12 Jan, 2025

In order to lose weight, how many calories should you eat each day?

The number of calories you should consume depends on your age and amount of exercise. For weight maintenance, the majority of persons classified as female at birth require at least 1,600 calories per day, although those assigned as male at birth may require as many as 2,000. Read More: Calorie and nutrition facts for Costco […]

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Vitamin D and health: shattering conventions, igniting hope

The protracted quest for a treatment for rickets, a debilitating bone disease that affects children, came to an end in 1920 with the discovery of vitamin D. In less than ten years, vitamin D fortification of food was underway, and rickets became uncommon in the US. But studying vitamin D wasn’t done until the rickets […]

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Addiction: What is it?

Many believe that addiction is a human weakness, something that is started for self-gratification and persists because the person lacks the willpower or is reluctant to stop. But the idea that addiction is only motivated by pleasure-seeking has faded in the scientific and medical professions. Scientists and clinicians agree that many people turn to potentially […]

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