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Is Too Much Vitamin K Bad for Those With High Blood Pressure?

It seems to make perfect sense that too much vitamin K may not be the best thing for your blood pressure control. Your suspicions may further be validated by the wide use of anti-coagulant prescriptions to prevent strokes, heart attacks or embolisms.

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Does a Diet Soda Affect Insulin?

Most people with diabetes avoid the heavy sugar load of traditional sodas. While some forego soda all together, others opt for diet options, which contain non-nutritive sweeteners such as aspartame, acesulfame-K, neotame, saccharin or sucralose.

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