On our recent journey back to relearning and building on our basic understandings of probiotics and EFAs, I was struck again by the value in revisiting basic modalities and raising them to a higher level of excellence. Today we revisit, for the same reason, an oft-overlooked familiar area of health: Minerals. It is a known fact that vitamins and minerals are important co-factors in enzymatic reactions. Minerals, however, also provide energetic and structural building blocks—building blocks for enzymes, and solid structures like tissues and even bone. Imagine if we did not get enough minerals in our diets. Would our bones, joints and cells … [Read more...]

Last week, we discussed some of the key points for you to consider when selecting probiotics for maximum therapeutic effectiveness. Today, we'll look at two very hot specialty probiotic products that help fill out the selection of 21 formulas from Pharmax: An exciting top-drawer HLC Multi Strain, and another doctor favorite named HLC Antibiotic Care. In addition to providing a vast selection of probiotics for therapeutic applications, Pharmax also provides an array of really exciting specialty probiotic formulas. In the last blog post, we discussed the importance of using proven human strains that can be identified by a strain number … [Read more...]

What do you think are the most important criteria for selecting probiotics for your patients? When I pose this question to practitioners, many can’t give me what I consider to be valid reasons for their selections. What would be your reasons for choosing your probiotic source? Would it be that the best probiotics have the largest numbers of organisms? How about the number of strains? How about the volumes of marketing accolades and testimonials? How about because it is from dairy or soy? Soil-based organisms? Or would it be because you purchase supplements from your favorite brand and use their probiotics out of … [Read more...]