Don't forget to take your vitamins It's good advice. But everybody's needs are different. Age, lifestyle, gender, ethnicity, diet, and habits all play a role in determining which vitamins and minerals you need more or less of in your diet. Like traffic lights, vitamins help regulate your body' most basic functions at the cellular level. And just like those red, green and amber beacons, they must be synchronized--not too many or too...

If you think your immune system is just a simple thing that only helps you fight off colds and flus, think again. It is, in fact, a highly complex, protective, and intelligent system that can bolster health and healing from head to toe. A number of factors--from your diet, lifestyle, and the illnesses you've had to the medications you take or the toxins and people you interact with on a daily basis--can throw your immune system off balance, resulting in excessive inflammation that worsens allergies and pain and can even lead to serious health conditions.

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