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May 2010
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Salt studies: the latest score
March 2010
February 2010
The MMR vaccine war: Wakefield vs. ? Wakefield proceedings: an exception?
Who's afraid of a littl' 1998 study?
January 2010
Physical activity benefits late-life health Healthier life for New Year's resolution
December 2009
Autism epidemic worsening: CDC report Rosuvastatin indication broadened
November 2009
Folic acid studies: message in a bottle? Sweet, short life on a sugary diet
October 2009
Smoking health hazards: no dose-response Asthma risk and waist size in women
September 2009
Antioxidants' melanoma risk: 4-fold or none? Murky waters of vitamin D status Is vitamin D deficiency hurting you?
August 2009
New gut test for children and adults Unhealthy habits - whistling past the graveyard?
July 2009
Asthma solution - between two opposites that don't attract Light wave therapy - how does it actually work?
Hodgkin's lymphoma in children: better
alternatives
June 2009
Hodgkin's, kids, and the abuse of power
Efficacy and safety of the
conventional treatment for Hodgkin's:
Long-term mortality and morbidity after
conventional treatments for pediatric Hodgkin's
May 2009
Late health effects of the toxicity of the conventional treatment for Hodgkin's Daniel's true 5-year chances with the conventional treatment for Hodgkin's Daniel Hauser Hodgkin's case: child protection or medical oppression?
April 2009
Protection from EMF: you're on your own EMF pollution battle: same old...
EMF
health threat and the politics of status quo
March 2009
Electromagnetic danger? No such thing, in our view...
February 2009
Electromagnetic spectrum: health connection Is power pollution making you sick?
January 2009
Pneumococcal vaccine for adults useless? DHA in brain development study - why not boys?
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Nickel and your healthAlthough fairly obscured, and not quite as important as major minerals, nickel (Ni) is considered essential nutrient, not only because the body has cellular receptors for it, but also because it does participate in a number of biological processes. However, its exact role in some of them is still unclear. Similarly to its cellular buddy cobalt (with which it shares cellular receptors), nickel levels can affect blood pressure (decreases with low nickel levels, and vice versa), by causing constriction or relaxation of the left coronary artery17.On direct contact, nickel can be skin irritant, and it is carcinogen in its gaseous form. In the body, it is vitamin E antagonist, and can cause all symptoms of vitamin E deficiency if it is ingested in large quantities (can't happen with dietary intake alone), or if the body accumulates the mineral over a period of time, due to metabolic glitch (rare). For such an obscured nutrient, nickel deficiency can affect your health quite a bit: other than already mentioned hypotension, it can contribute to high blood sugar, liver disease, anemia or depression, to name a few. Excessive nickel intake, on the other hand, can cause or contribute to angina, low blood sugar, asthma, nausea, and other symptoms. Nickel DRI (Dietary Reference Intakes, the most recent set of dietary recommendations set by the government) for an average healthy adult is set at 0.3mg-0.7mg range, with short-term therapeutic doses of up to 50mg, and more. Best natural nickel food sources are whole grains, nuts, beans and sea food. R YOUR BODY ┆ HEALTH RECIPE ┆ NUTRITION ┆ TOXINS ┆ SYMPTOMS |
