While the whole health picture is more complex than eating an apple a day to keep the doctor away, fruits and vegetables undeniably supply nutrition vital for good health. Apples, whether whole or as applesauce, contain fiber and vitamin C.
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Waking up to an invigorating workout can leave you hungry after your exercise. When you're trying to lose weight as well as refuel after your morning workout, you'll want to choose your menu carefully. Your breakfast has to satisfy your keen appetite while staying within your diet-plan's budget.
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A shower may leave your skin clean, but if your skin itches after you shower, you probably find them more enervating than refreshing. How you ease this irritating itch depends on what causes it.
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Any illness can throw your workout schedule into disarray, but inner ear infections can disrupt an element essential to many physical activities: your sense of balance. Complex activities rely on feedback from your inner ear to give you positional awareness.
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Baby wipes help keep babies' skin clean and free of irritation. These inexpensive disposable moist towelettes can also help clear your skin if you have acne, although their use won't guarantee baby smoothness.
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Cough drops are frequently used to provide short-term relief from symptoms of an upper-respiratory tract infection -- such as the common cold, the flu or a chest cold. Various brands of cough drops contain different active ingredients intended to temporarily quiet a cough.
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Abdominal discomfort can arise from a multitude of sources. One of these is the vagus nerve, the main neural pathway along which impulses travel to and from parts of your digestive system.
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Your pelvic bones provide support for your internal organs and a sturdy base for your legs. A fracture to any portion of your pelvis requires immediate medical attention. Even after your emergency room visit or hospital stay, you will likely cope with pain from a broken pelvis for some time.
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If you have an allergic reaction to polyester, the clothes you wear, the linens on your bed and the upholstered pillows on your couch could cause an itchy rash. Although polyester allergies to fabrics are unusual -- toys with polyester hair or fur are more typical allergens -- they do happen.
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Although you may call them a loofah sponge, these long, fibrous bath accessories come from a vegetable source and not a sea creature. The luffa plant, a relative of the cucumber, produces large gourds that leave a durable network of fibers after treating and drying the fruit.
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Magazine images show perfectly poreless skin on models' noses and cheeks, but under the cosmetics and photographic manipulation, they probably have the same tiny indentations on the oiliest parts of their faces that others do.
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Pimples occur when bacteria flourish in the pores of your skin, creating inflammation. The smaller variety happens close to the surface of your skin and forms a whitehead that disappears within a few days. Deeper acne nodules and cysts don't form a head, but cause redness, swelling and pain.
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An aggressive weight loss plan incorporates both a strenuous exercise program and a low-calorie eating plan. Basically, if you burn more calories than you consume, you'll lose weight.
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If you're dealing with a freshly popped pimple, you'll probably notice swelling in the area. Swelling occurs whenever tissues become inflamed. As cells sustain damage, your body's defense mechanism speeds white blood cells to the area to begin healing.
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Glycerin sweetens cough syrups, makes hand lotions more effective and keeps commercial baked goods tender. When taken as a suppository, the non-toxic and water-soluble compound acts as a laxative. Like many other laxatives, glycerin can cause intestinal cramping, although the side effects are generally mild.
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While manufacturers commonly bleach and process commercial flour, you can control every step of the milling when you grind your own flour. Home grinding lets you decide on a coarse texture for rustic whole-wheat breads or a finer flour for tender baked goods.
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Sugar syrups flavor drinks, top pancakes and sweeten snow cones. They also illustrate a number of fascinating scientific principles such as supersaturation, crystallization and nucleation sites. You might find these scientific concepts less interesting when they ruin a batch of simple syrup you're making, though.
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During your workout, your body's metabolism functions at a higher rate, burning calories to fuel this burst of activity. Eating a post-workout meal refuels your body after its calorie expenditure.
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Gatorade got its start at the University of Florida. The school's location in a hot subtropical climate combined with strenuous workouts left the players exhausted and unable to play to their capacity.
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Punching bags toughen your knuckles for martial arts practice, boxing and more strenuous sparring workouts, but you must start slowly. Repeatedly hitting the rough surface of the punching bag with bare hands can lead to abrasions if you attack your workout too aggressively.
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