Author: Coastal Pharmacy & Wellness Staff

Our staff specialties range from pharmaceuticals to nutritional health and wellness, to sports nutrition. We are here to share that knowledge. If we don't know immediately, we'll find out. Stop into the pharmacy or nutritional health and wellness department to ask questions relating to your specific needs, or send us an email.

What is Insulin Resistance?

Posted on December 31, 2014
Category: Diabetes, Special Diets

Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas that helps cells to absorb glucose in the blood. When we eat a lot of sugar or carbs, there is a rush of glucose (sugar) absorbed into the bloodstream and the pancreas responds by releasing insulin, signaling the cells to allow the sugar in. When... Read more »
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Product Spotlight: DHA Fish Oil

Posted on September 25, 2014
Category: Children's Health, Supplements

Improve Behavior and School Function with DHA Fish Oil September is all back to business after the summer sun and fun in Maine. Kids are in school, and adults have their heads back in the game. The change in routine can be a difficult adjustment for some children as bedtimes shift, and the pressures of... Read more »
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Skin Deep

Posted on July 15, 2014
Category: Natural Beauty, Skincare

I don’t know one Mainer that doesn’t breathe a sigh of relief when the sun finally warms up and summer hits our glorious coast. Even the people who hate the heat brighten up with the longer days (as they crank the A/C.) Sun and sunlight have some very important effects on our health.  Sunlight triggers... Read more »
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Product Spotlight: Prostate Optimizer

Posted on June 17, 2014
Category: Men's Health, Supplements

The prostate is a small gland that helps produce seminal fluid in men, and is an important part of the male urinary system. It sits below the bladder, and wraps around the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. The prostate gland is very sensitive to the hormones estrogen and testosterone. ... Read more »
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Testosterone

Posted on June 16, 2014
Category: Men's Health

Testosterone is probably best known for promoting libido, increasing one’s sense of well being and perhaps causing wanted or unwanted hair growth.  Testosterone is a steroid hormone derived from cholesterol and secreted primarily by the testes of males and the ovaries of females.  Small amounts are also excreted from the adrenal glands. In men, testosterone... Read more »
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Love Your Mother

Posted on May 6, 2014
Category: General Health, Natural Beauty, Skincare, Supplements

Mother’s Day has evolved to include the many mothers we all have in our life – our parental mother, the woman who may mother our children, and friends or aunts or other significant women in our life who have mothered us in some ways. There are many ways to show love and appreciation for these... Read more »
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