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Differences in Vitamin Quality

Differences in Vitamin Quality

Posted by Courtney Henslee on Jan 12th 2015

Why buy more expensive vitamins?What is the difference between “Vitamin”, ” Food Based”, and “Food State” vitamins?I found myself about to write out the same information for a new client for the 5th time this month. Oh yeah! This is the part where I share what I know with everyone and have an easy reference for everyone to get ahold of.What are Vitamins? What’s in these pills anyway?(not food state vitamins) are manufactured *parts* of vitamins. For instance, vitamin c is white sugar processed d … read more

Dermatitis or Eczema

Jan 4th 2015

Dermatitis or EczemaResponse to client's recent question about recomendations:I fell asleep last reading a paper on atopic dermatitis to be ready to help you with this today. Dermatitis in itself is a tricky lady. It is almost always geneological and it does actually present with a different make-up of skin. There is a gene mutation that basically causes the gene to present with a nonlegible script that messes with the expression of skin barrier protiens. There is certainly some important info t … read more

Why not ALL Organic?

Posted by Courtney Henslee on Dec 11th 2014

It is very true that not every ingredient is organic, and there is actually good reason for that. I am not avoiding higher prices, most of the time, I am avoiding absurdity.There are lots of natural oils and butters whose originating plants are NEVER grown with pesticides. The two main ones I have researched in depth are shea and argan. Do not, especially, be fooled by the high price of organic argan or shea. Argan oil comes from the argan tree of Morocco. This is an indigenous tree th … read more