Her Active Life

I’ve been vegan for my entire teen and adult life, and most of my friends and family follow a vegan lifestyle as well. For that reason, I often forget that my…

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Open up your bathroom cabinets. Is the area under your sink a clean and pristine storage space, populated solely by guest towels and an extra roll or two of toilet paper? Didn’t think so. For most of us, bathrooms are a space that…

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Dear Dr. Mirkin: Would you please explain how vitamin pills could affect lifespan, as you reported in last week’s issue?

The issue of vitamin supplements is far from settled. Most doctors take multivitamins themselves and recommend them to…

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One in three women and one in four men in the United States take vitamin pills. If you are among them, you may be doing more harm than good.  In a wake-up call to the multibillion dollar vitamin pill industry, a review…

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“I was vegan for awhile, but...”

I’ve heard it before - over, and over, and over, in fact. It seems like as soon as someone finds out I follow a vegan lifestyle, they feel the urge to relate…

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It is pretty safe to say that most women today understand the benefits of water. While the recommendations vary due to factors like climate, health and how much you are exercising every day, women know that they are supposed to fit…

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Over the last few years I have reported on numerous studies linking vitamin D deficiency with various diseases: diabetes, heart attacks, at least 30 types of cancer, and autoimmune disease such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

People get most of their…

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If beauty and six-pack abs – and sugar and spice and everything nice – came in a bottle, then we could all learn to relax a bit, right?

Right.

But, alas, corporate America has yet to identify that…

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We all need role models - strong, self-sufficient women who endure tough times and make a meaningful mark on the world around them. While many women look to the world of celebrities for their idols, the ladies who deserve the title…

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If you enjoy an active lifestyle, but feel in the dark about how much to eat, and whether or not you need supplements like iron, calcium or B12 to boost your diet, read on. Registered nutritionist Nancy Clark answers the queries…

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Vitamin E actually exists in eight different forms. The one that you need to be concerned about is alpha-tocopherol, which is the most active form and a powerful antioxidant. Since Vitamin E has strong anti-oxidative properties, it plays a role in…

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Blood clotting is essential! Without that ability, sustained by Vitamin A, a cut would cause a person to bleed to death. As I stated last week when talking about Vitamin D, this vitamin is also part of the…

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Calling all women aged 18 to 24: you need more folate!

At least this is the message coming from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in a study released last week. Researchers surveyed over 2,000 women on their intake…

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You do your best to get your vitamins and minerals - but do you really know what makes them so important? In a series of articles, Alexandra Haller will enlighten you to the various benefits of different dietary nutrients, giving you…

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(NAPSI)-While everyday medications and over-the-counter products generally do our bodies good, we should be aware of the unintended effects that some may have.

For instance, many may rob our bodies of vitamins and minerals, including zinc, an essential mineral that…

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