Chicken feed is sometimes supplemented with roxarsone, an arsenic-containing compound that’s meant to control parasites and promote weight gain. Most of the arsenic is excreted by the chickens and gets mixed in with sawdust and other litter materials in poultry houses. When this litter is cleaned from the poultry houses, farmers use it to fertilize their crops, explained the U.S.

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There has been so much debate over the years about which kind of diet has the best long term weight loss benefits, as well as the best overall health benefits. While low fat diets vs. low carb diets has been a raging debate for years, apparently one aspect of one of them is now not subject for debate.

The low carb diet, similar to what you would do on the Atkins diet, where fat doesn’t matter so much, but rather the carbs matter more, actually not only resulted in about the same sustained weight loss and maintenance over a period of two years, but it also improved cholesterol levels impressively.

So impressively that it has caused researchers to really reconsider whether or not the low carb diet, which was at first praised when it was all the rage over this last decade, but then vilified for it’s potential health hazards, is actually better for you in the long run or not.

The study that made the cholesterol connection was actually done on obese people who had followed the two different diets. The

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Very Large Waist Could Double a Person’s Risk of Death From Any Cause, Study Finds

By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News

Reviewed By Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC

Aug. 9, 2010 — Men and women who are very large around the middle are at much greater risk of dying from any cause than people with thinner waists, a new study says.

Eric J.

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Do you know what’s in every bite of an avocado that you eat? You may not be aware of it but it has lot and lots of vitamins and minerals that can keep you healthy and strong. It is more than just an ingredient to a zesty guacamole and delicious green salads.  Let us know more what else this fruit has to offer by knowing about the different avocado nutrition facts.

Protein

High protein content is one of the avocado nutrition facts that you should not miss. Roughly, a one cup serving of pureed avocado equals to about 2.4 grams of protein, the highest a single fruit can ever provide! Th

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