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Tomas N

Vitamin C: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - 0 views

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Vitamin Medical encyclopedia

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  • URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002404.htmVitamin C is a water-
  • Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water. Leftover amounts of the vitamin leave the body
  • e vitamin C content. Microwaving and steaming vitamin C-rich foods may reduce cooking losses.
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  • The best food sources of vitamin C are uncooked or raw fruits and vegetables.
  • Jason Levitt on 29 Nov 11
     
    Tomas, Good to see you understand how to properly use Diigo. Good start so far. Mr. L
Aninder S

What Is Exercise Addiction - 0 views

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Exercise Addiction

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  • Exercise addiction may not necessarily sound like a bad thing to everyone. After all, numerous studies have demonstrated the physical and emotional health benefits of regular exercise -- it is essential to our well-being
  • exercise addiction is maladaptive, so instead of improving the person’s life, it is causes more problems.
  • Exercise addiction can threaten health, causing injuries, physical damage due to inadequate rest, and in some instances (particularly when co-occurring with an eating disorder), malnutrition and other problems.
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  • Secondly, it is persistent, so an exercise addict exercises too much and for too long without giving the body a chance to recover
  • exercise addicts exercise for hours every day, regardless of fatigue or illness
  • Exercise addiction is probably the most contradictory of all the addictions
  • Exercise is even promoted as part of a complete program of recovery from other addictions
  • exercise addiction is a controversial idea. Many experts balk at the idea that excessive exercise can constitute an addiction, believing that there has to be a psychoactive substance that produces symptoms -- such as withdrawal -- for an activity to be a true addiction
  • exercise releases endorphins (opioids produced within the body), and excessive exercise causes tolerance to the hormones and neurotransmitters released, these physiological processes are often not considered comparable to other substance addictions.
  • Exercise addiction is not currently included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), the gold standard for psychological diagnoses, although several authors have suggested diagnostic criteria
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