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Eating right, not supplements, is best at keeping your good bacteria healthy, dietitian says

Eating right, not supplements, is best at keeping your good bacteria healthy, dietitian says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Healthy eating, not supplements, is the best way to keep the good bacteria in your gut healthy, says a dietitian and researcher.


Lowering blood pressure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The words are in larger-than-average type. The message is simple: "The Blood Pressure Miracle." And Frank Mangano, health advocate and natural health writer, says that's all it takes to lower your blood pressure -- naturally.


Heart disease: B-vitamin pills have no effect

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

B-vitamin supplements should not be recommended for prevention of heart disease, say scientists. A Cochrane Systematic Review has shown these supplements do not reduce the risk of developing or dying from the disease.


Vitamin B and folic acid may reduce risk of age-related vision loss

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Taking a combination of vitamins B6 and B12 and folic acid appears to decrease the risk of age-related macular degeneration in women, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.


Should Anyone Still Take Vitamin E?

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created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Researchers at UC Berkeley discovered vitamin E in 1922, and since then countless studies have been done on this still mysterious substance. Because its chief function seems to be as an antioxidant, neutralizing potentially ...