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Keeping Sugar in Balance

Keeping Sugar in Balance

One of the challenges to health in modern cultures throughout the world is our access to refined sugar as processed and junk foods--candy, sodas, ice cream, cookies, and other baked goods.

Amino Acid Requirements

Amino Acid Requirements

There are definitely specific requirements for proteins, though the exact amount is somewhat questionable. The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of protein according to U.S. government standards is 0.8 gram per kilogram (1 kilogram equals 2.2...

Diet and Diabetes

Diet and Diabetes

What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a general term for an endocrine disease that is characterized by excessive urination and thirst. Many Americans suffer from this disease, as well as the limitations to one’s lifestyle that accompany it. The two...

Osteo-Arthritis

Osteo-Arthritis

Primarily a disorder of hyaline cartilage and subchondral bone, though all tissues in and around involved joints are hypertrophic. Osteo-Arthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting about one out of every...

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