Your Support System: Optimizing Bone and Muscle Health
By Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, CSSD, LDN | January 30, 2020 | No Comments
Category: Exercise Healthy Diet Supplements Three Pillars of Health
Taking care of your bones and joints takes an integrated approach. Food choices, supplements, hydration and exercise are all part of the recipe to keep your parts healthy, happy and moving! Eat It: What you eat can have a positive … Read More
Bad Breath Explained
By Sheryl Kraft | January 24, 2020 | No Comments
Category: General Wellness Healthy Diet Three Pillars of Health
The medical term: Halitosis. The plain reality: A turn-off, a deal-breaker, a sign of possible health problems. Think bad breath is as simple as eating onions and garlic? Or perhaps you blame it on poor hygiene. While there is truth … Read More
Five Ways to Manage Back Pain
By Andrea Metcalf | January 16, 2020 | No Comments
Category: Exercise General Wellness Three Pillars of Health
Have you ever suddenly gasped for breath and felt a sharp spasm that sends you into panic mode when you’ve hurt your back? There’s nothing more debilitating than back pain. In fact, 31 million Americans experience low-back pain at any given time … Read More
Finding Time to Make Smart Food Choices
By Danielle Omar, RD | January 10, 2020 | No Comments
Category: Healthy Diet Supplements Three Pillars Three Pillars of Health
Let’s face it, you’re busy. So am I! I understand the need for speed when making every day eating decisions. It’s easy to get caught up in the “busyness” of our daily life (especially during the holiday season) so on … Read More
Minding Your Stress: How Mind-Body Therapy Can Help
By Liz Scherer | December 17, 2020 | No Comments
Category: General Wellness Healthy Diet
Are thoughts of the holidays, the New Year, money or just life getting you down? Life stressors rank high on the list of factors that can influence the disease process, promote inflammation and affect your body’s ability to fight off … Read More
Six Beauty-Boosting Supplements
By Sheryl Kraft | December 10, 2020 | 4 Comments
Category: General Wellness Supplements
Medicinal benefits of foods have been studied for thousands of years. The more modern take on the concept, nutraceuticals, refers to a food or food product that has health and medical benefits. Can ingesting vitamins, minerals and other natural ingredients … Read More
Gut Reaction: Managing GI Issues
By Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, CSSD, LDN | December 3, 2020 | No Comments
Category: General Wellness Healthy Diet Supplements
You know it all too well, when your gut doesn’t feel good, you don’t feel good. What are the most common gastrointestinal (GI) ailments? Upper GI complaints typically consist of heartburn, nausea, vomiting, bloating, stomach pain and feeling of food heaviness. The … Read More
Power of a Personal Mantra
By Carla Birnberg | November 26, 2020 | 22 Comments
Category: Healthy Diet
When I first started meditating I mocked the notion of a mantra. A lot. I thought the whole idea was silly, contrived and sort of pretentious. And then I (finally) began my morning meditation practice and quickly learned a mantra … Read More
Can you Vibrate your Way to Bone Health?
By Liz Scherer | November 19, 2020 | No Comments
Category: Exercise General Wellness
Bone health is so important. And yet, as fast as we make bone, we can lose it even faster as we age. By the time most men reach age 45, they may be losing as much as .75% of bone … Read More
Late-Night Snacking
By Tina Haupert | November 12, 2020 | 1 Comment
Category: General Wellness Healthy Diet
A few years ago, I got into a bad habit of snacking after dinner until pretty much the time I climbed into bed. I would eat dinner at a normal hour (6:00 pm), but then, only a couple of hours … Read More
Welcome to the Supplemental!
The Supplemental is a blog for "Life...supplemented", a forum for discussion around healthy diet, supplements and exercise. Our panel of experts who share a variety of fresh and innovative perspectives, will provide ways to live a healthier life and inspire you to make smart choices.
Blogroll
Carrots ‘N’ Cake
Flashfree
Food Confidence
Healthy Women Midlife Matters
MizFitOnline
NakedFitness
Most Popular Posts
Three Reasons I’m for the Family Meal
Fitting Fitness into a Busy Life
Four Reasons I’m Against “Sneaking” Food.
Eight Proven Ways to Take Back Your Sleep
Post Categories