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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.
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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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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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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.