Tag: vitamins
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Busting Six Myths About Nutrition
There’s probably nothing more contentious in health than nutrition and dieting. Part of this is due to the lack of certainty in nutrition science. For example, you can find just as many studies saying eggs are bad for you than ones saying they’re fine (which they are and eggs can be part of a healthy…
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Food is More than Just Nutrients
Eating a good meal is one of the most common pleasures in the world. And it’s no coincidence we find food enjoyable. Food is needed to provide nourishment and energy for our bodies. If it wasn’t enjoyable, humans would have died out long ago. Who of our ancestors would have spent all that time in…
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Five Ways to Help Your Immune System this Winter
This coming winter will be like no other. Along with the common cold and the seasonal flu, most places are in a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, making for a triple whammy of viruses potentially attacking our bodies. Our main defense system is our immune system. It’s a complex network of pathways involving multiple…
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Vitamin supplements: More harm than good?
Another study about vitamin supplements and another nail in the coffin. After decades of health advocates telling us vitamins in pills are good for us, we’re now learning they aren’t. Or at least they’re not beneficial. Despite this new evidence, nearly a third of adults take vitamins and over 70% in people over 65 years.…