Health Food, Healthy Eating, and Nutrition
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Happy holidays everyone! I’m in a festive mood this morning because I found a great reason to enjoy some red wine over the holidays…and all year long. You may not know it, but red wine is high in fiber which can help keep your heart healthy.
Research published in the journal Nutrition found that antioxidants and [...]
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This weekend I was reading one of my favorite magazines Body + Soul, and I stumbled on some new research about berries. In a study published in the Cancer Research journal, scientists found that potent compounds in berries could help stop cancer at very early stages. When researchers fed rats a diet high in black [...]
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Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northern California published a new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. They found that eating a diet high in antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables could significantly reduce your risk of getting cancer in your esophagus.
With over 900 participants in the study, the researchers measured intakes of vitamin C, vitamin E, and [...]
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Well, I got completely knocked down with a cold this past weekend and I’m finally starting to feel normal again. Even though I was scarfing down vegetables last week, my immune system was no match for a group of people at my work who came in and spread their cold and flu germs. Note to [...]
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New research on the açaí berry was recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. A team of scientists from Texas AgriLife Research conducted the first study on the açaí berry involving people. The study simply proved that açaí juice or pulp has the ability to be absorbed in the human body. (This [...]
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Hey there! Here’s a quick post to let you know that Laurel on Health Food made it on two blog carnivals this week. My post “Have Diabetes? Drink Cocoa” made it on the Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog Carnival 68 and “Cook Up Some Easy Greens” made it on the Volume 69.
Check out the [...]
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New research published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry confirmed that cranberries are packed with antioxidants. The study measured the amount of antioxidants in cranberries and cranberry products, then measured blood samples in people after drinking a cranberry juice drink or another drink without cranberry juice. Not surprisingly, the antioxidant capacity in the [...]
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A recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that 25% of Americans are not getting enough vitamin B6. That’s a big scary number because B6 is essential to many aspects of human health including forming new cells, processing carbohydrates, and supporting the nervous, cardiovascular, and immune systems.
What it means is that [...]
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A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that olive oil increases the antioxidant power of other vegetables (Self Magazine, Aug. 2008, p.133). If you’re having a salad, drizzle olive oil on top to make sure you get the most out of it. The RealAge® docs, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz, say olive [...]
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If you really think about it, how many servings of fruits and vegetables do you actually eat every day? Most recent recommendations say we should aim for about eight to nine servings each day. However, a recent study from Harvard University found that just five daily servings will help men and women reduce their risk [...]
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