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• Heartburn drugs put you at risk

  Today the FDA warns that the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs),  including Nexium, Prilosec and Protonix to name a few, regularly for a year or longer may lead to low levels of magnesium, which may increase the risk of leg spasms, arrhythmias, and seizures.  If you have GERD also known as hea

• People with IBD may need different types of probiotic support…

  A recent study published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology showed that people with crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis have fewer of the so called beneficial bacteria in their gut during flare ups.  It also indicated that there are different bacteria that predominate depending on which

• Blueberries for Blood Pressure and Diabetes

  Published in the October issue of The Journal of Nutrition, daily consumption of blueberries helped people with a high risk for Type 2 diabetes reduce that risk.   After drinking two blueberry smoothies a day for six weeks, participants’  insulin sensitivity increased –  a key factor in pre

• Can you trust your vitamin supplement?

  February 8, 2010 — A dietary supplement containing toxic levels of selenium 200 times greater than the concentration listed on the label caused a widespread outbreak of acute selenium poisoning, affecting 201 people from 10 states, investigators report today in the February 8 issue of the Archives

• Nutritious foods boost kids IQ

  A diet rich in vitamins and nutrients appears to boost kids IQ, while fatty processed foods lower it,  British researchers say. This is particularly true during the first three years of life when the brain is developing rapidly, the study authors explained. They speculate that good nutrition m