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Posts by Month: June, 2008

Phosphorus

Phosphorus can be found in the environment most commonly as phosphates. Phosphates...

Oxygen

My experienced and educated opinion is reflected in the title of this article and ...

Sodium

Find out how much sodium you really need, what high-sodium foods to avoid, and way...

Nitrogen

Nitrates and nitrites are known to cause several health effects. These are themost...

Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a scarce mineral that is present in very small quantities in the hum...

Manganese

Manganese is a naturally occurring substance found in many types of rock. Manganes...

Magnesium

Calcium & Magnesium: Both elements share left / right-sided cell receptors and...

Potassium

Potassium is a very significant body mineral, important to both cellular and elect...

Indium

Over the last few decades scientists have been researching the roles of various tr...

Iodine

There is growing evidence that Americans would have better health and a lower inci...

Mercury

Powdered metals and metal compounds consisting of silver, copper, tin and zinc are...

Germanium

Many of us regularly supplement our diets with vitamins and minerals. However, ger...

Iron

Iron is an essential mineral and an important component of proteins involved in ox...

Fluorine and Fluorides

Small amounts of fluorine are naturally present in water, air, plants and animals....

Copper

I make and wear copper jewelry because I love copper's color and malleability. Man...

Chromium

People can be exposed to chromium through breathing, eating or drinking and throug...

Cobalt

As cobalt is widely dispersed in the environment humans may be exposed to it by br...

Calcium

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body. The average male has about three...

Boron

Boron is a trace mineral, meaning that small amounts of the mineral are required f...

Arsenic

Arsenic is one of the most toxic elements that can be found. Despite their toxic e...

Argon

Routes of exposure: The substance can be absorbed into the body by inhalation.Inha...

Aluminum

Aluminum is one of the most widely used metals and also one of the most frequently...

Silver (Bad or Good?)

Silver - The Dark Side of a New Health CrazeAds for it litter the Internet and alt...

Actinium

Actinium is a silvery radioactive metallic element. Actinium glows in the dark due...

Vitamin U (S-Methylmethionine)

Vitamins as an alternative to Medication/Vitamin UI don’t know how you feel about ...

Quercetin/Rutin

Quercetanus (1607) was one of the first mediaeval scientists to recognise the exis...

Alpha Lipoic Acid

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A collaborative study between Mayo Clinic and a medical center ...

Vitamin K (menaquinone, phylloquinone, menadione)

What can high-vitamin K foods do for you?Allow your blood to clot normallyHelp pro...

Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol)

The term vitamin E describes a family of eight antioxidants, four tocopherols, alp...

Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid)

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. Unlike most ma...

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PPQ)

A substance once considered inconsequential has now been established as the first ...

Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

The British Medical Journal recently showed that sunbathers using some suntan loti...

L-Carnitine

Carnitine is a nutrient responsible for the transport of long-chain fatty acids in...

Choline

What can high-choline foods do for you?Keep your cell membranes, the gates through...

Vitamin bh (Inositol)

Inositol is the common name of myoinositol, the only form of inositol utilized by ...

Vitamin B17 (Laetrile)

Vitamin B-17 - Laetrile - Anti-Cancer Properties?The diet of primitive man and mos...

Vitamin B15 (Pangamic acid)

Pangamic acid was first isolated in 1951 by Drs. Ernest Krebs, Sr. and Jr., from a...

Vitamin B13 (orotic Acid)

Vitamin B13 is a compound from distillers consisting of dried solubles. It was lat...

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)

What high-vitamin B12 foods can do for you:support production of red blood cells a...