Daily Living Healthy Tips

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Low-Sodium Options

DrugsLib shares tips for lowering the sodium in your recipes. Learn about substitutions you can use and other ways to add flavor to your favorite dishes.

Foods With Calcium and Vitamin D

Calcium and vitamin D are important to prevent bone loss and osteoporosis. DrugsLib's tips can help you get the calcium and vitamin D your body needs.

Getting Vitamins and Minerals From Food

DrugsLib shows you the key vitamins and minerals you need every day, what they do, how much you need, and good food sources for them.

USDA's MyPlate

When moving from the food pyramid, the USDA made fruits and vegetables half of the new MyPlate guide which represents the amounts of the four food groups each meal should contain.

Nutrition Basics

DrugsLib tells you how to interpret the nutrition terms on your food's nutrition fact labels.

Types of Fiber and Their Health Benefits

DrugsLib provides a chart showing different types of dietary fiber and each of their health benefits.

What Are Phytonutrients?

DrugsLib explains the health benefits of phytonutrients, natural chemcials that are found in a variety of plant foods.

Are You Getting Enough Vitamin B12?

Vitamin B12 is essential for good health, but some people may not be getting enough. DrugsLib tells you about symptoms of a vitamin B12 deficiency and how it can be treated.

Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones, and a lack of it can lead to health problems, including cardiovascular disease. Learn more from DrugsLib about how to get plenty of vitamin D, and how to treat a vitamin D deficiency.

Calculating Your Weight Circumference

Do you need to lose weight? Measuring your waist circumference is a good way to tell. Learn how to do it.