Blue Sky Vitamin Blog

The immune system is your body’s personal security system that wards off invaders, kills intruders and keeps the body safe and healthy.

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in your mental and physical health. Approximately 80 percent of the human body's total serotonin is located in the cells in the gut.

Fat around the mid section is a strong indicator of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even a number of different cancers. Luckily, there things you can do to lose that stubborn belly fat and improve your all around health.

The adrenal glands are located just above your kidneys and are your “batteries” that supply most of the energy for your body. When you continually stimulate them with caffeine or even the substances in energy drinks like Guarana and Ginseng you run the risk of over taxing them to the point that they can’t work well on their own.

The fact that your skin is a canvas that can paint the picture of your health is often lost in the treating and covering up of undesirable symptoms. But true skin health and that healthy, youthful glow many of us crave is an inside job.

Sadly, the lifestyle of many Americans isn’t very healthy. Statistics show that even though there are less fatalities due to heart disease it’s, not because people are healthier. It’s because of advances in modern medicine.

It’s ironic that as children we don’t want to go to bed and as adults many of us just want a nap. We all need sleep.  Many of us feel we need more of it but to some it seems elusive.

Diet beverages, good or bad? Do not be fooled by the label. In order to create these sweet but low calorie drinks, artificial sweeteners are often added.

When feeling stressed, depressed, or dejected, a common way most of us tend to cope with things is with erratic sleeping and/or eating. Now this could be the lack of sleeping/eating, over sleeping/eating, or even more common, the occasional binge eating.