A healthy diet will help to boost your athletic achievement, notes the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Athletes such as football players need a wide range of foods to get the protein, vitamins and minerals their bodies need when participating in sports.

Meal-replacement diets using shakes can help make losing those unwanted pounds a little easier. If you have a difficult time tolerating milk, you may think these types of shakes and diets are out of the question. But there are lactose-free options that can help you lose, too.

A food allergy occurs when your immune system responds abnormally to proteins in certain foods. When you think of food allergies, foods such as nuts, eggs and shellfish most likely come to mind. While a lettuce allergy is uncommon, it does exist.

Aloe vera water, often called aloe vera juice, is made from the aloe vera plant, which has been used for centuries for its medicinal properties. The water has certain nutritional and health benefits, but the story isn't all good for certain kinds and flavors of aloe vera water.

Limes may be small, but their juice is packed with flavor and nutritional benefits. They're even credited with saving English sailors from scurvy at sea, hence the nickname "limeys." Lime juice even has more acid and natural sugar content than its close cousin lemon juice.

For over 100 years, Bragg Live Foods Inc. has been producing natural health products. One of these products is a liquid soy seasoning, otherwise known as Liquid Aminos.

Normally, your kidneys are able to get rid of uric acid in your blood. But some people either produce too much uric acid or can't get rid of it fast enough, leading to higher blood levels and illness such as kidney disease or a painful form of arthritis called gout.

You naturally lose up to 100 hairs per day, but excessive hair loss, known as alopecia, can be alarming. You may lose more hair than usual due to genetic male-pattern balding, certain medications, postpartum hormones or nutritional deficiencies.

Most people need not concern themselves with foods containing latex -- a substance naturally present in some plants. However, latex-sensitive individuals might have an allergic reaction to certain foods. This is known as a cross reaction.

Whether the abdominal pressure you feel when you're bloated is caused by excess gas or fluid retention, finding ways to relieve it can really make a difference in your day.

Both L-glutamic acid and L-glutamine are amino acids. And while their names sound similar, and they both come from the same family of amino acids known as the glutamates, they are different.

The banana and milk diet dates back to 1934, when a doctor at Johns Hopkins University developed it for patients with diabetes. Today it has become more of a fad diet touted for its potential to help you lose weight quickly.