When your child is sick, you are inevitably sick, either from worrying yourself to ill health, or contracting your child’s sickness yourself. Due to the fragility of children, you may be concerned about over medicating your child. This worry is understandable, giving the right dose of medication to a toddler can be difficult because they cannot communicate what they are…
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Eating sweets is always kind of questionable when it comes to health. This is primarily because sweets tend to be loaded with sugar. This is not always the case though. Some sweets like dark chocolate are actually healthy for you. They have a minimum amount of sugar and actually some vital nutrients, which gives them a pretty substantial health profile.…
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Disaccharidases are enzymes that are responsible for breaking down complex sugars, such as lactose, into simple sugars, such as glucose. This makes the sugars more easily absorbable by the intestines. A disaccharidase deficiency can lead to a whole host of gastrointestinal symptoms that include such maladies as diarrhea, bloating, or borborygmi (also known as stomach rumbling). These symptoms are very…
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A lot of diets and exercise plans call for counting calories. When you eat food, it is digested and metabolized and used as energy. Certain elements of the food, like protein and dietary fiber are passed through the digestive system and eventually expelled from the body. Most of everything else is either burned as energy or stored for later use…
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If you’re trying to lose weight this winter, you’re going to want to look into a low calorie diet. It can be difficult to maintain a low calorie diet if you don’t know what to eat though, there are just too many bad food choices out there. A good choice is to include some winter vegetables in your diet. They…
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Headaches and migraines can be triggered by all manner of factors such as, diet, exercise, stress, and hormonal imbalance. They can also be brought on or even made worst by a vitamin deficiency. Lacking essential vitamins and minerals like, vitamin D, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folic acid, or magnesium can easily lead to a splitting headache. You can make sure…
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Zinc is a trace mineral that is found in the cells throughout the body. It is important to your health for several reasons. The most important function of zinc is to help build up your immune system. It helps produce white blood cells. Besides that, zinc plays a role in helping you see, smell, and taste things. It also has…
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