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Mushroom Love

laurel — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:05:46 +0000

During vacation I caught one of Jamie Oliver’s food shows, Jamie at Home, on the Food Network and it was an episode all about mushrooms. Jamie knows a guy who’s a wild mushroom expert, and the two of them went out in the woods to pick fresh wild mushrooms for the recipes. One of my [...]

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Resveratrol for Heart, Brain, Joints

laurel — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:50:20 +0000

Earlier this year I wrote about the amazing health benefits in resveratrol, a strong antioxidant found in foods like grapes, peanuts, red wine, and Japanese knotweed (an herb). Check out that blog post here. But now there is new research from The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that concluded resveratrol helps your body fight [...]

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Power Supplement: Resveratrol

laurel — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:14:07 +0000

I’ve been hearing more and more about resveratrol over the past couple of years. It’s a powerful antioxidant compound found naturally in foods like grapes, cranberries, blueberries, peanuts, and wine. It’s also found naturally in a Chinese herb called Hu zhang and a Japanese plant called knotweed. According to Natural News, Hu zhang is actually [...]

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Tried Something New: Aloe Vera

laurel — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:15:38 +0000

One of my favorite new books is Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future by David Wolfe. I heard David speak at my school earlier this year and had to know more about superfoods and his living raw food diet. What are superfoods, you say? They are the most nutritious foods on Earth. When [...]

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Chocolate News!

laurel — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:27:26 +0000

Here’s a good reason to pick up some dark chocolate for you or your one true love on Valentine’s Day…and every other occasion after that. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition concluded that people who regularly eat dark chocolate (in moderate amounts) had 17% lower levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in their [...]

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Pistachios in the News

laurel — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:16:09 +0000

Penn State University researchers presented new pistachio findings at the Experimental Biology Conference in San Diego in April 2008. They found that some key nutrients in pistachios reduce multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in men and women. Pistachio consumption improved cholesterol levels and reduced cellular inflammation. Dr. Sarah Gebauer said that, “Reducing inflammation [...]

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Probiotics May Also Reduce Inflammation

laurel — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:34:20 +0000

I’m sure you’ve heard that probiotics help keep your digestive system healthy and fight off bad bacteria in the gut. But, new research published in the Public Libracy of Science Pathogens journal found that probiotics may fight harmful inflammation too. As you probably know by now, inflammation in our bodies can put us at risk [...]

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Study Finds Fish Oil Reduces Inflammation

laurel — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:57:51 +0000

A 2008 study from the Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School found that omega-3s in fish oil can help reduce inflammation by improving the body’s immunity response. Researchers found that blood vessels can form small lesions inside our bodies, and the “normal healing process is for these lesions to become inflamed, for the [...]

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Increase K1, Reduce Inflammation

laurel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:59:48 +0000

A recent study from the American Journal of Epidemiology found that increasing your intake of vitamin K1 may reduce harmful inflammation in your body. As I’ve mentioned on this blog before, chronic inflammation is linked to a slew of diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s. Researchers concluded that higher dietary intake and higher [...]

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Study Shows Whole Grains Reduce Inflammation

laurel — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:18:58 +0000

An American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study found that whole grains help reduce C-reactive protein in our bodies. This inflammatory protein is associated with many diseases including heart disease and diabetes. (Ref: Body + Soul magazine, June 2008, p. 34) The 12-week study monitored 50 obese adults who ate lean protein, low-fat dairy, five servings [...]

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