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1 The amino acid, homocysteine, is an important part of keeping a healthy heart. Higher plains of homocysteine can usually be establish in people who eat more meat than others. Which of the following can lower homocysteine levets?

a) drinking milk;

b) taking vitamins;

c) exercising.

2 Vegetable-based soaps are abundant gentler on skin than other cleansings and soaps:

a) True; b) False.

3 Which of the following may form the risk of developing cancer:

a) St John's wort;

b) vitamin A;

c) spirulina;

d) zinc.

4 This postscript is from a plant of the daisy family and is estimated to be 300 times sweeter than sugar. Until 1994 it was prohibited from being sold in the US marketplace. What is it?:

a) Ginseng;

b) Stevia;

c) CoQ10;

d) Kava Kava

5 At least common study has shown that the health benefits from drinking r wine are not derived from the alcohol; rather, it is he grape juice providing these benefits:

a) True; b) False.

6 This antioxidant is rich in blue-colored polyphenols that have exceptional antioxidant activity in the eyes:

a) Bilberry;

b) Walnuts;

c) Carrots.

7 Bioflavonoids like elderberry, hawthorn, horsetail, and rose hips enhance the absorption of vitamin C according to the body.:

a) True; b) False.

8 All three of the principally well-known forms of the ginseng herb (Panax, also known as Korean or Asian; American; and Siberian) are "adaptogenic" herbs. This means:

a) they adapt and increase well in a variety of climates

b) their outside coloring changes depending onward the season;

c) they are plant medicines that help the material part cope with stress;

9 Which of the following redolences has been found to increase sexual desire?:

a) peach;

b) vanilla;

c) chocolate;

d) cinnamon

10 Which of the following vitamins is essential for optimal functioning of the nervous system?:

a) vitamin A;

b) vitamin C;

c) B vitamins;

d) vitamin D

ANSWER

1 b) B vitamin continuations -- B6, B12, and folic acid work well at lowering homocysteine levels

2 a) True; vegetable-based soaps are gentler because they do not contain colors and other harsh ingredients commonly originate in health and beauty products

3 c) spirulina

4 b) Stevia

5 a) True; in a close attention at the Univ of WI, patients were given daily doses of purple grape juice. Their vasodilation was establish to improve almost three-fold.

6 a) Bilberry has exceptional antioxidant power in the watchs Some other antioxidants in the polyphenol family are soy blueberries, fresh tea, and walnuts.

7 a) True

8 c) Adaptogenic herbs, end their bi-directionality, are plant medicines that help the carcass cope with stress.

9 d) The reason is not clearly understood, however, single in kind study found that, of all balminesss tested, cinnamon evoked the greatest increase in sexual desire.

10 c) B vitamins.

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