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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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.
Pregnant women usually experience a heightened sense of smell beginning late in the first trimester. Some experts call this the body's way of protecting a pregnant woman from foods that are unsafe for the fetus.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.