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Boost the immune system the natural way
Copyright 2005 David McEvoy
Since Dr Peter Koeppel, one of the leading experts on immunology and biochemistry at a leading Swiss pharmaceutical company released a paper on the use of nucleotides and RNA for human health applications. Much...
Is That Healthy Fish Really So Healthful?
Is That Healthy Fish Really So Healthful? By Margot B ELLE Magazine's April issue explores how the most health-conscious eaters may be exposing themselves to dangerous levels of mercury. For years fish has been a dietary staple among...
Study Confirms IBS Improvement
Irritable bowel syndrome is a debilitating and distressing condition, which affects 10-20% of the population. IBS is characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel function such as constipation, diarrhea or alternating diarrhea and...
What Colors Are On Your Plate?
Can the colors on your plate tell you what health benefits you are getting? As researchers are learning more and more about the foods we eat there is one hot topic that keeps coming up….phytochemicals. You may have heard the latest craze for...
Why Your Diet May Not Be Working
Jennifer, a middle-aged single mother with one six-year-old
daughter, has been skipping sweets for a few weeks now. She's
also become a stickler for portion control. She feels as if
she's eating less than ever, and she's been...
Winning at Post-Natal Weight Loss: Six Simple Strategies for New Moms — Part 2
A healthy pregnancy almost always involves weight gain. But now that baby’s here, you’re probably wishing those extra pounds would hurry up and disappear! While it won’t happen overnight, these six simple tips can help you lose that extra weight in...
Your Health and Your Weight
Healthy Living Through The Ages! Like a good friend, a good attitude towards fitness and nutrition doesn't abandon us as we age. It matures right along with us, evolving as our lives change. That means we don't have to give up the activities or...
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Dietary Supplements - Do We Need Them?
No dietary supplement can provide that, but with the assiduous
use of vitamins and minerals, we can often achieve optimum
health for our age group and certainly ease the symptoms of
diseases we may suffer from.
Dietary supplements can be divided into two main types;
nutritional, (vitamins and minerals and amino acids) and
botanical (herbal types).
But is it really necessary for someone who is young and healthy
to take dietary supplements? You may consider that your diet is
healthy enough, but vegetables and dairy food can only be as
good as the soil in which they are grown and many farmers will
agree that their soil is worn out. Why else do they have to add
chemical fertilizers at ever increasing rates? If the soil were
farmed organically, instead of with an eye to profit all the
time, it would be in much better health and so would we.
Another point to consider is the freshness (or otherwise) of the
products we buy. Most vegetables are at least a week old by the
time they get to our homes. Although many are kept in cool
storage, this length of time causes the nutritional value to
greatly decrease. Fruit is often picked before ripe and put into
cold storage for weeks or months, then when it is needed, hit
with a gas to make it ripen quickly. This gas is supposed to be
safe in small amounts, but it is carcinogenic....
Some dietary supplement exponents declare lack of magnesium to
be a major cause of high blood pressure. People who have found
the
usual blood pressure medications to cause more discomfort
than they cure tried out magnesium supplements and in some cases
were able to stop using their prescription medication entirely
within two months. Of course, you should never do this without
consulting your health care professional.
There are some people who claim that dietary supplements do
nothing but give us expensive urine. That may be true if you
have a super healthy diet and are therefore less likely to be
lacking in vitamins, but health-care professionals are
increasingly advising extra supplements for those under stress
such as illness, pregnancy, or periods of sudden growth spurts.
If your tongue is inflamed and you suffer from loss of appetite,
shortness of breath, are irritable, forgetful and mentally
sluggish, you may have a folic acid deficiency. Folic acid is
one of the B group of vitamins and most animal and plant foods
are poor sources of it. The exception is liver which most people
don't eat a lot of these days. Some habits and diseases like
celiac disease, alcoholism and irritable bowel syndrome, also
play a major part in causing a deficiency of this vitamin, so if
you suffer from any of these problems, ask your doctor if you
need a supplement.
About the author:
Brennan Howe is owner of www.freeinfosites.com. Where you can
find free information on a variety of topics including back pain and how
dietary supplements can help.
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