apothecary, you know that we carry a lot of products in such a tiny space. We do our best to carry quality supplements, skin care, and everyday over-the-counter items like acetaminophen. Still we can’t carry everything, but we will do our best to get an item for you if you really want it. We offer “special orders” as an added service to our Village Green customers. So if you have been looking for something and haven’t been able to find it, give us a call and we will do what we can to get it for you.
Read MoreAlthough the bathroom or the kitchen may be the most conveniant place to keep your supplements and medications, a new study by Purdue University has shown that high humidity degrades the vitamins and health supplements stored in those rooms, even if the lids are on tight.
Lisa Mauer, a Purdue associate professor of food science, has shown that subjecting certain products, such as vitamin C, to humidity can chemically change their compositions, eliminating the health benefits associated with those products. She also says that crystalline substances – including vitamin C, some vitamin B forms and other dietary supplements – are prone to a process called deliquescence, in which humidity causes a water-soluble solid to dissolve.
Keeping those supplements away from warm, humid environments can help ensure their effectiveness. So where should you store vitamins? Try a drawer in your bedroom or on your dresser as an alternative. And if you have children, make sure that they are out of reach of their curious hands.
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