I do a lot of work with seniors. One of my favorites is a young 87-year-old woman who suffers from spinal stenosis and congestive heart failure. Other than these challenges, she’s on top of things. She reads all of her mail, including the junk mail, donates large sums to charity, and has a quick-witted sense of humor. But recently, she had to spend weeks in the hospital and a rehab facility because she fell backward. The fall left a huge goose egg on her head. But even worse, it broke a bone in her back. It was incredibly painful!

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Did you know that a vitamin D deficiency can increase your risk of having a heart attack by 200%? This was the discovery of a Harvard study back in 2008. On Monday, I showed you another study that said optimal vitamin D levels lower your risk of dying from a heart attack by 80%. For a number of years, researchers have known that vitamin D does prevent heart attacks. The problem researchers have had, though, is figuring out why. After all, it’s blood clots, not nutrient deficiencies that cause heart attacks, right?

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You probably know that eating citrus fruit is great for your health. These fruits contain loads of vitamin C and other healthful nutrients that can fight off a number of diseases. But can they fight off cancer? That’s what a group of scientists from Ohsaki, Japan wanted to know. They recently conducted a study to see if eating citrus fruit, such as oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefruit, can prevent cancer. What they found was surprising. They found that, yes, citrus fruits do prevent multiple cancers. But they prevent cancer even better if you drink a particular beverage with the fruits.

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Whether you have chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, or just worked too hard in the yard yesterday, you know how miserable muscle pain can be. Muscle pain is so common, it’s one of the top reasons people reach for over-the-counter painkillers. But these drugs can lead to kidney failure, heart problems, and severe stomach damage. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to reduce pain without taking drugs. I’ve talked about many of these in past issues of Nutrient Insider. But researchers recently found another way that you may not have considered

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 Do your joints hurt? Is your back giving you problems? If so, you may have noticed your head hurts more often as well. At least that’s what a new report says can happen when you treat your aches and pains with painkillers.  The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (NICE) revealed this shocking news in its first guidelines for treating headaches. The leader of the NICE report, Professor Martin Underwood, from Warwick Medical School, said: “This can end up getting into a vicious cycle where your headache gets worse, so you take more painkillers, so your headache gets worse and this just becomes worse and worse and worse.”

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