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Magnesium

What is the most commonly deficient nutrient in the American diet?  As you might guess from the title of the article, it is magnesium.  As a rule Americans get most of the vitamins and minerals they need to prevent actual deficiency diseases like scurvy or beriberi due to the enrichment of common foods like flour, […]

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Salt

Salt is essential to life.  It is so important that it is one of the primary tastes our tongue perceives.  We are driven to acquire enough salt from our environment; for without salt, the chemical engines that give us life, stop.  The sodium in salt is half of the chemical battery system every cell in […]