Vitamins and Nutrients

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These are the Building Blocks of Survival

We all know that the body needs proteins to keep the body functioning properly but it must also have these basic structures to manufacture proteins.

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This Fatty Food Promotes A Healthy Heart And Waistline‏

The myth persists that high fat foods gunk up your arteries and pad your hips. But it’s just not true especially when it comes to the highest fat fruit on the planet – the avocado (Persea Americana).

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To Your Health Series: Types of Medicinal Mushrooms

Eastern medicine values preventative medicine over reactive medicine. For centuries, cultures have long considered certain mushrooms to be responsibile for their prosperity and health. Their use of these mushrooms contributed to longer lifetimes, less health issues, more youthful appearances, and increased energy levels. Read more to understand the healing properties that mushrooms can provide, as well as learn some of the most popular medicinal mushrooms available.

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Too Much of a Sweet Thing? Time For a Sugar Detox

We have a choice in how healthy we want to be. You can always take steps to reverse your health. These six tips will help your sugar detoxing go more smoothly and help your body remove toxic build up from sugar.

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Top 10 Foods that Naturally Clean Teeth

There are certain foods that can be thought of as a double-edged sword, in terms of keeping your body healthy and cleaning your teeth at the same time.

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Turmeric Extract Improves Asthma Patients on Meds

Bronchial asthma can be a life-threatening condition and even the medications used to treat it can be deadly.

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Using Greywater To Grow Bananas

This year we have six hands of bananas ripening out there! Not bad for a roughly 10′ x 10′ banana bed, especially since we’re outside the tropics and bananas can’t stand the winters here.

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Vegetarian Diets Linked to Genetic Mutation That Causes Cancer

Vegetarian diets have caused a mutation in the human genome that becomes more prevalent with each generation of vegetarian eaters.

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Vitamin C: A Powerful Weapon During Cold and Flu Season

Following Benjamin Franklin’s saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” you can bolster your chances to avoid the headaches of cold and flu season by an intake of Vitamin C.

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Vitamin D deficiency substantially increases risk of dementia

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted.

Vitamin D: The Secret Weapon in Fighting Influenza

Studies have shown that deficiencies in Vitamin D have a direct effect on the immune system. Learn what medical professionals are saying about vitamin D and how it can dramatically benefit your immune system.

Vitamins, Minerals, and Survival

If you are ever faced with a true life and death survival situation, do you know what to eat to keep you alive? Are you willing to eat whatever it takes to keep you alert and moving forward? Survival and nutrition go hand in hand. If you are in a survival situation, you must know specifically what types of food your body needs in order to thrive. Reading this article will increase your chances of survival.

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