Word: ironic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stand as premier examples of the differing traditions of Korean and Chinese ceramics. In the Koryo Period, Korean potters perfected the technique of celadon glazing. Celsdon wares, glazed in a blue to green glaze, started in China and traveled into Korea. The celadon glazes, which gain their color from iron compounds contained in the glaze, were well suited as glazes for the grey stoneware used in Korea. Decorative techniques such as carving, incising and molding were employed in these Koryo ceramics as well. Later in the Koryo celadon tradition, in a complete departure from Chinese ceramics, Korean potters so mastered...
...formation and nor- liver, leafy vegetables mal cell division Minerals Calcium promotes skeletal growth, involved milk in muscle contraction Phosphorus essential component of bone miner- all protein-rich foods, (milk, als and of DNA meat, fish) Magnesium necessary for muscular contractions all unprocessed food (whole seeds, legumes) Iron essential for production of meat, liver, beans hemoglobin Zinc unknown, involved in fighting infec- animal products, especially tion meat Iodine important for thyroid gland's hor- iodized salt mone synthesis Selenium essential for enzymes catalyzing seafoods, kidney, liver hydrogen peroxide
...only exceptions, Dwyer says, should be strict vegetarians, who can benefit from iron supplements. Dwyer also recommends specific vitamin and mineral supplements to compensate for those that individuals lack, rather than a multivitamin...
women, says Katz-Cohen, can especially derive advantages from supplements of iron, which is important for the formation of the blood's oxygen-carrying molecule, hemoglobin...
...Some minerals like iron and calcium affect women more than men." Katz-Cohern says. "Menstruating women should stick to a multivitamin that contains iron...