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“Fortified with vitamins and minerals”. This is a phrase we are used to hearing and reading on packages and we know they both are important for us. Two of the major minerals that are essential for life are calcium and magnesium. Both of these minerals pay very important roles in our bodies.
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Food Labels can be our friends if we know how they communicate.
Back in 1994 the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act made many changes regarding food labeling. They did this to encourage people to make better choices in the foods that they ate. Now, all food items must be labeled with specific information that can help us in our journey to be healthier. There are, however, still some areas that we may not understand and that may be a bit vague or misleading.
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Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death and disability in the United States and most European countries. Prevention for this disease must begin in childhood, not after symptoms are noticed. Sometimes the first symptom is a heart attack or sudden cardiac death. There are several different types of cardiovascular diseases, risk factors, and things we can do even at a young age to better our health to avoid ending up with cardiovascular disease.
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Some of us make New Year’s resolutions each year just to find out that in a very short period of time, we have not been able to keep them. Out of the 45% of us who actually make these resolutions, only 8% of us keep them for 6 months or more. Why is this? I believe that sometimes our resolutions are just not realistic and tend to take additional time that many of us just don’t think we have.