Illness; diuretics; laxative abuse; hot weather; exercise; sweating; caffeine; alcoholic beverages; starvation diets; inadequate carbohydrate consumption; and diets high in protein, salt, or fiber can cause people to become dehydrated.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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Willem de Zwart: Still Life with Apples in a Delft Blue Bowl, 1880–1890