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  • Turmeric, an orange-yellow powder from the Asian plant, Curcuma longa, is an ingredient in curry that shows promise treating Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and other degenerative diseases.
  • Research shows that consuming a daily selenium supplement may suppress the progression of the HIV viral load and improve immune function in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1).
  • Aged garlic, tomatoes, grape juice, fresh onions, green tea, and the spice turmeric (see above) provide important anti-clotting benefits.
  • Potassium is a key mineral and vital in combination with sodium for the best electrolyte benefits.
  • The free chlorine found in chlorinated water, Splenda®, and household bleach should not be confused with dietary chloride.
  • In a growing child, healthy development and maturation occur when balancing more high-fiber foods with fewer high-trans fat foods.
  • Oats have high protein and iron content as well as the B-complex vitamins, calcium, magnesium, and other essential nutrients.
  • Nuts from trees and many seeds from plants, such as the almond, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pinenut, pistachio, and walnut, are very high in healthy fats and fat-soluble vitamin E as well as protein, fiber, iron, calcium, the major B vitamins, B1/Thiamine, B2/Riboflavin, B3/Niacin, and other vitamins and minerals.
  • There are two types of natural vitamin A: pre-formed vitamin A known as retinol found in animal fat, and pro-vitamin A found in plants.

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