1. The purpose of supplements is indicated by the name: they’re supplemental. They add something extra if you’re short of a certain nutrient or need a certain effect. They’re not meant to replace a balanced diet. 2. Sometimes, you need supplements of certain vitamins or minerals because, for whatever reason, your body can’t get them […]
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There’s a whole age of human history named after iron. That’s how important it was for humans to learn how to work it. From farming to weapons and transportation, it’s helped shape our species. It’s about much more than iron tools, however. Iron is an essential dietary mineral. That means the human body can’t function
You may have noticed, in all our previous talk of vitamins, that it seems the people who named them weren’t great at the alphabet. Or counting. You go from vitamin A to vitamin E, then jump all the way to K. There are eight B vitamins, but somehow the numbering system misses 4, 8, 10
Surgery is meant to fix things, right? When part of you is broken or not working properly, it restores it to normal… except no one just jumps back up after a major surgery. There’s a recovery period first. You’re probably going to be really tired in the first few days after an operation, especially if
It’s all very well saying that problems in the adrenal glands can make you ill, but sometimes you need to be more specific. One of the most prominent conditions linked to hormones produced in the adrenal glands (and therefore possibly influenced by their malfunctioning) is Cushing’s syndrome. Cushing’s syndrome isn’t always caused by adrenal problems.
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It’s a widely held fact that people who do a lot of exercise and are particularly fit have lower blood pressure than the general population. Unfortunately, like a lot of widely held facts, it’s not actually that simple. During strenuous exercise, it’s likely that your blood pressure will temporarily increase, as will your heart rate.
You might think that tests and scans are only for when there’s something wrong with you. You start experiencing symptoms, so you go to the doctor and they conduct whatever investigation is necessary to identify the cause. If you’re ill and you want to figure out what’s wrong, you need tests, but that’s not the
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“High cholesterol is bad!” That’s the warning we get on a pretty regular basis, even though, as with most things involving the body, it’s kind of complicated. We do need some cholesterol, and there are different types. Unless you’re an expert, the whole thing can be pretty hard to understand. What those warnings are actually
