MINERAL RESEARCH HELP
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| Magnesium | Zinc | Aluminum | Vitamin A | Vitamin B | Vitamin C | Universal |
| 1. Magnesium Deficiency - Explores the theory that magnesium deficiency causes cardiac arrests | |
| 2. Dietary Magnesium and Asthma - A summary of a research study | |
| 3. Magnesium - Information on the beneficial effects, dosage, supplements, food sources, and related links. | |
| 4. Magnesium - Information on food sources, beneficial effects, dosage, precautions, and other considerations. | |
| 5. Serum Magnesium Test - Information on how the test is performed, the cost, how to prepare for the test, and other areas | |
| 6. Magnesium Benefits Heart Failure Patients - A summary of a research study. |
| 1. Think Zinc - Daily requirements, food sources, and other areas. |
| 2. Zinc May Account for Good Taste - An article about zinc deficency and loss of taste sensation, including other side effects. |
| 3. Zinc May Not Work for Colds after All - An article about biased research and the placebo effect. |
| 4. Zinc Supplements - Information about the importance of zinc, food sources, interactions, and other issues. |
| 5. Ask the Dietician-Zinc - Information about zinc's function and interaction with other vitamins |
| 7. Nature's Aphrodisiac - An article about the consequences of zinc deficiency. |
| 8. Zinc - An overview of food sources and the mineral's function. |
| 1. Aluminum |
| 2. Ask the Expert - Aluminum and Alzheimer's - What is the connection between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease? My parents bought me some anodized aluminum saucepans for Christmas. |
| 3. Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Medicine - "I believe the connection between aluminum and is a myth which comes from two sources: "First, in the past, patients undergoing renal dialysis would often become confused. When renal failure occurs, the body cannot remove aluminum from the blood. In some regions, the water used |
| 4. Arch Intern Med 1988 Aug: Increased body aluminum. An independent risk factor in patients - Increased body aluminum. An independent risk factor in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis? Arch Intern Med 1988 Aug;148:1817-20 Chazan JA; Blonsky SL; Abuelo JG; Pezzullo JC The clinical course and aluminum status of |
| 5. Genetics, Nutrients, and Aluminum Buildup - Aluminum Buildup Linked to Genetics, Nutrients A Penn State study indicates that genetics and iron deficiency influence the buildup of aluminum in the brains of mice. The study may help researchers who still don't know why humans exposed to aluminum accumulate the metal in their brains at |
| 1. . Summary of Vitamin A Supplements - A position paper from the Pan American Health Organization. |
| 2. Vitamin A and Carotenes - Information on food sources, dosage, types, beneficial effects, and other areas. |
| 3. Vitamin A, Betacarotene, And Cancer Survival - Summarizes studies associating Vitamin A and Beta carotene with blocking tumors and preventing reoccurrence. |
| 4. Zinc and Vitamin A: Taking the Sting Out of Malaria - Early evidence from a study in Papua New Guinea suggests that zinc and vitamin A supplements may boost children's resistance to one of the world's most insidious infectious diseases |
| 5. Overdosing on Vitamin A? - Information on the sources of Vitamin A and beta carotene, symptoms of overdosing, and absorbability. |
| 6. Vitamin A Supplementation - An article about the balance of vitamin a intake necessary for healthy pregnancy |
| 1. A listing of pages for each individual vitamin B. |
| 2. B-Complex - Information on individual B vitamins. |
| 3. B-Vitamins May Reduce Vessel Damage in Stroke Patients - An article about a research study. |
| 4. Nutritional Deficiency Dementia - Information on the relationship between B vitamin deficiency, and alzheimer's disease. |
| 5. Two B Vitamins May Reduce Risk For Heart Disease In Women - An article about a research study at the Harvard School of Public Health |
| 6. Vitamin B Deficiency - Links to the PUBMED database query results on B vitamin deficiency |
| 1. Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) - Information on function, food sources, history, uses, and other aspects |
| 2. Enough C as Your Body Needs is the Key - An article about the benefits of Vitamin C |
| 3. Too Much Vitamin C May Hurt - An article about a research study. |
| 4. Vitamin C - Information on food sources, functions, side effects, and other aspects. |
| 5. Vitamin C - Food sources, vitamin functions, deficiency signs, and importance for an expecting mother |
| 6. Vitamin C: Its Role in Health and Prevention - Information on the vitamin's function, deficiency, interactions, and fruit and vegetable sources |
| 1. Dig these Minerals - Reviews of the functions of magnesium, chromium, and zinc and their importance for athletes |