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Atkins Diet: Lose Weight Without Carbohydrates?

Atkins Diet: Lose Weight Without Carbohydrates?

The Atkins diet has been around for a long time and many other KETO diets have overtaken Atkins in the endless onslaught of diets that promise rapid weight loss. The basic premise is that you lose weight by avoiding carbohydrates, but you can eat fat and protein as...
Colon polyps: causes, risks, treatment

Colon polyps: causes, risks, treatment

Polyps in the intestine are not automatically dangerous. However, they can lead to colon cancer.  Colon polyps – briefly explained Colon polyps are protrusions of the mucous membrane that occur mainly in the large intestine. Most are harmless, but sometimes...
Vitamin lexicon

Vitamin lexicon

To take Vitamins or not? What are vitamins anyway, which ones are there and in which foods do they occur?  Definition: what are vitamins actually? Vitamins are essential substances that the body, with a few exceptions, cannot produce itself. Therefore it is dependent...
Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is a very common procedure, done mostly because of ongoing digestive issues, or because the national bowel screening test detected some blood in your stool. But don’t panic, there are alternatives. Let’s first look at a colonoscopy in more...