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Cooking Light wrote that most experts agree the best way for your body to get antioxidants is to eat a varied diet. “Antioxidants work synergistically” which means that when they work together, they have greater benefit for your body than when they work individually. As you’ve probably heard by now, antioxidants keep your body healthy [...]

An Oprah Magazine reader wrote to David L. Katz, M.D. in this month’s “The Way to Eat” section (Ref: The Oprah Magazine, May 2008, p. 200). She mentioned that her mother had ovarian cancer and her father had Alzheimer’s disease. Knowing that this meant she was more likely to get those diseases, she asked Katz [...]

Stanford University has a new arrangement with YoNaturals to install some healthy vending machines. YoNaturals will place the ‘YoZone’ machines in several buildings on campus through their distributor, Natural Now LLC. The school departments that receive the machines in their buildings will receive a portion of profits from the machines and Natural Now also [...]

A University of Chicago study found that eating grapefruit could help you get more out of your prescriptions. There’s an enzyme in your liver and intestines called CYP3A that breaks down any drugs you ingest. The enzyme causes less of the medicine to survive your digestive process. But the study found that compounds in grapefruit [...]

Barbara L. Minton from Natural News reviewed some recent studies that prove folate and vitamin B-12 are essential for brain health and cognitive function. Researchers are finding that deficiencies in folate and B-12 are causing Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive decline, and strokes. Here are some of the key findings mentioned in the article:

- A January [...]