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Breast Cancer and Booze
Two martinis or three beers a day (40 or more grams of alcohol) boost a woman’s odds of breast cancer 40%. Even a daily glass of wine boosts odds 12%, finds a new Australian study that tracked about...
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Eat for Strong Bones
Bones weaken and fractures soar with age. Today, about 10 million Americans have osteoporosis (brittle bones), and another 34 million have osteopenia (low bone mass). Here’s the latest research on how...
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Folic Acid Protects Against Strokes
A comprehensive and exciting new analysis of studies that link folic acid with stroke prevention shows just how powerful a brain protector this plant-based B vitamin can be. The analysis included a...
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Get Control of Your Blood Sugar!
Only about one-third of people with diabetes are able to achieve their target blood sugar levels, even with medications. A new study suggests that two nutrients, chromium and biotin, a B vitamin,...
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Is Eating Quinoa Unethical? Here Are 4 Healthy Quinoa Alternatives
The growing popularity and soaring prices of quinoa, the protein-packed grain-like “superfood” that’s loaded with fiber and essential vitamins and minerals, have created what many experts are calling a...
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Know Your Vitamins – Vitamin B
This week is all about the B’s. There are eight B vitamins under the term “vitamin B,” which we used to think was a single nutrient. Now we know them as the B vitamin complex. Each of these eight play...
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The Rest of the B Vitamins
This installment will cover the rest of the B vitamins, vitamins B6-B12. The B vitamins make up a complex of eight vitamins that play important roles at the cellular level in the body. Vitamin B6 Known...
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I recently started taking B Vitamins, and boy they’re not kidding with the “energy boost” benefit in these guys! I’ve heard a lot about the benefits of B Vitamins for hair and nail health, but after...
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Omega-3s Enhance the Brain-Boosting Power of B Vitamins
It’s well established that B vitamin supplements can help slow down mental decline in older people with memory problems. But what if you’ve tried them, and they didn’t work for you? It might be...
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