Acne. It’s the great dread of many teenagers and more than a few adults. Hundreds of millions of people all across the world have acne at this precise moment, but that’s probably not a comforting thought to most people. It doesn’t matter how common it is or how minimal the damage, we’d all like it […]
Just as every vitamin has its own specific role in the body, every vitamin deficiency has its own symptoms. Some are better-known than others. On the more obscure side is the one-two punch of Wernicke encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome, which so often come as a pair. The vitamin to blame in this particular case is
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Echinacea is another one of those plants that people have been using in traditional medicine for years but where you might wonder exactly what it does and if there’s science to back up the claims. Well, I’m always here to try to help when you’re wading through the ever-confusing information that accompanies most supplements. There
Potassium isn’t as famous as iron or calcium, but that doesn’t make its role as a dietary mineral any less important. You can’t survive if you don’t have enough potassium, which you generally find by eating potassium-rich foods. Those foods include, as with most vitamins and minerals, lots of fruit and vegetables, particularly apricots (especially
If you’re listing the benefits of organic food, the lack of pesticides is often going to be near the top of the list. Pesticides are, after all, designed to be toxic. They’re meant to be targeted at insects and other pests, but that doesn’t mean that humans want to be consuming them. Do organic foods
If you were to take a look at the health advice available everywhere from magazines to official government websites, you’d be forgiven for thinking that humans are basically incapable of making any kind of decision about their own diet without having the rules of healthy eating explained to them in great detail. Now, it’s true
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Why do people go on vacation? Do they want a break from their everyday lives? Do they want to explore a new and exciting culture? Or do they just want to get away from the rain to find somewhere where they can rest in the sun? For some people, sunbathing is the most relaxing way
1. The purpose of supplements is indicated by the name: they’re supplemental. They add something extra if you’re short of a certain nutrient or need a certain effect. They’re not meant to replace a balanced diet. 2. Sometimes, you need supplements of certain vitamins or minerals because, for whatever reason, your body can’t get them
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There’s a whole age of human history named after iron. That’s how important it was for humans to learn how to work it. From farming to weapons and transportation, it’s helped shape our species. It’s about much more than iron tools, however. Iron is an essential dietary mineral. That means the human body can’t function
You may have noticed, in all our previous talk of vitamins, that it seems the people who named them weren’t great at the alphabet. Or counting. You go from vitamin A to vitamin E, then jump all the way to K. There are eight B vitamins, but somehow the numbering system misses 4, 8, 10
