Question: Is Omega-3 Fish Oil safe for individuals with a shellfish allergy to use?

Answer: While the shellfish allergy is to the proteins in the shellfish, we strongly suggest not using it without their physicians supervision Some patients have felt safer with coverage with allergy medication at hand at first.

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Dates

Question: Does the Date fruit have any positive effects on prostate cancer cells?

Answer: The articles listed below relate to foods from a search for "date fruit, prostate cancer."

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Will bee pollen help gout?

Question: I am 50 years old and I`ve recently started taking bee pollen (3/4 tsp twice daily) and feel better than I have in years. I do not have any health issues. I have a friend who is a black male, 42 years old and suffers from gout. I know bee pollen contains many amino acids including alanine, asparic a . . .

Answer: While bee pollen is used for many things, there is little to support its use for gout.

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Green Tea Diet Pill

Question:

Is the green tea diet pill a good pill to take while trying to lose weight? I only take one a day and I want to make sure I`m not hurting my body by taking this pill!! Please let me know what you think. Is this a good weight loss pill? Thank you.

Answer: Green tea pills are not effective but not likely toxic.

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Chlorine of The Stomach and Carbonate of Mg

Question: After ingesting magnesium carbonate or magnesium oxide, presumably magnesium chloride will form in the stomach by taking the chlorine from the stomach`s hydrochloric acid. Will the chlorine eventually be returned to the stomach as hydrochloric acid after the body uses or stores the magnesium?

Answer: This would happen in a test tube but not in the stomach due to the protein buffering content.

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