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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
There are actually 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 essential amino acids, and three essential fatty acids that your body needs every day.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.