Post by MarieAlice on Jun 9, 2003 5:24:01 GMT -6
Healthful Hints
Food safety when traveling: Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially before handling food or eating. Drink boiled, canned, or bottled beverages without ice. Use bottled water, or boiled tap water when brushing your teeth. Bring along your usual medications for nausea and colds.
Zinc is a nutrient of vital importance in pregnancy; it is required for DNA and RNA synthesis and thus for protein synthesis.
Dietary sources of folic acid include soybeans, endive, garbanzo beans, lentils, whole wheat, and vegetable greens.
Ginseng lowers blood triglyceride and cholesterol levels and increases heart protective HDL levels. It helps in overcoming fatigue, lower blood pressure, stimulate the immune system, and may promote cellular regeneration.
Vitamin E may help protect cells against environmental toxins. It may also help relieve nocturnal leg or foot cramps and help boost the immune system.
Niacin is essential in the body's metabolism of carbohydrates for the release of energy. In nicotinic acid form it can reduce blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Food safety when traveling: Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially before handling food or eating. Drink boiled, canned, or bottled beverages without ice. Use bottled water, or boiled tap water when brushing your teeth. Bring along your usual medications for nausea and colds.
Zinc is a nutrient of vital importance in pregnancy; it is required for DNA and RNA synthesis and thus for protein synthesis.
Dietary sources of folic acid include soybeans, endive, garbanzo beans, lentils, whole wheat, and vegetable greens.
Ginseng lowers blood triglyceride and cholesterol levels and increases heart protective HDL levels. It helps in overcoming fatigue, lower blood pressure, stimulate the immune system, and may promote cellular regeneration.
Vitamin E may help protect cells against environmental toxins. It may also help relieve nocturnal leg or foot cramps and help boost the immune system.
Niacin is essential in the body's metabolism of carbohydrates for the release of energy. In nicotinic acid form it can reduce blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.