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THE BEAUTY BENEFITS OF BIOTIN
Biotin is a member of the B-complex family of vitamins. If you have dermatitis, dry skin, thinning hair, loss of hair color or brittle nails, you may be short in...
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10 Easy & Healthy Salad Recipes
Strapped for time and cash but want to eat healthy? Is the daily struggle trying to figure out what to have for lunch or dinner all too real? Why not...
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Top 12 Foods to Banish Blemishes
You can eat to be healthy and eat to be lean, but did you know you can also eat to be blemish-free? Just as high-glycemic foods, dairy, and saturated...
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Double Your Protein to Build Muscle & Maintain Weight
When it comes to getting necessary nutrients, a one-size-fits-all approach simply doesn’t work. Does a child need the same amount of protein as an adult? And does a sedentary person...
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Vegetarianism: Everything You Need to Know
There seems to be a new food or diet movement every 10 seconds, with each touting its benefits over all the others. But one food philosophy has been practiced across...
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Preventing Diabetes Through Diet & Exercise
Given that almost 20 million people are diabetic and another 70 million have prediabetes (a condition that leads to diabetes if left untreated), it’s likely that you or a loved...
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Almonds
(Prunus dulcis) In botanical terms, an almond is actually a drupe not a nut. A drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part or skin surrounds a shell...
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Copper
Copper is an essential trace mineral that is the third most abundant mineral in the body (after iron and zinc). Copper is found in skeletal muscle and skin but the...
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5 Quality Foods to Prevent Long-Term Weight Gain
If you’re a meat and potatoes person, then you may want to rethink what you’re eating. That’s because with each additional serving of these foods, you’re likely to gain several...
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Eating a Heart Healthy Diet
To recognize the Go Red Campaign, this month we offer a series of articles to increase your understanding of heart disease. In this article, we review the foods to eat...