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Vitamins From Food Vs. Pills: You May Not Be Able To Supplement Your Way Out Of A Bad Diet

Filed Under: Highlights, Vitamins/Supplements

Vitamins From Food Vs. Pills: You May Not Be Able To Supplement Your Way Out Of A Bad Diet
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Vitamins From Food Or Pills. Can Supplements Fix Bad Nutrition?:
So we all try to focus on eating healthy, with varying levels of success.

And as we showed before, there are some real pitfalls out there,

When it comes to going for what’s cheap, tasty, or quick.

So as a result of our dietary-sins, when we’re not dieting or exercising,

Many of us are using Supplements and Vitamins to try to make-up for the mistakes and deficiencies,

And even though it seems well-intentioned, some research from Tufts has come out that may discourage you, even from taking vitamins…

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By: Will  /    /    

Supplement Contamination Saga: 800 Weight-Loss, Muscle-Building, Male-Enhancement Pills Contained Hidden Dangers

Filed Under: Vitamins/Supplements

Supplement Contamination Saga: 800 Weight-Loss, Muscle-Building, Male-Enhancement Pills Contained Hidden Dangers
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Supplement Contamination Of All Types Is An Under-Researched Danger:
In-terms of product safety it seems if something is sold at a store, then it’s safe.

You might also get the idea that because governmental organizations like the FDA test all kinds of things for safety,

That they also test Supplements, too.

Well, as some researchers from Well, as some researchers from California are finding out, there is a lot more risk in them than you might think.

Including all kinds of stuff that’s not even supposed to be there…

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Interactions With Supplements And Drugs: Natural+Herbal Bro-Science Remedies Could Get Dangerously-Weird In The Wrong Combinations

Filed Under: Vitamins/Supplements

Interactions With Supplements And Drugs: Natural+Herbal Bro-Science Remedies Could Get Dangerously-Weird In The Wrong Combinations
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Supplement-Drug Interactions, Can “Natural” or Herbal Still Be Dangerous?:
We all want to be super-healthy , but science still doesn’t have all the answers.

The response to that can unfortunately be both self-diagnosis and self-medication.

We’ve said before that serious use of supplements without a registered herbalist is biochemistry-gambling.

But a new type of health-roulette seems to be rearing its ugly head.

Medical patients who are already on prescription drugs, and insist on taking supplements.

-At. the. same. f***ing. time…

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By: Will  /    /    

Before & After Fitness Transformations Show You How Long It Really Takes To Build Muscle & Lose Fat

Filed Under: Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements, Weight Loss / Fat Loss

Before & After Fitness Transformations Show You How Long It Really Takes To Build Muscle & Lose Fat
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The Struggle Is Real:
Anyone who’s ever had a little extra fat can relate to the struggle to lose it.

-Including all the different choices you have to make in both nutrition and exercise.

Because, the more factors you can stack in your favor, the better.

Well, BoredPanda’s Šarūnė Mac compiled a huge gallery of Weight-Loss Winners.

It’s worth a look, paying special attention to some of the claimed-timeframes for several of the results.

And so, we’ve picked-out a few of the more realistic examples for you…

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By: Will  /    /    

Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions

Filed Under: Disease, Featured, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions


And Now For Something Completely Different:
Somehow in their infinite-power, Wired has managed to wrangle the best doctor ever to answer some health questions.

“The Hangover”-series crazy-man, Ken Jeong!

And although he’s a bit more serious here than in his roles as Mister Chow, or Ben Chang on cult-hit TV-show “Community”, he’s still a lot of fun…

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Video: DNews Asks Which Creativity Drug Works Best. -Alcohol Or Marijuana?

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: DNews Asks Which Creativity Drug Works Best. -Alcohol Or Marijuana?


How To Optimize Free Creative Output:
Since some super-creative people have taken different psychoactives to help them work better, there has been a long debate about which is more effective.

And in this video, DNews looks into two of them. Marijuana and Alcohol.

It would seem at first that many writers tend to favor Alcohol, with guys like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, & Twain being on that list.

But on the other hand, many other artistic folk seem to favor Marijuana. To name a few of them: Carl Sagan, Alexandre Dumas, and Salvador Dali.

So which is the best “supplement” for creativity-boostage?…

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Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!


The Drug-Pushers Are Here For Your Soul:
In this video, Cracked’s Honest Commercials touches on a little bit of our problems with drug companies.

This time, for Antidepressants.

It’s a bit drier and more ironic than their normal stuff, but a lot of it is dead-on.

Especially about switching medications, the placebo effect on mood disorders, incomplete understanding of depression-mechanics and their brain-chemistry roots,

And most of all, Marketing psychoactive drugs to individual consumers…

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By: Will  /    /    

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!
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Not All Substitutes Are Equal:
All cheekiness aside, we just did a post on the sexy people over at Eater’s test of the newest vegetable-only burger, by Impossible Foods.

But one of the ideas we raised at the end was: Maybe it tastes close now, maybe even identical in the future,

-But does it give you the same-or-better Nutrition when you take everything into consideration?

Well, one of Red Meat’s components is a salt called Creatine. And sciency-researchers are finding out some very interesting brain-stuff about its new best friend…

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By: Will  /    /    

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