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Parents always tell their children to take their vitamins. Every day, consumers are bombarded with vitamin advertisements, and it is common knowledge that vitamins are beneficial to the human body. Unfortunately, many people do not know exactly how vitamins are beneficial. Knowing how vitamins can...

• Date Added: 8/23/2005
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Over half of Americans today take a multivitamin of some kind, believing that it will help them to stave off chronic disease and health deficiencies – but health experts are in disagreement over the necessity of these supplements. Some doctors and nutritionists feel that a multivitamin a day is...

• Date Added: 6/27/2006
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What are these wonder micronutrients that your body cannot produce all by itself but needs them badly in trace quantities? They are called vitamins. Vitamins are not synthesized or produced by the body so they need to be obtained by humans through the food they eat. Humans need 13 vitamins to...

• Date Added: 9/7/2005
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You don't realise it yet, but in the next two minutes, you're going to learn about an amazing natural and drug-free therapy that could release you from the shackles of your chronic back pain.

You see the truth is, your back pain is a THIEF! In fact, it's robbing from you right now as your...

• Date Added: 10/25/2006
• Views: 552

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Did you know water coolers have been in service from as early as the middle of the 1900? Amazing enough its true, even back then researchers and people in the fields of health were already aware of the importance of water and the value it played in our daily in-take of staying fit and healthy....

• Date Added: 11/10/2006
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Water Distillers are an effective way to remove the impurities from the water you drink. Purified water is good for your health and a water distiller can help you lead a life full of all the goodness and nourishment that pure water has to offer.

What...

• Date Added: 2/13/2006
• Views: 470

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This article is designed to show why the water we're drinking is bad for us, since it is highly unlikely that the urban water filters that are in place can filter out all of the little contaminants that are present in the water. Those contaminants are listed as part of the effects of urbanization...

• Date Added: 11/22/2005
• Views: 505

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Did you know that a 150-pound woman weighs a mere 17-pounds in the water?

This is because of the water's buoyant effect on the human body. This lack of gravity in water is why so many people with joint and muscle pain, and those who are extremely obese, turn to aqua fitness to get their...

• Date Added: 2/26/2007
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Just imagine yourself fitting to that old pair of jeans or that fancy dress which you had thrown away for a fat tummy line. Well good news all the way! You have lost a few kilos around your waist. The sheer thought of melting steady cellulite gives us immense pleasure. But trimming waist line is...

• Date Added: 3/30/2006
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A recent study revealed that obesity has become the new global epidemic. According to the new figures Australia alone accounts for a staggering 2.4 million adults who are obese and have a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher. Americans boast of a staggering 37% of the children who are either obese or...

• Date Added: 5/12/2006
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The side effects from steroids can be very serious and even fatal. But from the information we gathered in the past few years, it seems to me the side effects are not as serious as the media makes them out to be. Because of the media over exaggerating the side effects, this has turned many people...

• Date Added: 12/29/2006
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Though the exact cause of acne is unknown, many doctors believe it is a direct result of a variety of factors. One of these factors is the increase in androgens during puberty. Androgens are hormones, and can cause the enlargement and overstimulation of the sebaceous glands in people with acne....

• Date Added: 4/6/2006
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Almost 40 percent of the human population will suffer from allergies at some point in their lives. Itchy eyes, stuffy nose, coughing and sneezing are among the most common allergy symptoms and they can make any individual feel tired and weak. Many...

• Date Added: 3/3/2006
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What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is an incurable mental illness. It is taken to be a psychotic disorder that makes the person unable to link thought, emotion and behavior. This leads to a withdrawal from his personal relationships and reality. In schizophrenia people undergo psychotic...

• Date Added: 9/19/2005
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Mesothelioma is a very serious disease. One of the reasons it is so serious is that many people do not know what puts them at risk for mesothelioma. The basic risk of getting mesothelioma has to do with asbestos exposure. Asbestos is very common in many things and therefore it is not very...

• Date Added: 3/11/2006
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There are many supplements that can be purchased and each has a different function to aid with health in the body and mind. These supplements can be vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, flavonoids and enzymes.

Natural health supplements and vitamins can be used not only to promote good health...

• Date Added: 7/14/2008
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Guess who or what is on the popularity charts these days? Pop icons, meditation, vegetarianism, tofu, Buddhism and 'diet pills'. Well, how can one define the reasons for anything or anyone for being so popular! Diet pills are the 'potion of happiness'!

In a world where obesity is...

• Date Added: 3/23/2006
• Views: 648

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The word "organic" may appear on packages of meat, cartons of milk or eggs, cheese and other single-ingredient foods. Certified organic requires the rejection of synthetic agrochemicals, irradiation and genetically engineered foods or ingredients. Literally, of course, the term is a redundancy:...

• Date Added: 5/10/2006
• Views: 655

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You should be prepared for a successful weight loss program. Prepare your mind for the program. You should understand the process of losing weight that you will be suffering a bit. People who failed with different weight loss programs are shocked by the fact when they finally succeeded in their...

• Date Added: 6/25/2008
• Views: 263

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Heart is the most significant organ of the body. It controls and regulates the entire body. An individual can survive the loss of other organs of body but not of a heart. The moment heart ceases pumping blood to thebody, it results in a heart stroke and there are chances that the person may die....

• Date Added: 8/24/2005
• Views: 786