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By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I have been taking Vitamin C to prevent colds and the flu since the 70’s, when Linus Pauling declared vitamin C’s ability to defeat the common cold. I have always thought it helped prevent or shorten any illness. Since then, …

Amanda was like every other hard-working American mother. She had two kids, a house in the suburbs and a great job. But at one point in her late 30s, she began to have a serious problem. Everyday at work, she was getting hot flashes. She’d be in a meeting with her boss (she was aiming for a promotion so these …