Vitamin Information Center

Everyone gets sick sooner or later. Even though you can’t entirely stop a cold you can prevent it from getting stronger and lasting longer. I would like to share with you today a few things you can do to over come your common colds.

When you get sick it is a virus that has entered your body. You have what I like to call helper cells that multiply to fight the illness that is upon you. The thing is your cells create new cells every time a new virus enters your body. A certain cell is created specifically for the virus that is affecting you at the time. Once your cells have defeated the virus you will never get sick from that same virus again because you have those cells in your body ready to fight before it affects you. There are many different forms of every virus so although it may seem like your getting the flu for the 50th time it’s actually the flu but a different type than the other 50.

Things you can do to over come these colds are simple but very effective. You can get a shot which is pretty much like planting those helper cells in you so they are there to fight instead of waiting till your sick to form and fight. This way is the most effective when it comes to fighting the common colds.

Another way you can prevent the common cold is to make sure you get a lot of vitamins everyday. I know people that have been taking vitamins all there life and they are never sick. Now I’m not saying you won’t get sick, I’m just saying this will help. Vitamins help strengthen your immune system which is like your army for the war against the cold.

A few other things that can be done are what most people do; go get the cold medicine at the local pharmacy or store. The pharmacies are always getting the newest kinds of medicine for all types of aches and pains but sometimes can be very expensive. The other things you can do are eating healthy and take care of your body. Make sure you brush your teeth at least two times a day and take showers everyday. It is also good to have some sort of yearly check ups with your family doctor. If you have been keeping a good hygiene and taking good care of yourself you will be fine.

Many dog owners wonder if using a canine supplement is a good idea. If you have a healthy dog or puppy, many experts caution against supplements. However, there can be benefits to supplements, especially if your dog is sick or has a health problem. Read on to learn tips to keeping your canine healthy. Continue Reading…

Be it digestive health, sports nutrition, or herbs and supplements, discount vitamins online are available for all. Superstores for discounted supplements online are doing good business now. Continue Reading…

Stress, unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, sleep deprivation, mentally undemanding work, smoking, and many other factors are responsible for the faster rate of aging in the brain. It is not really surprising that people in their late 30s are already experiencing memory gaps and poor problem-solving skills. Continue Reading…

JACKSON COUNTY — We’re finally starting to see more of the sun again, and it’s important to bask in its rays, even in the winter. That’s because the light provides much needed Vitamin D.
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
By Jane Vranish, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What better way to celebrate the season of love than a slow dance to a favorite song? Aliquippa native B.E. Taylor is Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s choice for this year’s concert at the Byham Theater on Valentine’s Day weekend, where there also will be a trio of pas de deux and “Fluctuating Hemlines,” a ballet from “Peter Pan” choreographer Septime Webre.

William Edward Taylor (you do the name math) has always had an avid local following, with sold-out concerts at places such as Heinz Hall, the Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling, W.Va., and the Scottish Rite Cathedral in New Castle. Everyone comes to Taylor for a little musical lovin’, and he feels “compelled to share” — with KDKA, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Fred Rogers commemorative concert, Pittsburgh jazz trumpeter Sean Jones and more.

Taylor learned to love music the hard way, discovering it when he was forced to curtail his activities at age 11 because of a bout with Bright’s disease. He formed a high school group and then his own group, which led to three albums in six years and a couple of national hits, “Karen” and “Vitamin L.”
Taylor attributes his success to the fact that he and his band “do what we enjoy and we enjoy doing it.” He likes variety — R&B, pop, rock, calypso, reggae, ballads. But the major labels, MCA and Epic/CBS, wanted one style, so he decided to do it his way.

Now, he relishes the audiences who come to listen. “It’s music that you can let your kids listen to,” says Taylor with pride.

Choreographer Laurie Stallings wants to introduce a new element to Taylor’s music. The Point Park University alumnus has danced on the edge in Cleveland/San Jose Ballet, BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio, Ballet British Columbia and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

Retired from performing, she is in her third season of dance-making, already impressive in winning accolades in Chicago and currently the resident choreographer of Atlanta Ballet.

When working with a “living artist” such as Taylor, Stallings wants to start with a “clean slate” and bring him “to a new state of awareness” with PBT audiences.

So Stallings adds “new architecture,” not necessarily emulating the music, but sharing the “same living space.” She will also add a scenic design by Pittsburgh-based artist Christo Braum, who uses a mixture of resin and steel to create a colorful design, including a large floor that is lit from beneath.

Stallings is interested in giving back everything she has received, primarily the European influence she encountered while at Hubbard Street. She was known as “a very individual dancer” and likes to have “movement coming from all places.”

On this particular day at the PBT studios in the Strip District, Stallings creates her own soundtrack — “hm-m-m, pah, pah, schwit, pas de bouree” — throwing the dancers out of whack and then sucking them into a recognizable ballet position. She wants it “simple and clear and more delicious” as she squeezes everything out of each morsel of movement.

“Real life is all about rhythm,” says Stallings, so she focuses on the heartbeat to achieve a sense of space, then moves on to an ebb and flow of phrasing.

She likes to push the dancers to the brink and then give the audience a pause to digest it, acknowledging that Taylor’s music “is very supportive of that.” As a result, Stallings is creating a “little short story” to each of his songs, with the end of each story leading to another.

Taylor sees it differently. He visited an earlier rehearsal and noted that “as the song flowed, so did the dancers. It was breathtaking for me,” he says. “The dancers were all smiles, but they weren’t bigger than mine.”

The only thing that would please him more is a great, big collective smile, even wider, from his audience.

Special K has a great promotional idea going with their “Special K Challenge. After all, so many of us want to shed the extra pounds we put on during the Holidays, what’s wrong with them offering us a little help while they introduce their new line of snack products? Besides, the program is logical. You are cutting calories if you substitute two meals a day with either Special K Cereal or one of their snack bars and milk. Cutting calories usually leads to weight loss, right?
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There is a lot of hype surrounding superfoods. Should you use them in your diet? Of course! But what are they and how can they help your body detox program? Read on to find out more.

Superfoods are foods you may or may not eat everyday that are packed full of nutrients, vitamins and minerals that are said will make you healthy, happy and strong. While many people think of vegetables when they hear the term superfoods, some fruits and even dark chocolate fall in this category. Adding them to your daily diet is definitely a recipe for success. Learn more about some of the best you can use during your full body detox.
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So the question is, Is there really a hangover cure out there that can really stop that feeling of nausea and put a stop to that headache even before they have a chance to even effect your body? Most people are familiar with the phrase “No Pleasure Without Pain” well when a night partying followed by a hangover are in question there isn’t a better phrase than that to describe the feeling of that dreaded hangover.
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Why should you be concerned about your hypertension (also called high blood pressure) problem? Read these alarming facts about the ’silent killer‘ of hypertension?

About 73 million people in the U.S. have high blood pressure. That means about one and three adults have this deadly disease. And 1 in 4 are not aware of it.

High Blood Pressure was listed as a primary or contributing cause of death in about 300,000 deaths in the U.S. last year alone.
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