As well as being the largest, weighing in at 20 pounds or more, the skin is also the most obvious and visible organ in the body. Yet ironically, it’s also the most misunderstood. Virtually all conditions that appear on it…

One of the most significant and multi-functional nutrients is vitamin B3. So important that, under deficiency conditions, the body has an emergency process for producing its own. Lack of B3 can cause neurological and cognitive issues, digestive distress and skin…

The liver the largest of our internal organs, is also the most multi-functional. It performs so many different roles in the body that medical school students often joke that, if you’re not sure of an answer on a physiology exam,…

Of the thirteen vitamins, the most medicinal and therapeutic is vitamin B3. So important for good health that it’s the only vitamin that the body can make a little bit of, under conditions of deficiency. Vitamin B3, also known as…

In the world of chemistry, molecules come in two different shapes: ones that dissolve in water and ones that dissolve an oil. Chemists like to say “hydrophilic” or water-loving and a “lipophilic” for fat loving. In the body, bio-chemicals and…

Human beings are built to survive, and that’s a good thing. The problem is that survival skill requires us to be acutely aware of danger. Unfortunately, the sensitivity to threat can sometimes lead to a sense of pessimism, which can…