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Healthy Foods High in Electrolytes

The amount of water in your body needs to be in balance with your electrolyte levels. Electrolytes, and the electrical charges they carry, are a ke...

For Flavor and Vitamin C, Try a Papaya!

Christopher Columbus called the papaya “the fruit of the angels.” It's not hard to see why. 8 cups mixed salad greens. 1 cup peeled, cubed papaya. ...

Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?

Ideally, vitamin D is added to a food or beverage that contains calcium. 'Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low bone mass and osteoporosis, w...

Reasons to Get Your Dairy

But the other side to the story is that their intake of many key nutrients -- like protein, calcium, magnesium, folate, B1, B2, B6, B12, and vitami...

O2 Diet

Phase 1 (lasts 4 days): This phase is a 'cleanse.' You get a whopping 50,000 ORAC points per day on very few calories, and you drink water and gree...

Why is My Blood Sugar High in The Morning?

That disrupts the delicate balance that you work so hard to keep, and your sugar readings can be too high by morning. If you have diabetes, chances...

Prep for Low Blood Sugar

If yours checks 'whole blood,' a glucose reading under 70 mg/dl is low. On a newer meter that monitors 'plasma glucose,' 80 mg/dl or lower means lo...

Diabetes Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

“The medication that you’re on for diabetes isn’t an option,” says Jorge Moreno, MD, an obesity medicine specialist with Yale Medicine. If you work...

Why Does Blood Sugar Spike in The Morning?

When it can't make enough insulin to compensate, your blood sugar will be high. And starting out high in the morning means you'll have to work hard...

Blood Sugar Highs and Lows

Check your blood sugar if you notice these symptoms. 'If your blood sugar is in the 300s or 400s, call your doctor,' she says. Some diabetes medici...

Serotonin Syndrome

Serotonin syndrome is when your body has too much of a chemical called serotonin, usually because of a medication or combinations of medications. N...

Depression in Older People

Clinical depression in older people is common. The National Institute of Mental Health considers depression in people 65 and older to be a major pu...