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Vitamins and diet to help you stop smoking naturally

(NaturalNews) So you’ve decided to go cold turkey? You can white knuckle it and try to make it through on your own, or you can relieve much of the stress from withdrawals with the following supplements.Vitamins and minerals to take to help quit smoking: Vitamin C – 1,000 mg…

5 Ways to Track — and Improve — Your Sleep

Data shows we keep getting worse at meeting our basic sleep needs. To address this problem, a slew of new devices quantify how much and how well we sleep. By tracking and analyzing patterns, they promise to help us alter our habits and improve our sleep. How well do these devices actually work, and which will best fit your personal needs and preferences?

Do Part-Time Vegans Have Better Skin?

“I definitely notice I have brighter, clearer skin since going part-time vegan.”  Simpson isn’t the only person to say that her skin changed along with her diet. “The pendulum has swung the other way, and there’s scientific evidence.”  The thing is, that evidence doesn’t mean that a vegan diet is the only way to clear up one’s complexion. “I don’t think there’s any study that says a vegan diet, per

About Those Food Additives: The ‘Dirty Dozen’ Goes Beyond Produce

Our condolences go out to mortadella enthusiasts everywhere. (Photo by Corbis) By Josh Scherer for TakePart.com The Environmental Working Group thinks you should take a second look at that lunch meat. The Environmental Working Group’s new version of its Dirty Dozen list is now counting down the 12 most hazardous food additives—and by association, some of the food regulatory system’s most egregious failures. The FDA defines a food additive as “any substance that is

Could Charging Your Phone at Night Make You Gain Weight?

By Ashley Mateo for Self If you’re at all like me, you suffer from bedtime procrastination (it’s a real thing, people!). According to researchers at Manchester University, some of our smartphones emit short-wavelength blue light, which is incredibly disruptive to your body’s production of the sleep hormone melatonin. As a result, the light coming from our phones screws up our metabolism, which in turn can lead to weight gain. See more: 20 Superfoods

5 Signs You Should Have Your Testosterone Levels Checked

Needing to shave less frequently is one symptom that your testosterone levels may be low. These ads have become increasingly prevalent in recent years, creating confusion among some men about the supposed risks of low testosterone and the best course of treatment.“We’re looking at a huge increase in testosterone products that are available and testosterone prescriptions that are being written by physicians,” said urologist Michael Eisenberg, MD, director of male reproductive

No signs security in Liberia is worsening due to Ebola – UN chief

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Despite the devastating Ebola outbreak in Liberia, the United Nations is not seeing signs of deteriorating security in the country and some public authorities are even showing strength after years of post-civil war rebuilding, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Wednesday. Two wars between 1989 and 2003 killed about 250,000 people and led to a complete collapse of the country. U.N. peacekeepers were deployed to Liberia