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Feeling the Squeeze
Florida is in a two year drought. It's one of the worst in state history and it's threatening local crops. According to the US Department of Agriculture, oranges are the smallest they have ever been because of the drought. Follow an orange farmer into the grove to get a closer look at the problem. Florida is in a two year drought. It's one of the worst in state history and it's threatening local crops. According to the US Departm... more
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Orange Growers Feel The Squeeze
Florida is in a two year drought. It's one of the worst in state history and it's threatening local crops. According to the US Department of Agriculture, oranges are the smallest they have ever been because of the drought. Follow an orange farmer into the grove to get a closer look at the problem.
Florida is in a two year drought. It's one of the worst in state history and it's threatening local crops. According to the US Departm... more -
Gareth Gates Banned From Spray Tans
Gareth Gates has been banned from having a spray tan by Dancing On Ice bosses ? as they fear he looks like an Oompa Loompa. Chiefs at ITV warned Gareth, 23, that he was turning orange.
Gareth Gates has been banned from having a spray tan by Dancing On Ice bosses ? as they fear he looks like an Oompa Loompa. Chiefs at ... more -
Can Vitamin C Cure Colds?
When the sniffles strike, many of us reach for a glass of orange juice or a vitamin C supplement. But are they really effective?
Oranges, grapefruits and other vitamin C-loaded foods have many health benefits. But study after study has shown that the vitamin does littleif anythingto cure, prevent or even shorten the duration of the common cold.
The most recent roundup of vitamin C research, published this spring in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, evaluated several decades of studies that included more than 11,000 subjects taking 200 or more milligrams of vitamin C each day. (The government's recommended daily allowance is 60 milligrams.) The research found that vitamin C did little to reduce either the length or severity of colds among the general population. However, studies have found that it may lower the risk of catching a cold among people whose bodies are under high physical stressthink marathon runners or soldiers on subarctic exercises. They were 50 percent less likely to catch a cold if they took a daily dose of vitamin C..... When the sniffles strike, many of us reach for a glass of orange juice or a vitamin C supplement. But are they really effective? ... more
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