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Beta-carotene in Carrots can help your eyes ...
June 25, 2008
Beta-carotene is the plant form of
vitamin A. Found in carrots and other deep-orange colored fruits
and vegetables, it’s the age-old remedy for night blindness... cont... |
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Data: 24M Americans currently suffer from diabetes ...
June 25, 2008
The new statistics come as nothing
new to the nation's food industry, which is already in the midst
of a massive re-positioning towards health and wellness... cont... |
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Low-carbon diet puts Earth first ...
June 25, 2008
The concept of a low-carbon diet is
nothing new to Dory Ford, executive chef at Portola Cafe inside
the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Growing up in British Columbia, Ford
recalls a childhood when milk bottles and egg cartons were left
on the porch for the milk and egg guys... cont... |
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Naturopathy: Nutrients for optimum health ...
June 24, 2008
Diet also plays a vital role in
stress management. Low-fat, high-fibre and carbohydrate-rich
meals with plenty of fruits and vegetables may be helpful due to
an increased production of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that
helps... cont... |
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Foods To Be Avoided For High Blood Pressure ...
June 24, 2008
High blood pressure if left
unchecked results in increased cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality and leads to target organ damage... cont... |
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Easier colon cancer test heads to over-the-counter ...
June 24, 2008
If you're over 50 or have a family
history of colon cancer, you've probably already heard the
nagging about why you should get a colonoscopy. You've probably
heard that colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in
the United States. And you've probably heard about how early
screening means early detection and removal of polyps before
they turn into cancer... cont... |
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Healthy Diet Lowers Death Risk for Women ...
June 23, 2008
Women can protect themselves
against death from heart disease and other causes by sticking
with a diet that is low in saturated fats and sugar and high in
vegetables, fruits and whole grains, a new study suggests... cont... |
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Cost of food drives one in three to grow own fruit and veg ...
June 23, 2008
According to new research, one
third of the population is following the example of the 1970s
sitcom starring Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers by
cultivating tomatoes, peas, cauliflower and potatoes... cont... |
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S.F. firm harvests potential of unused land ...
June 23, 2008
Anne Fisher Vollen used to have a
box of organic vegetables delivered to her home every week, and
religiously separated her family's food scraps from the trash.
Yet the mother of two children and the co-founder of a startup
company didn't have the energy to cultivate her own plot of land... cont... |
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Healthy fast food choices? ...
June 19, 2008
Heather Bauer is the author of the
Wall Street Diet and she shows us what the health-conscious
person should order when on the go. "At Subway they have a lot
of excellent choices. I love that they have just a six-inch
turkey sandwich with vegetables... cont... |
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Reducing Your Risk of Anemia ...
June 19, 2008
Anemia occurs when there aren't
enough red blood cells in your blood, or they are deficient in a
protein called hemoglobin. This means your red blood cells don't
carry enough oxygen to the rest of the body. Women and people
with chronic disease are at greater risk of becoming anemic... cont... |
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More exercise, better diet turns off cancer causing genes ...
June 19, 2008
Leading a healthy lifestyle with
right food and regular exercise can significantly inhibit
prostate cancer progression by turning off genes that cause it,
suggests a new study. The study led by Dean Ornish from the
University of California, San Francisco, US, involving 30 men
with early-stage prostate cancer showed that favourable changes
in lifestyle have a vital impact over gene expression in the
prostate... cont... |
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A Healthy Balance... Real food for real women ...
June 19, 2008
If you thought being a nutrition
expert meant surviving on sprouts and celery sticks, think
again. Three cappuccino-and wine-drinking dieticians, who enjoy
their (healthy) food and indulge in chocolate now and then, shed
light... cont... |
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Excessive TV time may lead to obesity ...
June 19, 2008
Like kids who spend hours glued to
the TV, the more time adults spend in front of a television or
computer screen, the more likely they are to be fat, new
Canadian research shows. One-quarter of men (25 per cent) and
women (24 per cent) who watch 21 or more hours per week are
obese... cont... |
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Vegetarian lifestyle runs in the family ...
June 19, 2008
Cookbook author Patricia Bragg
continues her late dad's crusade. "Food is fuel for the body --
it either produces health or sickness," Bragg said. "What you
eat and drink today, walks with you tomorrow."... cont... |
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Consequences of the American Processed Foods Diet ...
June 18, 2008
The ensuing outcome is America has
become a factory of wide spread obesity and chronic disease
where a huge number of Americans are then sent on to the highly
profitable pharmaceutical industry... cont... |
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"Kitchen Rescue"; The Anti-cancer and wellness diet ...
June 18, 2008
The past five years I’ve been doing
Kitchen Rescue, no diet has been more in demand for a copy off,
in full and in advance, than this one. The response was
incredible!. This is what Judy Sim says and her
anticancer-wellness menu... cont... |
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Nutrient-Rich Diet Might Cut Cervical Cancer Risk ...
June 18, 2008
Eating a high-fiber, fruit- and
vegetable-heavy diet might dramatically reduce your risk of
developing cervical cancer, according to a recent study in the
journal, Nutrition and Cancer... cont... |
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Health Canada warns of diet supplements ...
June 18, 2008
Health Canada is warning consumers
not to use the dietary supplements 6-OXO and 1-AD due to
potential serious health risks. The federal agency said 6-OXO
(4-androstene-3,6,17-trione) and 1-AD (1-androstenediol), or any
other supplements containing similar ingredients can potentially
cause serious medical conditions... cont... |
