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Food & Nutrition
Whole foods and drinks explained: nutrients, research, servings and cautions.
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Herbs, botanicals, oils and teas: where they come from and what is known about them.
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Learn the ingredient, its forms and how to read a label before you compare.
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Carefully explained: what is approved, what is under research, and what is unproven.
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Healing traditions and practices from around the world, with their evidence and limits.
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AlternativeMed is powered by an extensive scientific and traditional-medicine database. Every guide on this site links back to the original records, with their sources and relationships.
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