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Consuming added sugars may increase risk of kidney stones

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer In an observational study, researchers showed that consuming more added sugars is consistently associated with greater odds of developing kidney stones in the US, especially for ethnicities such as Native Americans or Asians, or for people with a relatively higher income.

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The Role of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mental Illness

Mercola

Vitamin D receptors are not just limited to your skeletal system for bone health they're also present in various brain regions like your hippocampus, substantia nigra and cerebellum. Moreover, vitamin D helps modulate inflammation, which is often elevated in mental health disorders.