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Women Can Help Prevent Pregnancy Complications

Women Can Help Prevent Pregnancy Complications

Pregnancy can be a wonderful and stressful experience any time of the year, but during the summer months, women should…

15 May 2006

Nutrition and women

Nutrition and women

A good diet is essential for growth, health and wellbeing. In women, nutritional requirements are affected by pregnancy and medical conditions.

09 May 2006

Nutrition in Men

Nutrition in Men

There is strong evidence that Western-style diets are associated with a substantially increased risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and men are…

04 May 2006

Pain and Nutrition

Pain and Nutrition

There is a strong relationship between pain and nutrition. Ongoing pain is associated with major stress on both the mind and the body. By spending…

18 Apr 2006

Muscle Cramps

Muscle Cramps

Muscle cramps are painful, sometimes disabling, involuntary contractions of muscles under voluntary control (skeletal muscle) caused by abnormal functioning of the nerves which control the muscles.…

01 Apr 2006

Changes to in utero environment may alter onset of cancer

Changes to in utero environment may alter onset of cancer

Manipulating the in utero environment may alter the onset of cancers that appear later in the lives of mammals, according…

31 Mar 2006

Adverse Reactions to Natural Food Chemicals

Adverse Reactions to Natural Food Chemicals

Some natural food chemicals, in particular salicylates, amines and monosodium glutamate (MSG), can cause reactions in sensitive people, where they are often labeled food intolerances.

19 Mar 2006

Food additives

Food additives

Food additives are chemical substances added to foods to improve flavour, texture, colour, appearance and consistency, or as preservatives during manufacturing or processing. Herbs, spices,…

03 Mar 2006

Fibrates

Fibrates

Fibrates are a class of lipid-lowering drugs used to treat hypercholesterolaemia and reduce the risk of cardiovascular conditions and heart attack.

22 Feb 2006