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Water soluble vitamins flow throughout the body easily with excess being excreted by the kidneys. Therefore, they do not generally reach toxic levels, but it is possible. Niacin, vitamin B 6, folate, choline, and vitamin C have limits on consumption. At high levels over an extended period of time, vitamin B6 can cause nerve damage.

Digestion is the process by which the body breaks down and absorbs nutrients from food and beverages. The nutrients absorbed are used for energy, growth, and cellular repair. U.S federal guidelines on diet suggests that Americans should eat a variety of foods and engage in physical activity. Foods included for good digestion include fat free milk products, fruits, vegetables, unsalted nuts or seeds, whole grains, lean meats, poultry, seafood, beans, peas, soy products, and eggs.

Minerals play an important role in health and body function. Minerals are inorganic substances that are essential nutrients the body needs for daily function and processes. Minerals are obtained through consuming plants that absorb them or by eating animals that consume the plants. These are a few minerals that are important for good hearing.

Everyone takes eyesight for granted until their sight is much less than 20/20. I was the same until an afternoon in 2001. During a one repetition maximum bench press, I ruptured blood vessels in the back of my eye supplying my retina. After observation and testing by an ophthalmologist neurologist. It was recommended that I undergo laser treatment to cauterize the blood vessels. At this point, the prognosis was quite good.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, acid reflux, or heart burn is a chronic problem that occurs when stomach acids backflow into the esophagus. Many have heart burn occasionally when consuming too much spicy food. If you have this burning sensation more than twice a week, you may have acid reflux. In 2005, there were 3,141,965 hospitalizations due to acid reflux. Sixty- two percent of hospitalizations were women. The same study showed that the number of adults hospitalized dropped from 1998 to 2005.

Approximately forty-five million Americans complain of headaches each year which is more than any other ailment. This accounts for one in every six people or sixteen and a half percent of the population. More than eight million people will visit a physician for headache treatment.

From the years 2013 to 2015, 54.4 million adults in the United States or 27.7 percent of the population annually have been told by a physician that they had some form of arthritis encompassing rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis and other rheumatic conditions include gout, fibromyalgia, and rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis means inflammation of one or more joints. It describes more than one hundred conditions that affect joints, tissues around joints, and connective tissue.

The nervous system is probably the most important system of the body and certainly essential for life as we currently know it. The nervous system controls cognition, analysis, decision making, autonomic, and motor function. Signs of nerve damage or malfunction are numbness, tingling, pain, or more serious cases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis. Hopefully, by eating a preventative, healthy diet people may be able to reduce or avoid nerve damage resulting from many diverse factors.

The saying is that an apple a day will keep the doctor away. It turns out that eating the right foods will boost the immune system. The immune system works well with adequate servings of fruits and vegetables, eight to ten glasses of water at least, and many of the following foods discussed in this document will help battle the flu and other ailments.

The foods we consume can have a profound impact on mental health. A diet can be created that benefits brain development, cognitive function, and slows the aging process to decrease the risk of conditions like Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The remainder of this document will discuss foods that will have a positive effect on mental processes, diseases, and health.