Secure Green Herbal | Health & Nutrition

What are the health benefits of green tea pills? They may be numerous, but consumers need to use caution when they are shopping for supplements, of any kind. Here’s why. Plants and botanicals can be contaminated with herbicides, pesticides, lead, mercury and other harmful chemicals. Even some of the beverages on the market are known to contain benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, due to the combination of sodium benzoate, a preservative, and vitamin C. Manufactures of foods and supplements should be required to test each raw ingredient for contaminants and test the completed batch. Read more

An herbal supplement is a special type of dietary additive that is intended to help the body in some way. In order to be considered an herbal supplement, the additive must be derived from a plant or contain parts from a plant. There are a number of different plant parts that may be used to create an herbal supplement. Primarily, these parts include: - Bark - Flowers - Fruit - Leaves - Roots - Seeds - Stems In some cases, a combination of these different parts are used because each plant part may contain different nutrients and the nutrients they do contain may be in different Read more

Herbal remedies for depression have been used for a very long time. They have also been proven to be very effective too. Most of the focus is on St. John’s Wort which has proven to be just as effective as prescription antidepressants without the side effects. However, St. John’s Wort should not be taken with any other antidepressants or indinivir (a protease inhibitor used for HIV), oral contraceptives, theophylline, warfarin, digoxin, reserpine, cyclosporine, and loperamide. Other people use different herbs for depression and depression related symptoms. Valerian root has been Read more