Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin that your body needs for essential functions such as DNA synthesis, carbohydrate metabolism for energy, red blood cell production, and cellular and tissue repair. Your body uses what it needs of most water-soluble vitamins and excretes the rest in urine.
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Iron is an essential mineral in your body. Your body doesn’t create iron so you must consume it in foods such as leafy green vegetables and red meat. Iron is absorbed into the protein hemoglobin found in red blood cells. Your body needs iron to transport oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body.
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Practitioners have used Ulmus fulva, or slippery elm, as an herbal remedy for thousands of years. Slippery elm contains properties that purportedly help with numerous different ailments including skin conditions, cold symptoms and gastrointestinal upset.
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Herbalists have used both black cohosh and dong quai medicinally for centuries. Both herbs purportedly relieve gynecologic ailments ranging from symptoms of menopause to painful menstruation.
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During pregnancy, it is often unclear what herbal supplements are safe for you and your fetus. Native Americans have used Actaea racemosa, or black cohosh, for centuries to help treat everything from menstrual cramps to sleep disturbances.
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Researchers are currently looking at curcuma longa, or turmeric, the main ingredient in many Indian curries, to help treat a number of different maladies from indigestion to cancer.
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