Published May 20, 2011

This boring vitamin is essential for boosting energy
and fighting cancer

Vitamin A isn’t the most exciting vitamin I can tell you about. Yes, this vitamin is great for you. It protects you from free radical activity damaging your fatty acids. But today I have some exciting news about this not-so-exciting vitamin.

Researchers recently discovered that vitamin A can significantly boost your energy. And it can fight cancer at the same time. In fact, the results of the study surprised these researchers. They didn’t realize just how intimately involved this vitamin is in your ability to make energy.

Natural vitamin A (not pro-vitamin A or beta carotene) has three forms. These are retinol, retinal, and retinoic acid. Retinal is essential for your retina (from whence the term for vitamin A originates). Retinoic acid is essential for skin and bone growth. And your body converts provitamin A (beta carotene) to retinal on demand.

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Published May 19, 2011

Is eating raw vegetables dangerous?

The article in the New York Times read, “Eat Your Vegetables, But Not Too Many.” It went on to describe how eating raw vegetables can be dangerous.

The report came from a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.

The letter described the case of an 88-year-old woman who had developed severe hypothyroidism (low thyroid function). Her doctors (who wrote the letter to the journal) were sure that the real culprit in this case was Bok Choy, a vegetable in the cabbage family.

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Published May 18, 2011

Enhance the effectiveness of your toothpaste You probably already know how great green tea is for you. It protects you against all sorts of illnesses. And now there’s evidence that green tea may protect your teeth. A recent dental study found that rinsing your mouth with green tea reduces the wear on your teeth.

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