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What would one consume to replenish electrolytes for the human body besides sports drinks?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

I’ve read that sodium and potassium are examples of electrolytes. Recalling my high-school and college chemistry I can see why sodium would be an electrolyte since it helps conduct an electric current, but I never heard that about potassium. So besides eating bananas and salty foods I was wondering what other “natural” sources of food and/or liquid provides the body with what would be considered electrolytes. (Yes, I’m prepping for a long distance event, incase you were wondering.
PLEASE NOTE, I’m looking for “natural” (vs. man-made) foods and/or liquids.

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Why are there explanations for some ingredients but not others?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

On food/drink products with a lot of artificial ingredients, some of the the ingredients seem to have explanations in parentheses for their purpose in the product. Example: “sodium benzoate (preserves freshness), caffeine, sodium citrate, etc…”

Why do some ingredients need explanations and other equally sketchy-sounding ones don’t?

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Why do Can foods and Health dinners contain so much salt?

Posted on February 20, 2011 by admin| 12 Comments

I would just like to say that so many people choose to eat healthy. In doing so many select healthy foods such as can good foods, Health dinners as Lean Cuisine etc. But if you take a look on the back of the package the sodium level is very high. I was told companies put so much salt in the food to preserve the food is that true?

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I am trying to find a good puppy food and I found some holistic natural food,Do these ingredients look good?

Posted on May 9, 2010 by admin| 7 Comments

Ingredients: Lamb, brewers rice, chicken meal, corn gluten meal, ground yellow corn, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), corn bran, oat meal, dried egg product, dried beet pulp, animal digest, calcium phosphate, fish oil, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, choline chloride, Vitamin E supplement, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), sodium selenite.

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