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Americans mostly getting enough nutrients
Americans have good levels of many important vitamins in their bodies, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There still are some stark disparities, such as a 31 percent vitamin D deficiency in African...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Vitamin D, Vitamin Therapy, Cancer, Health
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Prairie Fare: Do you need a supplement?
FARGO, N.D. - "She's the only one who took her vitamin all week," my husband noted. He was referring to our 8-year-old daughter. I looked in the pill dispenser marked "M" through "S," which correspond to the days of the week. We had a busy week, and...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Breastfeeding, Vitamin B2, Drugs and Medicines, Allergies
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Pomegranates: The crown jewel of fruits
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth). This week, Karen Kolowski weighs in on pomegranates.
The pomegranate...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Dietary Supplements, Vitamin Therapy, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease
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September is fruit, vegetable month
People who eat more vegetables and fruits are likely to have a reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Fruits provide nutrients vital for health such as potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C and folate (folic acid). Most are naturally low in fat, sodium, and...Tags: Salads, Potassium (dietary supplement), Foods and Beverages, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C
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SEEN ON TV: October 17 - October 23
OCTOBER 23 - Click here for a link to The Gift of Time cookbook. OCTOBER 21 - Click here for more information about Halloween Costume shopping ideas from Children's Orchard. - Click here for more information on Jamie's Wish and the KU-KSU tailgate...Tags: Spina Bifida, Services and Shopping, High School Sports, Halloween, Books and Magazines
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Food: It's making a comeback
HealthFor years, companies have been trying to extract the health-promoting properties of various foods, package them in pills, and then make a buck. Voila, one magical wonder nutrient after another has hit the shelves of your local health food store, grocery... -
Think you need nutritional supplements? Think again.
HealthIt's easy to be tempted into taking a bunch of nutritional supplements just in case. But do you need them? And more important, is it safe?... -
DNA referees
Your life story depends upon a combination of the DNA you're stuck with plus your environment, including all the little choices and events that happen over that lifetime.
But in recent years, researchers have discovered that, while DNA lays out the...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Prostate Cancer, Research, Gaming, Alcoholic Beverages
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The Healthy Skeptic: Male fertility supplements are no magic path to fatherhood
The average man produces hundreds of billions of sperm cells in his lifetime. Only a minuscule fraction of those little guys ever manage to swim far enough and fast enough to fertilize an egg. Successful sperm must be strong. It stands to reason then that...Tags: Elections, Vitamin B12, Providence (Providence, Rhode Island), Vitamin B6, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Caveman diet draws grunts from nutritionists
Would adopting the diet our caveman ancestors supposedly ate allow modern-day Americans live longer, healthier lives?
Proponents of the Paleo diet (for Paleolithic) say that meals packed with fresh fruits and vegetables and heavy doses of lean...Tags: Spina Bifida, Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Health
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Study: Birth Spacing Affects Autism Risk in Second Child
Associated PressCHICAGO -- Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children. Children born less than two years after their siblings were considerably more likely...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Preventative Medicine, New York, Health, Autism
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Study: Spacing babies close may raise autism risk
CHICAGO (AP) — Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children. Children born less than two years after their siblings were...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Preventative Medicine, New York, Columbia University, Health
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