Salt and calcium don’t mix. Eating too much salt makes your body lose calcium. Americans average 1 and 3 teaspoons of salt daily – go easy. … Read More
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Myth: Most of us never get enough calcium. Truth: With the ever-growing number of calcium-fortified foods – including Total cereal with 1,000 milligrams per serving – it is becoming all too easy to get too much. Regularly consuming 2,500 milligrams a day of calcium may cause kidney stones, kidney damage and block the absorption of … Read More
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Can we spend more time in space? Think about living on the moon or Mars? Four decades of research say that our bones could be standing in the way–more specifically, the bone loss humans experience in space. As early as the Gemini flights, in 1963, we recognized that astronauts experienced significant bone loss during spaceflight. … Read More
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Small changes can end up giving you big results. Consider these fixes for a longer, healthier life. 1. Do-it-yourself bypass surgery: walking. Walking briskly for 20 to 30 minutes several times a week dramatically increases blood flow through the arteries and can help some people with narrowed arteries safely avoid bypass surgery. 2. Black is … Read More
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