http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles en Copyright 2008 Mineralife LLC Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:26:28 EDT Interchange 5.6.0 webmaster@mineralifeonline.com http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/reading-food-labels---nutrition-facts-explained The key to controlling your weight and improving your health is quite simply eating right. Read your food labels and check over the nutrition facts to ensure that you are eating lots of the good stuff, and little (or none) of the bad stuff. That’s pretty easy to understand. However, what might be slightly tougher for some people to understand are the food labels themselves. What does it all mean? What should you be... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/reading-food-labels---nutrition-facts-explained http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/a-trace-of-manganese-is-crucial-for-health Better Nutrition (1989-90),  Jan, 1990  by Stephen Langer A Trace Of Manganese Is Crucial For Health When credit is given for strong bones and teeth, one important nutrient usually is conspicuous by its absence: the trace mineral manganese. What an omission! While calcium takes the bows, manganese, in its quiet way, helps calcium perform. A deficiency of manganese -- as with calcium -- can cause porous bones, bow legs, poorly developed cartilage, faulty muscle... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/a-trace-of-manganese-is-crucial-for-health http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-ionic-calcium-influences-the-function-of-our-body The subject which occupied most of Dr. Price's research time was the multiple roles calcium plays in the functions of the body. These Studies virtually forced themselves upon him as medical and dental literature contained little information about calcium and its important functions. The subject which occupied most of Dr. Price's research time was the multiple roles calcium plays in the functions of the body. These Studies virtually forced themselves upon him as medical... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-ionic-calcium-influences-the-function-of-our-body http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/potassium-can-lower-blood-pressure Better Nutrition (1989-90),  Jan, 1990  by Frank Murray Potassium Can Lower Blood Pressure A high intake of dietary potassium, including an extra serving of potassium-rich foods each day, might reduce the risk of death by stroke by up to 40 percent, according to research reported in Medical Tribune. The 12-year study involved 589 men and women in an affluent community in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., near San Diego. Participants ranged in age from 50 to... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/potassium-can-lower-blood-pressure http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/tea-tree-oil Description Tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) is a multi-purpose herb that traces its roots to the Aboriginal people of Australia. For thousands of years, they used the leaves as an antiseptic and antifungal by crushing the leaves and making a mudpack. However, the plant didn't receive the name "tea tree" until 1770, when the name was given by the British explorer Captain James Cook and his crew. Although Cook's crew first used the leaves... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/tea-tree-oil http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/diet-nutrition-and-food-myths In the world of diet and nutrition, there may seem like there is an infinite amount of information out there. The thing is, a large portion of that information is bad, incorrect, or just plain stupid. To help you avoid this type of information, here are some of the most known and unknown diet, nutrition and food myths along with an explanation for why each is nothing more than a myth, or, in some... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/diet-nutrition-and-food-myths http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/dietary-fat People need to consume dietary fat to be healthy. Besides functioning as a source of energy, fat is essential for proper growth and development. Without it, cells would not form properly and nutrients, hormones and other life-essential chemicals could not enter and exit cells. Fat shapes our bodies, helps maintain our body's temperature and protects our bones. It surrounds the brain, heart, kidneys, liver and spinal cord to shield them from injury. So, how... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/dietary-fat http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/healthy-iron-levels-better-for-the-brain April 26, 2007—Women: Do you have trouble concentrating? Does it take you longer than others to complete tasks? Are you often forgetful? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have low iron levels. While the effects of iron deficiency on mental function in children are well recognized, less is known about how an iron shortage affects the adult brain. In the first study of its kind, published in the American... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/healthy-iron-levels-better-for-the-brain http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/holistic-medicine Definition Holistic medicine is a term used to describe therapies that attempt to treat the patient as a whole person. That is, instead of treating an illness, as in orthodox allopathy, holistic medicine looks at an individual's overall physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being before recommending treatment. A practitioner with a holistic approach treats the symptoms of illness as well as looking for the underlying cause of the illness. Holistic medicine also attempts to... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/holistic-medicine http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-boron-can-help-you-relieve-arthritis-pain Boron is a mineral; it is the naturally occurring fifth metalloid element. It is considered to be a poison even though it is essential for plant growth and more recently it has been suggested that it is also essential for humans as well. We get our daily boron intake from consuming plants, fruits and vegetables. Boron has never been viewed as an essential mineral required by our body. Although traces of it can always... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-boron-can-help-you-relieve-arthritis-pain http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-calcium-and-magnesium-can-slow-down-aging If you're like most women and take 1,500 mg of calcium and half as much magnesium, you’ve got it all backwards. You’re getting too much calcium and not enough magnesium. I've been telling women since 1985, when my first book, The Nutrition Detective, was published that if you want to slow down your aging process, look at the amount of calcium and magnesium in your food and supplements, and begin making some changes today.... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-calcium-and-magnesium-can-slow-down-aging http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-minute-quantities-of-selenium Selenium is needed by the body in trace amounts only, but is nevertheless vital for long term health. Selenium is one of those micro-nutrients which although required by the body in only tiny quantities are nevertheless vitally important for the health and well-being of the human organism. There's now compelling evidence of selenium's significance as an anti-oxidant, in fighting cancer and heart disease, and as a stimulant for the immune system. Selenium's importance as... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/how-minute-quantities-of-selenium http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/insomnia-anxiety-and-sleep-disorders Insomnia caused by Anxiety or Anxiety caused by Insomnia.  Either way it means being unable to have a good night's sleep.  Understanding the underlying problems can greatly help you overcome the insomnia. Insomnia = Anxiety = Insomnia = Anxiety and so on.  What comes first? Many people have that odd night or two where they may have difficulty going to sleep and/or staying asleep.  It is only when the odd night or two extends... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/insomnia-anxiety-and-sleep-disorders http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/is-magnesium-that-important Is magnesium that important? Don't we all get enough magnesium? Increased bone mineral density and bone mineral content in postmenopausal women have been positively correlated with intake of supplemental and/or dietary magnesium. Women with postmenopausal osteoporosis show significant reductions in bone mineral content and serum magnesium compared to age-matched controls. Insufficient magnesium stops bone growth, and leads to osteopenia and bone fragility. Magnesium makes bones and teeth dense, strong, resilient (not brittle), and hard.... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/is-magnesium-that-important http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/just-how-much-vitamin-c-do-you-need The absence of acute vitamin C deficiency diseases in modern societies should not be taken as implying that the typical Western diet contains an intake adequate for optimum long-term health. Many benefits of vitamin C have been identified since the consumption of citrus fruit was first recognised as the immediately effective cure and preventative for the scurvy which so dreadfully afflicted the long distance sailors of a few centuries ago. Numerous studies have recognised... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.mineralifeonline.com//articles/just-how-much-vitamin-c-do-you-need