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Author :: Lisa Murray  |
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| Article Title :: Vitamin B6 - What Do We Need It For? |
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| Vitamin B6 plays a facilitating role in the immune system and the growth
of new cells. It also assists the body in the processing of proteins, fats,
and carbohydrates. And do you know that Vitamin B6 can help improve
your disposition and balance your mood swings?
Vitamin B6 also helps balance the sodium and potassium in your
body—making sure the body utilizes these two minerals effectively.
Experts also concur that this vitamin has cancer-fighting properties.
Great sources of Vitamin B6 are brewer's yeast, eggs, chicken, carrots,
fish, liver, kidneys, peas, wheat germ, and walnuts.
Vitamin B6 Deficiency (read full article) |
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| Category :: Supplements Articles |
Author :: Lisa Murray |
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| Article Title :: Vitamin B5 - Your Digestive System Depends On It |
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| Vitamin B5 or pantothenic acid plays a supporting role in the secretion of
hormones, such as cortisone. In so doing, Vitamin B5 assists body
metabolism, wards off body allergies and helps keep the skin, muscles,
and nerves in optimum condition.
The human body also needs the help of Vitamin B to release energy as
well as to metabolize fat, protein, and carbohydrates. Without this
vitamin, the body will encounter problems with creating
neurotransmitters, certain hormones, and haemoglobin. This gives you an
idea how important this vitamin is to the body’s vital functions!
Great sources of Vitamin B5 are beef, brewer’s yeast, eggs, fre (read full article) |
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Author :: Tom Donaldson |
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| Article Title :: Natural Tonics for Health and Wellness |
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| I’m a great believer in natural tonics to strengthen or invigorate the healing system. - Dr. Andrew WeilThe American Heritage Dictionary says that a tonic is…...an agent, such as a medication, that restores or increases body tone, an invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence. And a tonic is for producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor.Tonics are usually liquid preparations that have a combination of herbs, vitamins, minerals and other ingredients. No tonic has any magical healing effect on any disease. That may seem to be a strange thing to say in an article about Natural Tonics for Health and Wellness. L (read full article) |
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| Category :: Supplements Articles |
Author :: Levi Bloom |
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| Article Title :: Haven't Heard of the Acai Berry Yet? |
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| You've probably been eating blueberries since you were a little kid. Maybe you've had huckleberries too, which are a little harder to find since they're hand-picked in the wild. (They're not easily cultivated.) But are those the only small, dark berries?The answer is no! There's an even more coveted berry called the acai (ah-sigh-ee) and it comes only from the rainforest. So it's no surprise that is not that well-known here in the USA. But... it is starting to gain popularity, so keep your eyes out!But what's so great about this little berry?Well, did you know that 70% of the plants found to fight against cancer cells are found in the rainforest? Yep, there's a (read full article) |
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Author :: Lorna Mclaren |
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| Article Title :: Vitamin C - The Most Common Health Food Supplement |
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| Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid was first isolated from lemons in 1932. The
C in this very important vitamin is debatable and may stand for citrus,
cold, or collagen for the following reasons.Fruits found with the highest concentration of Vitamin C are citrus fruits,
rose hips, cherries, papayas, cantaloupes, and strawberries. Common
vegetable sources are red and green peppers, broccoli, sprouts,
tomatoes, asparagus, parsley, dark leafy greens, and cabbage.The most important function of Vitamin C is the formation and
maintenance of collagen, the basis of connective tissue, found in skin,
ligaments, cartilage, vertebral discs, joint linings, capillary walls, bones,
and t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Supplements Articles |
Author :: Charlene Nuble |
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| Article Title :: Achieving Youthful Healthy Skin with Vitamins A, C, and E |
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| We all want healthy skin. While the main reasons for pursuing healthy skin tend to be purely shallow and cosmetic in nature, healthy skin is beautiful and keeps us looking younger than our years and there are actually some practical health benefits to maintaining the good health for our skin. The purpose of the skin is to act as a barrier. It serves to prevent bacteria, viruses and other contaminants from entering the body and causing infection, illness and disease. There are many vitamins and minerals that help to keep skin healthy and thus be able to serve its vital role in the protection of the body.Antioxidant vitamins such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin E are very importa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Supplements Articles |
Author :: Lisa Murray |
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| Article Title :: Vitamin E - The Wonder Vitamin |
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| Vitamin E is a family of eight related molecules known as tocopherols. Alpha-tocopherol is the most biologically active form and therefore the most useful to the human body. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant, which protects the body against chronic diseases.Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin. This not only means that our bodies store the vitamin in our fat reserves. It also means that our bodies are only able to break down the vitamin’s potency and nutrients in fat, not in water. This explains why unlike Vitamin C, Vitamin E is more stable in composition and does not evaporate just as easily when the food that contains it is cooked.Experts concur that 1,000 milligra (read full article) |
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| Category :: Supplements Articles |
Author :: R. Edward Jones |
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| Article Title :: Nutritional Supplements: The Amazing Benefits of Vitamin E |
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| The real benefits of Vitamin E may surprise you. First of all, what is Vitamin E? Vitamin E is not one nutrient but actually a group of eight nutrients known as tocopherols and tocotrienols. Each one of these groups is further broken down into alpha, beta, gamma and delta.Alpha-tocopherol is the most active and common form. This is the form most often found in vitamin supplements. This is also the only form of Vitamin E given an RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance). Folks who eat lots of fruits and vegetables and not much fat in their diet, probably don't get their RDA of alpha-tocopherol. Although alpha-tocopherol is the only Vitamin E component given an RDA, Gamma tocopherol is a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Supplements Articles |
Author :: Charlene Nuble |
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| Article Title :: Appreciating the Importance of Folic Acid |
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| Folic acid is actually just one of the many vitamins that make up the Vitamin B complex. Also known as folacin and folate, this indispensable nutrient serves the body in more ways than one.While very much important for all age groups, pregnant women are the ones who actually benefit the most from folic acid as well as those who getting past the prime of their lives. However, despite all of its known benefits many people fail to meet the recommended daily intake levels of folic acid which can oftentimes result to various ill-effects on a person’s health.Folic acid is highly important to a person’s growth as early the period of pregnancy, while a fetus is still developing (read full article) |
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| Category :: Supplements Articles |
Author :: Dhiraj Bhikoo |
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| Article Title :: Using Natural Remedies For Constipation |
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| There are two basic types of constipation - organic and functional. Organic constipation is a result of some physical change, obstruction, or distortion in your colon. This type of constipation needs immediate attention from a doctor.This article only covers Functional Constipation. This type of constipation is a result of not following a proper diet, drinking enough fluids, having good emotional health and not having a good lifestyle - a lifestyle that promotes good movement of digested foods through the intestines and colon.Even though there are many definitions for constipation, constipation is simply a condition where the fecal matter traveling through your colon remains (read full article) |
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