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Colds, flus, fevers…oh my!
Parents know the experience of awakening to cries in the night, only to find your child flushed, hot, and sweaty. What can you do to help them feel better? Dress your child in lightweight clothing and cover them with a light sheet or blanket. Provide plenty of fluids, including water, diluted fruit juice, herbal teas (chamomile, ginger, licorice, lemon balm, red clover) or soup frequently to keep the throat moist and the body hydrated.
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Prevent recurring kidney stones
Anyone who has experienced the excruciating pain of kidney stones certainly wants to prevent a recurrence. Did you know that kidney stones affect about 12% of men and 5% of women and tend to run in families?
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Healthy gut, healthy body
The large intestine houses over 1,000 different types of bacteria, a combination of good and bad bacteria, known as microflora. The health-promoting or good bacteria exert beneficial effects that prevent certain ailments and help to better manage others.
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Supplementary, my dear Watson
Unravelling the mystery of nutritional supplements
Whether due to modern farming practices, soil depletion or climate change, studies show our foods bring fewer nutrients to the table. Concentrations of zinc, iron, copper and magnesium in wheat grain, for example, have decreased significantly since mid-1960.
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Stop smoking support to reclaim your health
Away from the pressure and temptations at work, the summer season can be the perfect time to quit smoking. The payoff: within 20 minutes of your last cigarette, blood pressure returns to normal; in five years, lung-cancer risk is cut in half; after 15 years, the risk of coronary disease mimics a non-smoker’s.
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Are you fatigued?
If so, iron deficiency may be the cause – the leading nutrient deficiency in Canada and in the world. Iron is required to make hemoglobin in red blood cells that transports oxygen to our tissues, and severe iron deficiency results in anemia. Blood tests will reveal a low serum (blood) ferritin (iron-bound protein) and a very low hemoglobin count.
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A Health Check™ nutrition makeover
Any time is a good time to make healthy changes. Give yourself a healthy nutrition makeover by following some easy and basic steps. The first step, and every step along the way to making wise eating choices, requires planning.
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A to Zinc
Guide to vitamins and minerals.
When we were kids, the day usually started with Mom making sure we all downed a vitamin along with breakfast; you may share a very similar memory. While we may have continued the tradition with our families, do we really understand the importance of this daily ritual?
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Anti-aging and Disease Defence
Free radicals?
Now, you may have heard of them and may know that they have something to do with cancer but, did you know that they play a role in more than 60 different health conditions?
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Cancer - Fighting Vitamin E Succinate
What form and what dosage of Vitamin E do you take?
During the past ten years a number of important research papers have shown that Vitamin E, in the form Vitamin E succinate, has noticeably superior anti-cancer properties compared to other forms of Vitamin E such as Vitamin E acetate, Vitamin E nicotinate, and gamma-tocopherol.
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