Health Blog

After the decadence of the holidays, you may want to shift your focus to healthier eating habits. But with so many dietary options to choose from, where’s a person to start? To help you select the best diet for you, here’s an overview of the most popular diets, their pros and cons, and the exciting research that supports (or doesn’t support) their use.

As always, before starting any new diet or taking any new supplement, check with your health care practitioner to ensure that it’s right for you.

Probiotics in the gut support the immune system. They help fight bad bacteria and encourage the production of certain antibodies that are important to immune health. They may also boost immune cells like T-cells. Because of stress, toxin exposure, and poor diets, most of us need probiotic support. A diet rich in fiber and fermented foods supports a healthy probiotic profile. Supplementing with probiotics may also help.

New research shows that while the microbes in your digestive tract may not directly cause you to gain or lose weight, they are thought to influence your metabolism and serve as mediators between your lifestyle choices and your body weight.

In 2022, Betsy’s Health Foods is taking a deep dive each quarter into one area of health (and looking at how interconnected our human systems actually are). This first quarter, we’re deep diving into immune health.

In this article, we discuss some of the specialty supplements, along with your standard ABCs of vitamins and minerals, that help support your best immune health.

Join us this 2022 as we pick a different health area each quarter to explore with a Deep Dive into current information and product highlights that will help you make even better choices for your overall health.

In this first quarter of 2022, January through March, we will concentrate on immune support, an important area of health all year round, especially as we are still facing pandemic conditions across the globe.

Picture-perfect holiday activities are quite the antidote to stress: cozy days shared with loved ones, singing favorite tunes, eating nourishing foods from the harvest, and getting some exercise on the skating rink all contribute to mental well-being.

But whose holidays are ever truly “perfect”? Here’s how to navigate four common holiday stressors so you can fully reap the seasonal joys and benefits.

The holidays aren’t necessarily the happiest of times for everyone. Everyday issues with mood and stress can be greatly exacerbated by the pressures of holiday preparations. It’s simply too easy to fall into the trap of trying to make everything so perfect that we forget to pause long enough to enjoy the moment.

The end of the year just may be the most important time for you to pay attention to how you are supporting a healthy mood, as well as concern for your overall health. In these studies, saffron and tryptophan showed promise when it came to mood.