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Your Good Health
By Claire Loades on 28/11/2008 13:02:30
Give your immune system a boost to stay fighting fit this winter
hormones. But when a heavy training schedule puts pressure on your immune system, you can ensure that you make healthy diet choices.The key to maintaining an efficient and effective immune system is to consume enough of the nutrients that play a vital role
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Iron - Are you getting enough?
By Dominique Brady on 24/11/2010 15:56:10
Iron is crucial for female runners' performance - here's how to avoid iron deficiency.
was eating a very lean and healthy diet, but I can see now that endurance running without iron in your diet can have debilitating consequences," says Eimear McCann. She has added red meat and leafy greens to her diet as well as using the Spatone supplement
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Enduring Questions - Are Free Radicals Harmful?
By Amby Burfoot on 05/12/2006 11:18:36
Should you be afraid of free radicals? Running produces them, illness is caused by them, antioxidants combat them. Or maybe not
of free radicals, and there's no shortage of experts who advise that we should therefore consume tubs of supplements to save ourselves.Here's my problem with this scenario. If exercise-produced free radicals are so bad, why don't I see shrivelled, gasping
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Q+A: How can I prevent and recover from flu?
By Jennifer Harper on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
?A The best defence against colds and flu is a strong and healthy immune system. A wealth of natural remedies is available that can both alleviate symptoms and strengthen your natural immunity. Essential oils are one possibility. Cinnamon leaf essential oil
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Hay Fever Q&A
By Ben Palfreyman on 17/06/2010 17:51:09
Relieve the runner's summer plague - and ensure hay fever doesn't affect your performance - with these tips
of your nose). Trade white potato for sweet potato, supplement meat dishes with kidney and eat plenty of fresh vegetables such as spinach and pumpkin.Vitamin B5 works hard to reduce allergic symptoms and a healthy 100mg a day will help to ward off
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Eating for Pregnancy
By Liz Applegate on 05/06/2002 21:46:46
How to breeze through fuelling for pregnancy when you're a runner
UAN:287 Article type:++add book link at top++ -->This is adapted from the book, Eat Smart, Play Hard, by RW USA Nutrition Editor Liz Applegate. Youll be happy to know that staying fit is good for both you and your baby. Obstetricians used to warn
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Runner's Relief: How To Fix Mid-Run Troubles
By Beth Dreher on 15/06/2009 08:12:28
How to beat pounding headaches, sudden allergy attacks and other woes that can strike on the road
meal," he adds. Your doctor may also recommend an iron supplement.Symptom: Post-run coughing The diagnosis: Exercise-induced asthma, a condition brought on by the constriction of the muscles surrounding bronchial tubes. At rest, you breathe more
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To Your Health: Sensible Drinking
By Lisa Blair on 14/12/2008 08:44:47
Load up on vitamins, boost your immune system, dodge a hangover and wake up fresh for your morning run: our guide to drinking right
is available as a supplement, helps to make liver cells less permeable to alcohol, thus preventing cell damage. It also reduces the destruction of glutathione, a key detoxification enzyme that increases the speed at which the body can break down toxins
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Enduring Questions: Should I run naked?
By Amby Burfoot on 15/05/2008 17:21:53
US Editor At Large Amby Burfoot looks at the hydration and heat challenges facing summer marathon runners
of my drinking and sodium needs," says Culpepper.SuperhydrationStoring extra water would be nice, but runners aren’t camels. Still, two simple substances seem capable of promoting superhydration: common salt, and glycerol – a legal supplement. A New
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Reader to Reader: Giving Up Smoking
By Catherine Lee on 04/06/2007 12:17:27
Has giving up smoking improved your running? Here's what you thought
oil supplement every day. I eat a more varied diet and regularly make fruit smoothies. I treated myself to leave my NHS dentist and sign up with a private dental practice and my teeth and gums are in great condition. My skin has improved and I feel
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