General Family Health: Side Effects, Nutrition & Wellness Tips

Medication side effects, nutritional benefits, and common wellness questions. Information on identifying stomach ulcers, vitamin deficiencies, and food safety.

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The 9 Safest Seafood Options

The health benefits of eating seafood are well known, but so are the health risks. In stark contrast to the healthy lean protein and variety of vitamins, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids found in fish is the threat of contamination with metals, chemicals, harmful microbes and other substances like pesticides.

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15 Unexpected Foods That Contain Gluten

Eating gluten-free may be a diet choice for some, but for the approximately 3 million Americans who have celiac disease -- and the almost 18 million more diagnosed with non-celiac gluten sensitivity -- a gluten-free diet is a health necessity. Staying completely gluten-free is not as easy as one might guess, though.

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13 Types of Fish to Avoid Eating

Eating seafood is supposed to be healthy -- right? Well, that depends. “Marine pollutants pose increased risks to environmental and human health,” says Brian Clement, author of “Killer Fish: How Eating Aquatic Life Endangers Your Health” and co-director of the Hippocrates Health Institute.

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