People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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