The standard white table sugar is made from one of two plants – sugarcane and sugar beets. It is normally sold without identifying the plant source, because the sugar made from them is technically the same. They are chemically identical products. The refined table sugar commonly used on your table is pure crystallized sucrose, similar to how salt is pure…
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Arthritis is one of the most debilitating chronic medical conditions that can affect the human body. It is an umbrella term for diseases that cause swelling, pain, and stiffness in the body’s joints. Although it typically strikes people later in life, it can affect all genders, ages, and ethnicities. No one is particularly safe from developing arthritis. It is the…
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Depression can be debilitating, not only to your health, but to the quality of your life. And recognizing and combating depression is not a simple thing to do. There are many external and internal factors that can bring on depressive episodes. One that has been getting more notice over the last few years is the change in seasons. Seasonal affective…
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Coconut oil has been at the center of controversy for quite some time now. Some people say it’s the greatest thing since olive oil, claiming that its high in the right kinds of fat and MCTs (medium chain triglycerides). These people say it can increase your heart health and help you lose weight, while other people say it is literally…
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According to recent research, occupational asthma patients have low concentration of vitamin D. This is troublesome because not only does your body need vitamin D for a whole host of reasons, but research also suggests that vitamin D can actually reduce asthma attacks. Vitamin D helps to reduce upper respiratory infections like the common cold which can irritate your asthma…
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If you get too much of a tan, you don’t have to just sit and wait for it to fade. Tanning is basically what happens when your skin is damaged. You can use certain home ingredients to remove the damaged skin cells and revitalize your skin. Below are just a few of the recipes you can try to reverse that…
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Bathing is one of the necessities of human life; after all, cleanliness is next to godliness as they say. It has a central role in all of our lives, because if we do not clean ourselves, we will succumb to all manner of disease. For some people, bathing is as simple as getting your body wet and scrubbing yourself down…
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