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Cardiovascular Disease & Oxidative Stress – How Plaques Form

February 2, 2010 By Doc Leave a Comment

Oxidative stress & damage is one of the steps in the formation of plaques that lead to cardiovascular disease. Antioxidants can help decrease this risk.

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Exactly What is the Paleo Diet?

January 26, 2010 By Doc 2 Comments

You may have been wanting to improve your health and fitness or lose weight and stumbled across the “paleo diet.” So what, exactly, is the paleo diet? Good question and I hope I can give you a good introductory overview in a few hundred words. Let me start by saying that the scientific evidence supporting [...]

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