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Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Skyrockets
Today more and more parents are looking at their newly diagnosed ADD children and seeing a bit of themselves in the symptoms. More and more adults are looking at the ADD advertising aimed toward adults and putting the pieces of a distracted childhood into perspective. And today, more and more adults are flocking to the doctors office looking for help in managing their ADHD symptoms.
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Your Prescription Medications May Be Causing Malnutrition.
In today’s society, prescription medications are very commonly used to treat disease, but what most doctors don’t realize is that many of these drugs can cause deficiencies of vitamins, minerals, and other important nutrients required for normal body functions. Continued...
Essential Nutrients For Congestive Heart Failure.
Congestive heart failure is a failure of the heart to pump blood effectively. Treatment usually includes drugs often used for high blood pressure treatment such as diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, and Statin drugs. Unfortunately, as with every known drug that is effective, there are desired effects that make the drugs effective, and there are undesired effects that cause side effects. Continued...
The United States Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) Standards are not enough to achieve optimal health.
For every consumer reading the nutritional labels on any given product, there is also a myriad of weight, height, eating habits, lifestyles, medical health conditions along with prescription medications that makes one wonder what are the standards based on? Continued...
How would I know if I am deficient in essential nutrients?
There are literally hundreds of prescription drugs and over the counter medications that can create a nutrient deficient state. If you are taking any of these medications, that are known to cause nutrient deficiencies, then there is a high probability that you have developed some degree of deficiency. You should be especially concerned if you have been taking the medicine for more than a few months. Continued...
A diet that is naturally high in Omega-3 fats is good, but these foods are often high in calories, fish oil supplements are a great source for Omega-3 fatty acids.
Most of the fats we eat are omega-6 or other types of fat, but cold water fish, nuts, and seeds contain Omega-3 fats. There are literally hundreds of studies and articles in the medical literature documenting the benefits of fish oil supplements. Of course eating a diet that is naturally high in Omega-3 fats is good, but these foods may be high in calories, which are not good for weight issues, or may contain heavy metals or pesticides, which if eaten too often can be harmful. Continued...
Your diabetes medication might be depleting important nutrients!
One of the most popular medications for the treatment of patients with diabetes is Glucophage (Metformin).One of the lesser known facts and yet, very important side effects of Metformin, is how it depletes some of your essential nutrients and increases your odds of having side effects due to nutrient depletion. The nutrients of most concern are Vitamin B-12, folic acid, and Coenzyme Q-10. Continued...
Medical disorders associated with Coenzyme Q10 deficiency.
Coenzyme Q10 (COQ10), is natural substance found in the cells of our body and is involved in energy production. There has been a significant amount of research concerninging COQ10 and its impact on human health. Deficiencies of COQ10 can be far reaching and involve many different systems in your body. Continued...
Why does our body need zinc?
Zinc is an essential mineral that is found in almost every cell in your body. Zinc is one of few minerals that a significant number of people are slightly deficient in. Zinc deficiency is particularly common in infants, adolescents, the elderly and women. Certain drugs and nutrients can inhibit the absorption of, or increase the excretion of Zinc. Continued...
Breast cancer prevention naturally.
Every two minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer.
In 2005, it was estimated that about 212,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer would be diagnosed, along with 58,000 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer. Unfortunately, these numbers were surpassed. Continued...
Heartburn and ulcer medication can be causing vitamin B-12 deficiency!
There are a lot of different medications that work by reducing the amount of acid in your stomach. However, one of the long term effects of reducing the level of acid in your stomach on a continual basis, is your body inability to absorb the amount of vitamin B-12 (Cobalamin) that is necessary, therefore your body’s supplies of this essential nutrient becomes depleted. Continued...
Does "An aspirin a day" put you at risk?
The use of aspirin is making a comeback due primarily to research that has demonstrated aspirin is an effective blood thinner, and can help reduce your risk of a heart attack, or even help save your life if taken during a heart attack. But there are risks to taking aspirin. The one everyone knows about, is the risk of stomach problems. Continued...
