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Strontium, an element that is related to calcium, is sometimes given to help fractures heal and increase bone density. In fact, in some cases it does an even better job than calcium!
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Believe it or not, that’s not even the craziest medical treatment in history!
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Because it was a vitamin, in the 1980s intravenous vitamin E was sold without FDA approval. After the deaths of nearly 40 babies, Dr. Carl J. Bodenstein managed to convince congress that the drug was harmful in spite of being threatened by the drug company for slander
Source: nytimes, Image: wikipedia
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Chili peppers contain 400% more vitamin C per serving than oranges
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Vitamins skip from E to K because the intermediary letters were either thrown out as false findings or reclassified to a type of vitamin B after further research
Source: wikipedia, Image: icethim via Flickr
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In spite of being the result of sugar refinement, blackstrap molasses is very healthy. It provides significant calcium, magnesium, vitamin B6, potassium, and iron
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