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Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.