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5 / 10 / 13
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The Benefits of Calcium

Just about everyone has heard about the importance of calcium in maintaining strong bones and teeth. In fact, 99 percent of the calcium in our body is stored in our bones. However, the remaining one percent that is located in our blood and cells is just as important. It is necessary to maintain many of
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1 / 21 / 13
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The Acid-Osteoporosis Connection

Researchers have frequently noted that osteoporosis (low bone density) is rare in Japan and other Asian countries where dairy consumption is low, and most common in the west where we have a love affair with cheese, butter and cream.  Since calcium is a primary component of both bones and milk, and calcium supplements are routinely
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12 / 8 / 12
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Benefits of Vitamin K1

Of the three K vitamins, vitamin K1 (phytonadione) is the one we get from plant foods, and is the most important one for proper coagulation of the blood (or “Koagulation” in German, which is the origin of vitamin “K”). Without vitamin K we would eventually bleed to death from any small wound or bruise. It
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5 / 2 / 12
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Benefits of Vitamin D

Vitamin D is one of the few vitamins our body needs that it can produce independently of our diet. This fat-soluble vitamin is unique in humans because it functions as a prohormone, a precursor to the ordinary hormone, and is synthesized when our skin is exposed to the sun. It is synthesized in the kidneys
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2 / 27 / 11
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Osteoporosis: Not Just An Elderly Disease

It used to be that osteoporosis was considered a disease that affected only the elderly. We particularly associated osteoporosis with older women whose backs were slightly hunched over or those who could no longer stand up straight. Today, the truth is that an estimated 20 million American women suffer from osteoporosis, and 80 percent of
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