WILL YOU PICK A MULTI-VITAMIN THAT WORKS?
The year was 2002 when the American Medical Association (AMA) reversed its stance regarding the use of vitamin supplements and advised every American to take at least one multi-vitamin a day! For the previous 20 years, the AMA had promoted an official anti-vitamin-supplement policy and offered their scorn to those who suggested that vitamin supplementation offered any health benefits.
Their 2002 announcement was vindication for the many health professionals who had advocated the use of vitamin supplements while for years enduring the criticism of the U.S. health establishment. Finally, the AMA was admitting that the American diet alone does not provide adequate nutrition for optimum health. However, their announcement stopped short of explaining what the true role of vitamin supplements should be.
Vitamin Amounts - How Much Is Enough?
Data compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed that a minimum of 40% of the American population consumes a diet that provides only 60% of the RDA of ten selected nutrients. This means that half (maybe more) of the U.S. population has a deficiency of at least one vitamin. Now, this by itself sounds startling, but consider this. .. more »
CULTIVATING MINDS THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION
Education is the ladder to success. It includes both the process of learning and the manner of teaching. The word also implies the proper conduct, cultivation of skills, and moral development of a person. But can education give us the kind of life we are seeking for? Can education give us all the things that we wanted? How powerful education is?
People need education for him to be responsible enough. Education opens up the door of development and the windows of opportunity for us to show up ourselves in the society. Education may take different forms. It can be verbal or in the form of actions. It can be obtain by enrolling ourselves in universities, academies, state colleges or in simpler word, school. These educational institutions teach, nurture, and develop the skills of every student. This is the place where a responsible citizen of his country is molded.
Education, in general, is a very broad topic to discuss that is why we really need to divide it into pieces for us to understand about what education really is. Aside from this, it is useful for it .. more »
‘HOW DO WE SAVE MONEY?‘ STATE SCHOOL OFFICIALS TARGET TEACHER HEALTH COVERAGE
Construction projects are put on hold. Field trips have been canceled. Teacher contract days have been trimmed.Dollars for education in Alabama have become sparse, and school officials are writing checks only for what one local school superintendent deemed as â??absolutely necessary.â?â??Itâ??s a very serious situation, like nothing weâ??ve ever seen,â? said Opelika City Schools Superintendent Mark Neighbors, whose system is operating with .5 million less this year than last. â??Weâ??re trying to manage money where people donâ??t see it or feel it.â?But change may be on the horizon.â??Of all of the dollars for state education (.73 billion), almost one-third are for benefits,â? State Schools Superintendent Dr. Joe Morton told the Opelika-Auburn News. â??That means one-third doesnâ??t make it to Auburn or Opelika public schools for books, desks or supplies. They go to benefits of employees. Thereâ??s only two-thirds left. If weâ??re going to spend one-third on benefits, then thereâ??s little left for schools.â??We are in the second year of proration. The state has no money to allocate for teachersâ?? support. No money to allocate for librarians. No money to allocate for technical support. No money to .. more »