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Vitamin And Mineral Supplements - Friend Or Foe?

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:38 +0000

Registered dietitians know that vitamin and mineral supplements can be both harmful and helpful. Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide recommends that, in addition to healthy food choices, women who could become pregnant and those who are pregnant or breastfeeding need a multivitamin supplement containing folic acid every day. Men and women over 50 need a daily vitamin D supplement of 400 IU. For these population groups, the benefits are clear.

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High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-Fat Anti-Seizure Diet, Hopkins Study Show

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:08:06 +0000

Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study reported in the Journal of Child Neurology. The study appears online ahead of print here.

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5 Reasons to Try Gourmet Tea Today

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:26 +0000

Want to try something different? Discover a world of fine loose gourmet teas, and you’ll never use a teabag again!

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Mending Bones With High Tech Glass Of Milk

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:08:13 +0000

Scientists at the new Nuclear-Magnetic Resonance unit at the University of Warwick have discovered how a high tech glass of milk is helping bones mend. Low temperature Bioglass is used to help fix broken bones, but until now no-one has been able to understand the process. Using a strong magnetic field to ’see’ into the bones researchers saw calcium rush into the bioglass in the first hour of implantation.

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A Green Tea Guide - Wacky Wulong Tea Does Wonders For Your Waist and Hips

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:26 +0000

Wulong Tea (Oolong) has been hailed as the double calorie eradicator in the Green Tea family. But, thats not all Wulong Tea can be good at. Throw in a hefty blood sugar level regulator, a possible memory enhancer, and we cant forget Green Tea’s claim to fame. The mighty Cancer preventative. But in all these benefits, Weight loss is our focus here.

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Green Tea Guide - Weight Loss - Simple Switching, Or Beverage Swapping Can Help Melt You Away

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:30 +0000

Is it really that easy to switch over to green tea every day and lose lots and lots of weight? This short article explains why just drinking Green Tea, will help you burn more calories than just exercising alone. But as usual, when done together, regularly. Then nothing much can stand in your way!

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Dishing Up Pollutants: NSF Award To Study Path Of Pollutants To The Dinner Table

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:08:29 +0000

The National Science Foundation has awarded $356,000 to Cindy Lee, environmental chemist and a professor of environmental engineering and earth sciences at Clemson University, to look at how pollutants cycle through fish and other organisms and wind up on the dinner table. The research will focus on PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), pollutants that have been implicated in problems with brain development in humans.

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Health Canada Reminds Parents Of School Lunch Allergen Safety

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:08:54 +0000

As children head back to the classroom, Health Canada is reminding parents of the importance of allergy awareness when packing lunches for their children. Severe allergic reactions can occur quickly and without warning, and some foods can be life-threatening to allergic children. As many as 1.2 million Canadians may be affected by life-threatening allergies and these numbers are increasing, especially among children.

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Connecticut Mesothelioma Attorneys: Where To Find The Perfect One

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:08:04 +0000

Why do you need to worry about finding good Connecticut mesothelioma attorneys once you have contracted the disease?When you are first diagnosed with mesothelioma it is very important to seek out the right lawyer, someone who is successful with mesothelioma injury cases.The faster you find the right attorney, the more successful you will be with […]

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Nano-Sized ‘Trojan Horse’ To Aid Nutrition

asher — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:20 +0000

Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized “trojan horse” particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body. Dr Ken Ng and Dr Ian Larson from the University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have designed a nanoparticle, one thousandth the thickness of a human hair, that protects antioxidants from being destroyed in the gut and ensures a better chance of them being absorbed in the digestive tract.

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