Question 1

how many teaspoons of powder ginger should you take in one day to get the maximum health benefits?

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Depends: What helps one person may hurt another. The correct dose for one person may be the wrong dose for another. Your question is difficult to answer. What are you trying to accomplish?

Question 2

do we get any health benefit from cold shower? or anything we should aware before we try? is better take cold shower at morning or before bed?

Accepted Answer

Folk practice: Some men enjoy showering / swimming in icy water as a test of toughness / endurance. The physiologic effects include raising cortisol levels which may make you happy or excited and can suppress your immunity some. In darker times, this was recommended to young men to suppress natural urges. Since most people don't like it, it's only natural that somebody will say "it's good for you." you decide.

Question 3

what is the best calcium to take for bones support? what is the best way to take calcium to get the best benefits?

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There : There is no clear answer to this.  While the "best" source is dairy products as far as absorption, they have a lot of calories and many people have lactose intolerance.  It requires about a quart of dairy products per day to get enough calcium.  The lactose helps with solubility and absorption and dairy is fortified with vitamin d.  There are also other minerals, such as magnesium, included in milk.

Since many people do not get enough dairy, supplementation is helpful.  Calcium carbonate and calcium citromalate are readily absorbed.  While Tums are easy to take and relatively cheap, they do not include vitamin d.  You need to take 5 regular Tums to get 1000mg of calcium.  While that is adequate for many adult men, it is inadequate for adolescents and perimenopausal women who need 1500mg per day.  Some people will benefit from 2000mg per day, but more than that is associated with kidney stones.

There are many supplements that offer calcium and vitamin d together.  However, they tend to be large pills that are "hard to swallow."  another source are the calcium chews, which come in regular and sugar-free versions.  They provide 500mg calcium and 400iu vitamin d each, but also have vitamin k, making them inappropriate for people on coumadin.

In the end, the best calcium source is the one you will use reliably.  Since it doesn't work if you don't take it, you need to find the one that fits best into your lifestyle.

Question 4

how much yogurt do you have to take to get the probiotic benefit?

Accepted Answer

Highly variable: Yogurts contain many different strains of probiotics & the amount of live probiotics in yogurt is quite variable, so it is basically impossible to answer your question.While yogurt & other fermented foods like kefir & sauerkraut can be good sources of probiotics, i advise people take standardized products like culturelle & dr.Ohhira's probiotics to make sure they get therapeutic amounts.See comment:.

Question 5

if med says a person with a low gfr should take a lower does, will the person get the same benefit and side effects at lower dosage due?

Accepted Answer

Yes: At lower gfr, less of medication or it's end product with metabolism will be excreted so you need less dose, benefits and side effects will be same at lower dose. If you take usual dose then you will have more side effects.

Question 6

i take 5 mg of ramipril in the morning and 12.5 mg of toperlol at bedtime.  would i get more benefit from the toperlol if i took it in the morning?

Accepted Answer

No: Toprol (metoprolol) if extended release can be taken once a day and there may be small benefit of taking ramipril at night.

Question 7

do you get all the benefits of drinking tea if you take green tea pills?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: Although the exact benefits of green tea are unknown with possible benefits from its antioxidants, pills even less likely to be beneficial because of processing into pill form.

Question 8

i am astonished by the vitamins, minerals etc we need to take daily. what needs an considerably healty "average" 20 old male do have to get daily?

Accepted Answer

Eat sensibly: In the studies i've seen of people who eat a reasonable diet (a variety of fruits and vegetables, a good iron source and avoiding the worst of the greasy / sugary / salty stuff), adding vitamin supplements did not improve their health. I bet you already see through the glitzy ads for the pricey "supplements" and if you choose a supplement, it'll be a cheap drugstore-chain vitamin & mineral tablet.

Question 9

i want to gain my weight. i am 30 years old;my is just 50 kg.i take very little quantity of meal.i visited many doctors,but i didn't get any benefit.

Accepted Answer

Muscle mass is: most efficiently gained by resistance training( lifting weights ).Get an experienced trainer to establish a routine that you can follow emphasizing proper technique.Now the ball is in your court.

Question 10

why when i asked about benefit of face serum and collagen drink i get a none answer but when i decided to take them it really help my skin a lot?

Accepted Answer

That's great, but: It may be due to a lack of sound scientific evidence (based on randomized controlled trials) showing face serum and collagen drink to be beneficial for your skin.  It is great that it was helpful for your skin, but that is not enough evidence to believe it will be helpful to everyone.  You know it works for you, and as far I know there is not harm in it.  Peace.

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If med says a person with a low gfr should take a lower does, will the person get the same benefit and side effects at lower dosage due?

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I take 5 mg of ramipril in the morning and 12.5 mg of toperlol at bedtime. would i get more benefit from the toperlol if i took it in the morning?

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Do you get all the benefits of drinking tea if you take green tea pills?

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I am astonished by the vitamins, minerals etc we need to take daily. what needs an considerably healty "average" 20 old male do have to get daily?

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I want to gain my weight. i am 30 years old;my is just 50 kg.i take very little quantity of meal.i visited many doctors,but i didn't get any benefit.

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