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03/23/2017 / By Russel Davis

WARNING: Sugar destroys your body’s ability to absorb these 5 essential nutrients

The sugar industry in the U.S. thrives at a whopping $100 billion in annual revenue. That is because Americans consume an average of 150 lbs of sugar per year. Most people are aware of the adverse effects of excessive sugar consumption such as obesity, diabetes, and cancer. However, what is known as well-known is that high sugar intake […]

09/16/2015 / By John Allen

Top 10 nutrient deficiencies Americans don’t know they have

As nutritionist Kelly Dorfman points out, there’s a myth in the United States that, because we are among the fattest nations on Earth, we must be getting enough nutrients. We think malnutrition is something that affects only people in the Third World, where there are almost 800 million who don’t have enough food, and poor […]

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