Archive for December, 2010

Salt is another nutrient that has been garnering headlines. Persons with diabetes are more at risk than the general copulation for problems with two kinds of salt – sodium chloride (table salt) and potassium salt. In general Westerners get more than enough salt in the foods they eat – naturally in some foods and added [...]

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Exercise According to the American Heart Association and the Surgeon General, inactivity is a definite risk factor for CVD. Sound like nothing new to you? Fortunately, there is something new. The good news is that you don’t have to be an exercise fanatic to reduce your risk. Even modest levels of low-intensity physical activity are [...]

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As we have indicated, melanoma is commoner in sunny climates and, in particular, in hot sunny areas occupied by fair-skinned immigrants such as Western Australia or the southwestern United States. If we take people of similar skin types, we can say that the closer they live to the equator, the more likely they are to [...]

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