Where Do Consumers Get Their Dietary Potassium?

In the search for rich dietary supplies of potassium, many people turn to bananas, which are sometimes pointed to as being the best natural source of the element. While the fruit certainly packs a potassium punch – roughly 400 milligrams per one half cup, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) –

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Chronic Bowel Conditions May Be Treated With Natural High-Fiber Foods

Individuals who suffer from autoimmune conditions, such as Crohn’s disease, have a substantially impaired quality of life. What’s more, most of these illnesses are chronic and incurable, which makes them popular subjects of scientific research. Sometimes this type of work yields results that may satisfy proponents of natural remedies or alternative medicine. For example, British

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Water pollution linked to reduced fertility

Chemicals found in the water system may be partly responsible for an increase in the number of male fertility problems, British scientists say. Researchers at Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have identified chemicals known as anti-androgens that may get into the water system via medical

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Specific Vegetable Oil May Help Reduce Body Fat

Plant oils and essential oils have been used for thousands of years for their unique health-enhancing properties. They appear in herbal supplements and vitamin pills. Now, scientists have added one more extract to the list – sterculic oil, which researchers think may be able to help the body burn belly fat. A study conducted at

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Article calls for research into link between vitamin D and Alzheimer’s

Given a growing body of evidence linking the development of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia to vitamin D deficiency, a new paper suggests more research is needed to establish a possible causation. The existing evidence centers around the fact that low serum levels of vitamin D have been associated with increased risk for cardiovascular diseases,

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Vitamin D Is Something Obese Teens Have Little Of

Even though individuals who eat to excess would seemingly have access to all the vitamins and minerals they would ever need, research has shown that obese teens are almost universally vitamin D-deficient. The study, which appears in the Journal of Adolescent Health, determined that among the 68 obese teens who participated, all of the girls

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