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It’s only early October and the first wave of disease has already descended on campus. Gossip Guy has ignored the advice of his physician, overdosing on a self-prescribed regimen of vitamin C, Echinacea and speed, to bring you an outbreak of lies, hacking rumors and phlegmatic innuendos...
...going to be a businessman. The best place to learn that is in the shop," Khan tells him firmly. The book is most compelling when depicting the circumscribed lives of the women in Khan's family. Bright and vivacious Leila, 19, who has work-worn hands and a vitamin D deficiency because she rarely sees sunlight, speaks English and dreams of becoming a teacher, but her lot in life is to cook and clean for family members. Seierstad confesses that the treatment of the women challenged her goal to stay out of the story. "I have rarely been as angry...
...Giants, again and again (and their rivals' woes are compounded by the fact that it's now their star, Hideki Matsui, who is hitting home-runs in America). They have a higher winning percentage than any team on either side of the Pacific. The sudden boom in Tiger bedspreads, vitamin drinks and bullhorns is expected to pump an extra $1 billion into the Japanese economy. Even a foreigners' magazine in the region, Kansai Time Out, which specializes in being unimpressed by Japanese fashions, has an article on the Tigers in its current issue, another article on its information technology page...
...orange juice prevent ulcers? In a study of 7,000 Americans, researchers found that the lower the level of vitamin C in a person's blood, the more likely that he or she will be infected by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, which is linked to ulcers and stomach cancer. The researchers do not yet know whether a low vitamin level is the cause or the effect of the H. pylori infection. But even if it is the latter, the study's authors believe it prudent for people who test positive for the bug to increase their vitamin C intake...
...because they drive their cows so hard," Edwards explains. He fishes around his barn's medicine cabinet, pulling out vitamin pills and aspirins the size of a man's thumb. There's a "microbial supplement," to help digestion, and Uddermint, a cream made with peppermint oil for soothing sore teats. At his feet is a jug of aloe-vera juice, which he'll shoot down a cow's throat to help relieve stress. That morning he whipped up a brew of rice water, garlic, salt and beef bouillon to treat a calf with diarrhea. To go organic, he says...