Keep Your Healthy Habits for the New Year

These days our economy is forcing us to be more frugal than in the past years. With costs like health care and prescriptions rising, along with everything else, it’s good to know that you can still supplement your health without going broke. SupplementsToGo is still providing quality products at prices that allow you to maintain your healthy lifestyle and supplement regimen.



After working so hard to make the right nutrition choices you want to keep the gains you made last year. Getting essential vitamins and minerals is important for a healthy diet. For many of us, our food choices do not always provide enough of the nutrients our bodies need, so adding dietary supplements into the daily routine has become a more popular way to get the nutrients our bodies need.

With so many choices it’s hard to know where to start sometimes. We hear everything from fiber, Vitamin C, the B Vitamins, Calcium, Potassium and Magnesium, multivitamins, and the list goes on depending on the particular needs.

In order to begin the year with healthy habits, here is a short list of popular supplements that others are getting online in order to benefit their healthy lifestyle resolutions. For strong healthy bones Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and/or a Vitamin D supplement. Your immune system gets added support from Vitamin C.

One of my main supplements is Fish Oil which is well known for its ability to help the heart and cardiovascular system, and the B Complex vitamins play an important role in giving us more energy. Lutein is important for clear, healthy vision. These nutrients play different, but essential roles in your well-being.

Keep in mind that even though our country’s financial system is a little out of whack right now, don’t let your healthy lifestyle suffer also. STG can help make your life easier, and a whole lot healthier. Add lots of these essential nutrients to your daily regimen, and enjoy the endless benefits of good health at cheap prices you can live with.

How pistachios help the heart

Yesterday I bought some pistachios, because I like them, and wondered if they were any good for me. Probably not I thought. So I thought I would try to find out a little about them. I was surprised at what I found. Along with heart-healthy fats, pistachios contain cardio protective nutrients, such as magnesium, potassium, and copper.

Research suggests that a handful or two of pistachio nuts a day could keep heart disease at bay. They appear to lower cholesterol and keep arteries healthy. Just three ounces of pistachios a day is enough to significantly lower the risk of heart disease.

The nuts are thought to be rich in nutrients that reduce hardening of the arteries, one of the main causes of heart Attacks and strokes. During a U.S. study, volunteers were asked to supplement a low-fat diet with pistachios. Some ate 1.5 ounces of the nuts a day, while others had double that amount, either alone as a snack or incorporating them into cereal, muffins and pesto sauce. A third group did not eat any pistachios.

After just a month, cholesterol levels were significantly lower among the pistachio-eaters. Those who ate the most nuts experienced the biggest decrease in cholesterol. Eating three ounces of pistachios a day cut cholesterol levels by 8.4 percent, with LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol dropping by 11.6 percent.

The pistachios study was carried out by researchers at Pennsylvania State University. Lead researcher Dr. Penny Kris Etherton said: ‘Our study had shown that eating pistachios, along with a healthy heart diet, may decrease a person’s cardiovascular disease risk profile.’

Pistachios are rich in an antioxidant called lutein, usually found in green leafy vegetables and brightly colored fruit. Present at higher levels in the pistachio than other nuts, lutein helps prevent cholesterol from clogging up arteries. Experts say it is best to eat unsalted rather than salted pistachios as too much salt can raise blood pressure. However, both types should have the same effect on cholesterol.

For an easy on-the-go snack, toss together some pistachio kernels and raisins in a Ziploc bag.