There’s a long list of minerals that the body needs if it wants to function properly, but calcium will nearly always be high on that list. It’s also one of the most famous. Is there any child who hasn’t been told to drink their milk because it will help them grow strong and healthy bones? […]
When it comes to vitamins, at first it seems simple to keep track. After all, they’re alphabetical. You start at A and work all the way up to K. Admittedly, you’re not going to spend a lot of time on F, G, H and I. Still, that makes it easy to know if you’re eating
You may have some general ideas about what constitutes organic food. It’s food that’s more “natural”, made without artificial interference from manmade chemicals and processes. But what exactly does that mean? There are pretty strict rules about the standards food has to meet to be called organic. It might help to divide it into two
We all need to eat. Cutting out all food completely is a surefire way to create all kinds of serious and potentially fatal health problems. For most people, the best way to eat is to balance all the possible nutrients that the human body requires so you get a little of everything without ever having
You’ve probably seen organic skincare products. There are cleansers, moisturizers and all kinds of creams and lotions made without pesticides or strange chemicals, and with any animal products coming from animals that lived relatively happy and natural lives. You may choose organic because you want to be more careful about what goes into your body,
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We eat chiefly to stay alive. We prefer to have good-tasting food, but the first concern is our immediate survival. Food serves lots of other purposes, however, including being important to not just how long we live but whether we enjoy a good quality of life. Aging comes with lots of side effects, both physical
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You might have noticed that there are supplements for everything these days: to build muscle, reduce fat, boost your immune system, fight the common cold, and pretty much anything you can imagine. Some work and some don’t, but there’s no denying their popularity. That includes the ones targeted at your skin. There are some people
Organic food has become more and more popular in recent years, a natural extension of a more general push for people to live more sustainably. Proponents claim that organic food is healthier, tastier and better for the environment. Now science has been testing whether that’s really true. Every country has its own standards when it
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Is there any area of health that seems more complicated than nutrition? There seems to be a never-ending parade of experts and fad diets that claim to be the solution to all your problems but often just end up causing new issues. The most basic nutritional advice actually tends to remain the same. You need
There is nothing wrong with using the latest products to keep your skin looking and feeling good, but it’s not all about moisturizing and exfoliation. Some of the most important ingredients for healthy and therefore good-looking skin are vitamins, most of which come from the diet, particularly fruit and vegetables. Take vitamin A, for example.
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