Monthly Archives: September 2009

Benefits of Sea Salt

Sea Salts for Skin Sea salt is really great for your skin and very inexpensive for your pocketbook. Here are some great natural remedies using sea salt from Pamela Allerdice writing in her book Natural Remedies A-Z For dry cracked skin – First, to soften skin, pour 1 cup of sea salt onto a...

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Health Benefits of Green Tea

Health Benefits of Green Tea

Green Tea for Weight Loss Health Magazine reports that five cups of green tea every day could help you shed twice as much weight. According to the Journal of Nutrition, researchers found that people who had sports drinks with green tea for 12 weeks lowered their levels of triglycerides, a blood fat linked to...

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Health Benefits of Vitamin D

Health Benefits of Vitamin D

Vitamin D Deficiencies Health magazine had a great article about Vitamin D. According to Cedric Garland, a doctor of public health, “We could prevent 150,000 cases of cancer annually if we could just increase vitamin D to optimal levels.” A recent report indicated that more than a third of all women fail to get...

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Safely Avoid Vitamin D Deficiencies – Sun Exposure

Safely Avoid Vitamin D Deficiencies – Sun Exposure

Vitamin D Deficiency Treatment Here is an interesting fact – For each minute you spend in peak summer sunlight, your body can produce about 1,000 IU of vitamin D. By comparison you would have to drink 10 eight ounce glasses of milk to get that much. Here is what dermatologists advise: Time it right...

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Safely Avoid Vitamin D Deficiencies – Diet

Sources of Vitamin D The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends 400 to 800 IU daily for adults younger than 50, and 800 to 1,000 IU for adults 50 and older. But many experts now agree that most of us need even more – up to 2,000 IU a day – to raise our levels high...

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