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Folic Acid Deficiency Can Lead to Anemia

The essential vitamin, Folic acid, is used by the body to produce red blood cells.  Should the body become folic acid deficient, anemia can ensue.  This type of anemia is caused by a reduced number of...

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Good Carbs Are A Must

We humans simply cannot function without carbs.  Carbs give us energy and without them, we couldn’t think, drive, walk, dance or do the many things we want to do throughout our day.  We need them to...

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Lactation Consultants and Nutrition

Human babies and human breast milk is unique compared to other mammals.  Human babies at birth have larger brains than other animals.  Human milk is also the sweetest of all milks.  Carbohydrates make...

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Grains: The Good and The Bad

Grain products can be found in every culture and are typically stapels in most diets. Today, we have access to all of the diverse foods made with grains from all over the world. Rice from Japan,...

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Nutrition and Breast Milk

Human breast milk is the best option for feeding your infant.  Besides that it is free, does not require you to buy or wash bottles and offers excellent nutrition and immune strengthening components,...

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Metabolic States

The human body exists in two different states.  Following the consumption of a meal, the body is in an absorptive state, where food substances are being absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract into...

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Alcohol: Helpful or Harmful

Alcohol has been around for thousands of centuries.  The earlier versions may not have been as strong or diverse as modern forms but the idea of using fermented beverages has endured through the ages....

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Asthma and Nutrition

Asthma is a chronic lung condition that affects people of all ages. It is also the leading cause of childhood deaths and seems to affect children who live in the city most. Enviromental pollutants are...

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Just Say No to Joe: Coffee

Millions of Americans are consumed with the need to drink several cups of coffee each day. There are coffee houses all over the country. Some have drive-thru windows for quick and easy pick up. Coffee...

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Cravings

Do you ever have an urge to eat a particular food or drink something specific?  Wanting to eat something once in a while versus needing to eat something is the difference between an indulgence and a...

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