The more you learn about vitamin D3, the more impressed you should be! D3 is known to help build bones, modify pain and is an important pro-hormone precursor. Since 2009, researchers have also linked low vitamin D3 levels to issues with sleep. Subsequent studies continue to look at vitamin D3 to assess how low, normal and therapeutic levels influence sleep, improve sleep time and quality.

On February 4, 2016 Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah and Representative Erik Paulsen of Minnesota introduced the "Health Savings Act of 2016, which would allow Americans greater control over their healthcare choices. They need our support in protecting our freedom of choice.The proposed legislation would provide a number of changes that promotes supplement use to be a "normalized" part of preventative healthcare by actually allowing specific tax savings. So demand your rights!

Pre-diabetes, why should we be concerned? After all, you'll want to read the January Health Points cover article, Pre-Diabetes & CoQ10 and get out of that diagnostic box. You'll also find help for giving up on sugar if a few holiday pounds have found their way to your middle.

You'll also learn about fibromyalgia, pain and the brain from advisor Dr. Michael Smith, new benefits of olive leaf extract, why magnesium is the master mineral and how ginkgo influences fibromyalgia (FM). Think you know everything about FM?  

Since finishing the January-May edition of Health Points, I've been busy! So you may have noticed a short absence from my blog activity but for good reason. I've attended three informative nutrition conferences (one a 5-day virtual from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. -- whew!) I've got lots of nutritional tidbits to share, starting right now.

This past weekend, I attended an event sponsored by Oregon State University and the Linus Pauling Institute. Some of you may know that Linus Pauling, PhD., was the only individual to win two unshared Nobel Prizes (Chemistry 1954; Peace 1962), He is credited with coining the term "orthomolecular" health, believing that vitamins and other micro nutrients could be utilized to promote health and prevent chronic  disease. A true pioneer in pro-active wellness!