Archive for February, 2008
Study Says High Sodium Levels in Children is Cause for Concern
Why Children Should Pass on the Salt, Too One of the things many people overlook when scanning the nutritional facts on food cans, canisters, boxes and bags is the sodium content. So many food companies tout their product’s low calorie, low fat and low sugar levels—all good things.. But what virtually all of these food [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2008 under High Blood Pressure, Sodium.
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Prevention of Cancer Associated with Sunshine
Vitamin D is a strong and complex vitamin that can be significantly found through sunlight and several different studies have been completed to suggest that vitamin D can in fact prevent different types of cancers. Dr. Louise Parker is a well known epidemiologist as well as expert when it comes to the environmental exposure that [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2008 under Cancer, Vitamin D.
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Prevent Premature Aging with Daily Vitamins
A nutritional expert, Bruce Ames has completed several different series of tests and studies to reach his newly published conclusion that taking certain vitamin supplements on a daily basis can not only prevent premature aging but can also help prevent the illnesses which are commonly experienced through our elderly years. Many illnesses including heart disease [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2008 under Aging, Multi-Vitamin, Vitamin Deficiencies.
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Study: Among Obese, Cancer Risk Increases
More Reasons to Keep Trim  Let’s face it, when it comes to working out and eating right, most of us do it because we want to appeal to the opposite sex. Sure, it might be a vain reason, but in the words of Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.” [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2008 under Cancer, Obesity.
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Study: Fast Food Eating Lifestyle Leads to Liver Damage
Fast Food: Bad For the Liver, Too    We all know that fast food is bad for our body. When eaten in excess, fast foods weigh down our bodies, clog our arteries, spike our blood pressures and increase our chances of getting diseases like Type II diabetes. Yet despite these troublesome truths, fast food joints remain [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2008 under Diabetes, Fast Food, Liver Damage.
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Study: Cough Medicine Ineffective For Both Children AND Adults
For Adults Only…Or Not Recently I wrote about how ineffective cough and cold medications were for children, especially for those children ages two and younger. Now, I’m here to tell you just how ineffective they are for us adults as well. The results for the review of cough medicines were mixed at best (i.e. some [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2008 under Cough Medicine.
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Vitamin E and your Physical Decline
Lack of Vitamin E is usually a direct result of poor nutrition and diet habits, but what you may not know is that a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that it can also affect your physical abilities as well. A group of researchers studied the nutrition and physical [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2008 under Physical Decline, Vitamin E.
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Deathly Consequences of Epilepsy Drugs
The FDA has recently released an important and life altering statement regarding the suicidal effects some epilepsy drugs can have on their patients. The FDA states that they have been looking and comparing placebos with antiepileptic drugs since 2005 and feel that it is time to alert health care professionals of the dangers that may [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2008 under Antiepileptic Drugs, Epilepsy, Suicide.
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Can Vitamin E Prevent Cataracts?
Cataracts are a growing vision problem that many people are finding to be an almost common factor in their lives as they grow older. A recent study was published in the Archives of Ophthalmology stating and proving that a diet with more vegetables and higher Vitamin E levels can greatly reduce the risk of cataracts [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2008 under Cataracts, Lutein, Vitamin E, Zeaxanthin.
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Risks of Vitamin B Deficiency
The Journal of Neurology recently published a study conducted in South Korea that took 518 elderly people under their wing to test their theories about the effects of Folate deficiency. Folate is also known as Vitamin B9 and many people could be suffering from Vitamin B deficiency and not even know it. Folic acid is an [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2008 under Alzheimer's Disease, Vitamin B Deficiency.
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