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Low vitamin D levels may contribute to development of Type 2 Diabetes

Study finds low vitamin D levels associated with higher degrees ofinsulin resistance 

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The Importance of Protein with each Meal

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Professor George Bray, of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge documented that people who eat a low protein diet tend to gain more fat and decrease their lean body mass. 
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Household Cleaners

Detergents, cleaning solvents, and indoor fragrances sound like good ideas because marketers have worked long and hard to get you interested in buying them. But the bottom line is that many are toxic and ...
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Are toxic particles in your office air making you sick?

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists are reporting that the indoor air in offices is an important source of worker exposure to potentially toxic substances released by carpeting, furniture, paneling, paint and many other items that “out gas” their fumes. Their report, which documents a link between levels of these so-called polyfluorinated compounds(PFCs) in ...
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Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study

Car owners with a television are 27% more likely to suffer heart attacks than people who have neither, according to a global study on physical exercise and heart disease published in January, 2012.

More broadly, the study - covering more than 29,000 people in 52 countries - showed that working up a light sweat may be the best preventative medicine against heart failure.

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How to Limit Your Exposure to Phthalates

Toxin ALERT: That new car smell, which becomes especially pungent after the car has been sitting in the sun for a few hours, is partly the pungent odor of phthalates (pronounced thowl-ates) volatilizing from a hot plastic dashboard. In the evening's cool they then condense out of the inside air of the car to form an oily coating on the inside of the windshield.

 

 

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Why Women Should Stop Their Cholesterol Lowering Medication

 

 

If you are a post-menopausal women with high cholesterol, your doctor will almost certainly recommend cholesterol lowering medication or statins. And it just might kill you.

 

 

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How to Ease Neck Pain

Do your neck and shoulders feel stiff when you awake in the morning? Or ...

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The Basics of Getting the Right Nutrients

When folks are properly assessed for vitamin and nutrient deficiencies and then corrected, they feel better, their mood, mental sharpness, memory, and ability to focus improve, they have more energy, and they even lose weight. It also helps prevent disease.

 

I have seen mood swings, depression, anxiety, bipolar disease, autism, ADHD, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia go away or dramatically improve when people GET the right nutrients.

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Grief and the Heart

Grief over the death of a loved one can cause a huge spike in a person's risk of heart attack, especially in the early days after the loss.

 

The research tracked nearly 2,000 adults who survived a heart attack and found that among those who had just lost a loved one, the risk of a heart attack soared 21 times higher than normal in the first day.
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