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Anti-oxidants and Trace Minerals

Anti-oxidants are special compounds that aid the human body's functions in many ways. Some of the most common anti-oxidants used include Vitamin C, Vitamin E, selenium, and carotenoids. We'll discuss sources of anti-oxidants, the effects these compounds have on our health, and who can benefit the most from anti-oxidants.
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Introduction to Vitamins

Early scientists discovered that certain foods could cure diseases which were caused by vitamin deficiencies. Ancient Egyptians cured night blindness (a symptom of a Vitamin A deficiency) by feeding those afflicted some liver. In the 1700s, scurvy (a symptom of a Vitamin C deficiency) was treated by a prescription of citrus fruits, which are some of the most Vitamin-C rich food on the planet.
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Diabetes - A Global Epidemic

What exactly are vitamins?

The chemical compounds necessary for human life that we call vitamins have a very interesting past. Half of what we know was found through rigorous research; half simply by researching something else entirely. In this article, we'll discuss some of the key periods of time in which our knowledge of vitamins grew.
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Eat the right food for the right vitamins

The differences between natural and syntheic vitamins

There is much discussion in the medical community regarding the differences between natural and synthetic vitamins. While some argue that the body cannot tell the difference between natural vitamins found in the foods we eat and synthetic vitamins grown in a lab, there is a good amount of evidence that points to the contrary.
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