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Good nutrition is vital to healthy hair growth, just as it’s essential to overall good health. Although your body needs a variety of vitamins and minerals to maintain proper body functions, there are several that are specific to hair growth and health. When starting a new vitamin regime, it usually takes from 2 to [...]Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:56:10 -0600
Children, Diets and Taking Vitamins
The best way to assure your children get plenty of vitamins and minerals is to emphasize the importance of eating a variety of healthy foods. Offer foods from the different food groups to your kids each day and prepare meals with nutrients that complement each other. That means eating fresh fruits, [...]Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:04:47 -0600
What is Calcium?
Calcium is a chemical element, which is necessary for living organisms. It is the most abundant mineral found in the body. Almost all of this calcium content exists within our teeth and bones. Bones are generally composed of twice as much calcium compared to phosphorous. Aside from being the building blocks for bones, calcium [...]Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:20:51 -0600
Chemotherapy and radiation are standard but even with them, one-third of cancer patients die in five years. Can we improve these therapies? Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD, (1) a physician who had earned his PhD in vitamins and is the author of Vitamin C and Cancer, chose diet and vitamins to combat the weakening caused [...]Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:16:38 -0600
Now a days, it seem as though there are many stressors causing our negative mood or emotion, such as the traffic, a bossy employer, never ending deadlines, family commitments, etc. Sometimes, it feel as though our mind is never tranquil or at peace. We, even face stress when a event changes the direction [...]Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:56:59 -0600
Have you ever felt excessively tired in the morning? Has that feeling persisted on and off throughout your life? Do you ever feel that your energy level is fleeting without any clear explanation? Do you feel at times, even with aid of exercise and proper rest that your body continues to feel [...]Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:32:27 -0500
Osteoporosis is a medical condition, where the bones become fragile and brittle overtime. Every bone throughout the body can be affected by osteoporosis. However, based on the clinical evidence this condition most likely affects the spine, hip, and wrist. According to some medical institutions, women are four times more likely to develop this condition over [...]Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:39:38 -0500
View with Macular Degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a condition involving the macula and retina of the eye. The macula is a very small area located near the center of the retina. The retina, one of the main components of an eyes, helps to convert light and images to electrical impulses. The impulses travel to the [...]Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:52:10 -0500
Vitamin C is currently one of the most popular supplemental vitamins used. It’s true discovery occured in 1747, by a Scottish surgeon James Lind. Dr. Lind found this special nutrient in citrus fruit, which he soon learned prevented scurvy. To find out the true effect of Vitamin C, he gave lemon juice, to sailors that [...]Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:13:22 -0500
Antioxidants are natural compounds that found in vitamins, minerals, and various other substances. The essential role of antioxidants, are to help the body to fight against the harmful effects of free radicals. In a natural setting, free radicals are metabolic by-products that occurs when we breath normally or if we smoke. Antioxidants aid our body, [...]
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