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Natural Supplement Shows Promise as COVID Treatment

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Diet and Nutrition, General Health

The dietary supplement L-arginine shows strong potential to help COVID-19 patients recover faster. 

A double-blind trial tested L-arginine in 90 patients hospitalized with COVID. Half took L-arginine supplements twice a day. The other half took placebo pills.  

The patients taking a placebo were hospitalized for 46 days on average.  

But those who took the supplement recovered much faster. They got out of the hospital three weeks earlier, in an average of 25 days.Read More

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Get Off the Holiday Weight Rollercoaster

In All Health Watch, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, General Health, Weight Loss

Many of us repeat the same cycle every year… 

During the holidays we eat, drink, and be merry. 

Then we step on the scale in January to discover how much weight  

we’ve packed on. Much of the rest of the year is spent trying to lose it. 

Of course, it would be easier and healthier if we could enjoy the holidays without ending up the size of Santa. Read More

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Ate Too Much on Thanksgiving? Here’s Good News 

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, General Health, Gut Health

Ate Too Much on Thanksgiving? Here’s Good News 

If you want to live a long life, you should worry less about your weight and more about staying active.  

That’s the message of a major new study that found that exercise is far more important for longevity than losing weight.i 

We’ve been told over and over that maintaining a healthy weight is crucial to living a long life.Read More

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Never Do This to Your Turkey

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, General Health

It seems to make sense to wash foods before you cook or eat them. After all, it’s important to get rid of any pesticides or germs lurking on the surfaces. 

And this seems like it would especially apply to turkey and other poultry because they are notorious sources of food poisoning.i 

No less an authority than the late Julia Child said you should always wash poultry before cooking it.Read More