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Vegetarians & Low Creatinine Levels

Vegetarian diets can easily provide enough protein and most amino acids to meet the average person's needs, including creatine and creatinine.

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Herschel Walker's Diet

Herschel Walker is a former professional football player who spent 12 seasons in the NFL before retiring in 1997. He also won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 while playing football for the University of Georgia.

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Foods to Avoid With the Hourglass Shape Diet

The hourglass diet is designed to shrink fat from your muffin top—your waist. It highlights lean proteins and low glycemic index foods that will burn fat, resulting in a more attractive, slimmer body.

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Why Should Plantains Be Cooked Before Eatinng?

The plantain is a mixed breed fruit that is a vegetable in some cultures and referred to as the cooking banana. Its origin is Southeast Asia, but it is grown widely. It is a staple food in Africa, southern India and throughout tropical America because of its stability of production and high nutritious value.

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Watermelon & Citrulline

Watermelon is one of the richest sources of citrulline. Citrulline is a nonessential amino acid and antioxidant that is converted to another amino acid called arginine by special enzymes. Arginine has a key role in cell division, wound healing, and the removal of ammonia from the body.

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Sodium, Potassium & the Heart Rate

Sodium, potassium and other nutrients are required to maintain the body’s normal health. These elements, along with several others, are absolute requirements for human life. They are so basic to the function of every cell that any imbalance between them can cause serious problems.

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Vitamin B Complex & Diabetes

According to the National Institutes of Health, diabetes is a disease that affects millions of Americans. The fasting glucose test can determine if you have this disease. Diabetes is indicated when a person’s fasting glucose level is greater than 126 mg/dl.

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The Best Ski Boots for Wide Feet

When you go skiing, you will be wearing your ski boots for around seven hours a day, so they have to be comfortable. This means going to the trouble and initial expense of having boots properly fitted--and it applies to serious skiers whatever boot width they wear. According to Southern Ski, "

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How to Strengthen Joints & Ligaments

Ligaments are cords of connective tissue composed primarily of collagen that bind one organ to another. Most frequently ligaments bind one bone to another, and in the process form an area of relative mobility, known as a joint or articulation.

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How to Train for the 400-Meter Dash

The 400-meter dash is a challenging event that requires an athlete to possess both a high level of speed and specific conditioning. The 400-meter race requires contributions largely from the anaerobic glycolytic system, which produces large amounts of metabolic waste products that ultimately lead to the "burning"

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Exercises to Avoid After a Shoulder Dislocation

The shoulder joint is like a seal balancing a ball upon his nose, making it relatively unstable and prone to anterior shoulder dislocation, according to Dr. Peter Brukner, author of "Clinical Sports Medicine."

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Signs of Too Much Acid in the Stomach

Stomach acid, also referred to as gastric acid is a digestive liquid consisting of hydrochloric acid that is produced in the stomach. The contents of stomach acid work to digest food and kill harmful bacteria ingested into the system. Symptoms of excessive stomach acid may be similar to those of low stomach acid.

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What Are the Benefits of Calendula Oil?

Calendula oil is a common herbal oil remedy for treating skin conditions. No first aid kit should be with out this helpful medicine. Although calendula is available in a variety of topical forms, oil is the easiest to use and make. It is best when processed with cold pressed oils like almond or olive oil.

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What Are the Benefits of Reishi Mushroom Tea?

Reishi mushroom, or Ganoderma lucidum, is a staple of Eastern medicine. It's Chinese name, ling chih, means "mushroom of immortality." Those drinking the tea continuously for two months report significant improvements in their well-being. One of reishi's active ingredients, polysaccharides, is water-soluble.

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Stretches for the Lower & Middle Back

Back pain can be a result of chronic overuse, poor posture or an acute injury. If the pain is a result of acute or sudden injury, a medical professional should be sought before attempting to rehab your injury.

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Are Collagen Supplements Safe?

Collagen is an important structural component of the body's connective tissues. Collagen supplements in oral, topical and injectable forms have various reported benefits.

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Pain in the Testicles After Exercise

The testicles are extremely sensitive, and even a slight injury can cause serious pain in the testicles themselves, your groin or abdomen. It’s not always possible to diagnose the cause of testicle pain, and conditions as diverse as trauma, hernia, infection and cancer can cause it.

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How to Cook Cube Steak in the Oven

Beef round steak, an affordable cut of meat for families, is suited for everyday occasions. Baked cube steak combines the full flavor of beef steak with an ease of cooking that makes it ideal for those evenings when time is of the essence.

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How to Cook With Lamb Tongue

Lambs’ tongue is one of those ingredients that sounds revolting to people who have never tried it but for those in the know, a lambs’ tongue stew is one of the most succulent concoctions you can make out of meat.

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How to Cook Barracuda Fish

Barracuda is a poisonous fish that can cause marine toxic illnesses, and as such the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services advises against eating it.

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