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Vitamin D3 is well-known for its role in supporting bone health, but did you know that it also needs vitamin K2 to work properly? Vitamin K2 helps to direct calcium to your bones and keeps it from being deposited in your arteries and other soft tissues. That’s why these two vitamins are often taken together to support bone health and prevent osteoporosis. But Vitamin D3 and K2 offer other …

What Is Caffeine? Caffeine is commonly known as a vital component for many beverages, especially coffee. As such, in most cases, it's at least 40% of a coffee grain's compound. Caffeine is also one of the most popular and widely used psychoactive remedies. If you're unfamiliar, psychoactive medications are substances that affect the brain's functioning regarding awareness, mood, and behavior …

What Is Portion Control? Portion size and serving size are not the same things, yet many people use these terms interchangeably. Portion size is the amount of food that you eat at one sitting, while serving size is the specific measurement of food that equals one serving[1]. Portion control is important when trying to lose or maintain weight, as consuming too many calories can lead to weight gai …

While there are countless diets and supplements out there that promise weight loss, nothing beats directly changing your eating habits. This starts with the portions that you eat. Indeed, in a previous post here at Portions Master, we’ve stated that the road towards achieving weight loss and other health goals is paved with "portion control" or consuming the correct portion sizes for every n …