vitamins
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How Much Vitamin D Do You Need?
Vitamin D is important. It helps your body absorb calcium, promotes bone growth and plays a role in your immune system. It’s commonly called the “sunshine vitamin,” as our bodies use the energy from sunlight to make vitamin D, which by definition is actually a prohormone. Given abrupt, pandemic-induced changes to our lives that have…
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Your Pet Probably Doesn’t Need Supplements
Most humans don’t need to take a vitamin supplement, and most pets don’t, either. But Vox reports that the pet supplement industry is roughly as large as the “pumpkin spice industrial complex.” While some pets certainly have a medical need for supplements, many more are getting vitamins just because companies like to sell them. Of…
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If It Has No Side Effects, It Probably Doesn’t Work
If a drug or supplement or treatment actually works, it will carry risks as well as benefits. That’s why TGA-approved drugs carry inserts listing their side effects, for example. But sketchy wellness treatments rarely have any such thing.
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How To Have Lucid Dreams
There’s nothing quite like waking up after an incredibly lucid dream. Whether you were flying through the heavens, starring in your own action movie or making out with your secret crush, the lingering memory can put a spring in your step for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, most dreams are meandering, colourless and entirely…