05 Dec, 2024
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We Tried This Easy Muscle Hack To Fall Asleep In No Time. Here’s How It Went – Health Digest

This was a particularly interesting time for me to be trying out this technique because I was traveling between time zones for the duration of the experiment. My two-week trip had me going from hotel rooms to relative’s homes in different states, and as any of us can attest to, sleeping in a different bed […]

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Supplements You Should Avoid Taking With Magnesium At All Costs – Health Digest

According to @henrythepharmacist, a compounding and nutrition pharmacist expert on TikTok, certain supplements should not be taken at the same time as magnesium since they can interfere with each other. One of these is iron. Magnesium and iron compete with each other for absorption, he says, so you want to leave at least four hours […]

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These Brain Parasites Are More Common Than You’d Expect – Health Digest

While toxocariasis and neurocysticercosis share some similarities, they have their distinct differences. Toxocariasis infections are borne from the Toxocara roundworm, a parasite whose eggs can be found in contaminated dirt and soil (via U.S. News & World Report). If ingested by humans, the eggs can make their way into the intestines where the larvae may […]

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Eating Celery Every Day Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Cholesterol – Health Digest

Researchers previously believed it was a compound called 3-n-butylphthalide that contributed to celery’s cholesterol-lowering potential, according to an older article in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. Rats with high cholesterol that were given celery extract had lowered their cholesterol levels. When the researchers isolated the 3-n-butylphthalide from the celery, it didn’t have the same […]