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77For women saying no to breastfeed babies
Losing weight by breast-feeding According to a popular belief, breast-feeding makes you lose weight rather than put on. "Producing milk for baby takes a lot of extra energy, about 200 to 500 extra calories...
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85Metabolic Bone Disease
Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) a common disease in reptiles. MBD is the collective name given to a number of problems seen in reptiles related to calcium. It is different from calcium deficiency, in which there...
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88Understanding Calcium Deficiency
Calcium deficiency is a major concern in the United States. Over 75% of Americans don't get what they need. Calcium is an essential element vital to many body functions. It is stored up in the bones during...
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75Health Benefits of Vitamin D
In the above photo we see a child suffering from rickets which is a softening of the bones due to a lack of absorbing calcium. Sufficient vitamin D is needed to ensure the bones absorb calcuim. Rickets has...
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77Health Benefits And Magnesium
If the body does not have sufficient magnesium, your muscles will suffer. Magnesium is an interesting mineral whatever part of the body is deficient of magnesium it will affect the body in a different way....
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73Calcium Deficiency, Are You at Risk?
Calcium is one of the most important trace minerals for normal functioning of your entire body. In fact, it is the number one mineral by quantity needed by the human body. With age, the average person becomes...
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65Importance Of Calcium
Calcium is a major mineral found in our body. It constitutes 1.5 - 2 per cent of the body weight of an adult person. Our body contains almost 1,200 gm of calcium, of which 98 per cent is found in bones, and...
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68Essential vitamins during pregnancy
Nutrition is essential duing pregnancy for both the mother and the baby. The effect of malnutrition on the mother may be causing osteomalacia and decrease her body resistance and tetany. On the...
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70What is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a disease that causes the bones in the body to become weaker and more prone to fractures. Among women, it is much more common, but men are also often affected by this disease. The number...
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68Reptile Digestive Health 2: Dietary Considerations
One of the biggest problems I have seen as a veterinarian working with reptiles is nutrition. There are many things that most people that get their first reptile do not understand about basic animal...
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