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Nutrition is an input to and foundation for health and development. Interaction of infection and malnutrition is well-documented. Better nutrition means stronger immune systems, less illness and better health. Healthy children learn better. Healthy people are stronger, are more productive and more able to create opportunities to gradually break the cycles of both poverty and hunger in a sustainable way. Better nutrition is a prime entry point to ending poverty and a milestone to achieving better quality of life.

Lanske B, Razzaque MS. Vitamin D and aging: old concepts and new insights. J Nutr Biochem. 2007 May 23; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17531460 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Living Earth Organics is a health foods and lifestyle product store with a wide range of options: herbal teas, syrups, good grains, wellness products. Most of the products come direct from our farms, grown using organic bull based farming methods.

Organic cosmetics and body products can be classed as an organic product as long as they have 95 percent or more organic ingredients.

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"Helping you live a healthier, safer and more natural lifestyle."

"Helping you live a healthier, safer and more natural lifestyle."

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. Nutrients include proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. Learning to eat nutritiously is not hard. The key is to Eat a variety of foods, including vegetables, fruits and whole-grain products Eat lean meats, poultry, fish, beans and low-fat dairy products Drink lots of water Go easy on the salt, sugar, alcohol, saturated fat and trans fat

The Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) has been compiling and developing food composition databases for over a century. Current version of the database is Standard Reference, Release 21. Find links to NDL resources, including online nutrient search, lists of individual nutrients, PDA downloads and more

Our vision: To significantly improve the health of Canadians through the preventative health strategy of maintaining optimum vitamin D blood levels.

Yukihisa TANAKA, Takashi OHKUBO, Nobuo FUKUDA and Hidehiko HIBINO, "Effect of Molecular Forms on Distribution of Docosahexaenoic Acid into Organs in Mice", J. Oleo Sci., Vol. 52, 89-97 (2003) .

Vitamin D A Key Player In Overall Health Of Several Body Organs, Says Biochemist In a paper published in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Norman identifies vitamin D's potential for contributions to good health in the adaptive and innate immune systems, the secretion and regulation of insulin by the pancreas, the heart and blood pressure regulation, muscle strength and brain activity. In addition, access to adequate amounts of vitamin D is believed to be beneficial towards reducing the risk of cancer. Norman also lists 36 organ tissues in the body whose cells respond biologically to vitamin D. The list includes bone marrow, breast, colon, intestine, kidney, lung, prostate, retina, skin, stomach and the uterus.

Rapid appearance of resolvin precursors in inflammatory exudates: novel mechanisms in resolution. Kasuga K, Yang R, Porter TF, Agrawal N, Petasis NA, Irimia D, Toner M, Serhan CN. J Immunol. 2008 Dec 15;181(12):8677-87. PMID: 19050288