Question 1

is aspartame healthy?

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NO- it is TOXIC!!!: I believe that aspartame is toxic, should never have been approved & is a significant health hazard. It creates many side effects & causes obesity!  see http://articles.Mercola.Com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/31/aspartame-update.Aspx & http://articles.Mercola.Com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/13/artificial-sweeteners-more-dangerous-than-you-ever-imagined.Aspx 
i never consume aspartame.

Question 2

is usana essentials good for health?

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Yes: While vitamins are not a substitute for a healthy diet, the vast majority of americans do not adequate nutrients from their diet, so i advise everyone take a good multivitamin. There is evidence that vitamins & minerals can help prevent heart disease & cancer & boost immune function. While not my favorite, usana essentials is a very good quality multivitamin and is better than most.

Question 3

what foods, herbs, and supplements are best for heart health?

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Make it simple: Healthy minerals and vitamins come from vegetation -- so get plenty of them in your diet everyday.

Question 4

how is health, safety, and nutrition interrelated?

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Many connections: Good nutrition is the foundation of health; it's impossible to maintain good long-term health without good nutrition; we all need to ingest adequate levels of all vitamins, essential minerals, amino acids and essential fatty acids as well as phytonutrients and avoid toxic foods. Safety is also essential as unsafe activities can result in injury or death.Poor nutrition can lead to unsafe behaviors.

Question 5

is bodybuilding healthy?

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Keep it natural.: Weight training and cardiovascular exercise are parts of a long term strategy for a healthy lifestyle.  That being said, the bodybuilding world is generally filled with use of performance enhancing drugs which should be avoided.  Those are not healthy.

Question 6

are 1000 mg flaxseed oil capsules beneficial for health?

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Yes- source of EFA's: Flax oil is a source of the essential fatty acids ala & gla. Just as vitamins, minerals & Amino Acids are essential for health, so are these 2 fatty acids and flax oil contains both. Flax oil may help prevent heart disease & cancer, is anti-inflammatory & good for skin etc.See http://www.Herbwisdom.Com/herb-flaxseed-oil.Html & http://www.Essortment.Com/flax-seed-oil-benefits-41778.Html.See comment.

Question 7

whats better thorne or designs for health?

Accepted Answer

Vitamin company: Both are solid vitamin companies and produce excellent high quality products. Dfh is available through a doctor, whereas thorne you can get in stores. I don't consider one better than the other.

Question 8

what's the best of food for health, rejuvenation, spiritual life?

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Balanced diet: A diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low in saturated fats, no tobacco and no more than one drink a day. A vegetarian diet that contains dairy products is more than adequate to provide optimum nutrition. There is one food that would meet the requirements you stated.

Question 9

what are the best books about overall health, nutrition, vitamins and supplements?

Accepted Answer

Many good ones: Hard to say which are &quot;best&quot; but some great ones include The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine and The Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements, both by Michael Murray, Staying Healthy with Nutrition by Elson Haas, Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis Balch, Total Wellness by Joseph Pizzorno, The Four Pillars of Healing by Leo Galland and Optimal Wellness by Ralph Golan. 
Enjoy!

Question 10

how does carnosine promote health?

Accepted Answer

See below: Carnosine can inhibit sympathetic nervous system activity that otherwise promotes hypertension, thus diminishing obesity-associated blood pressure elevations. Its antioxidant properties protect heart muscle directly against toxins, even powerful chemotherapy agents that would otherwise pose serious risks to heart tissue

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