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Plants

Scoop Up Sunflower Seeds

by laurel on February 4, 2008

Eating Fabulous recently posted that sunflower seeds have many powerful health benefits. These little tiny seeds found deep in sunflowers are rich in: * Folate * Vitamin E, selenium, and copper * Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (good fats) * Phytochemicals: choline, lignans, phenolic acids, betaine * Arginine (an amino acid) The team of vitamin E, [...]

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Study Shows Curry Helps Prevent Alzheimer’s

by laurel on July 21, 2007

FoodConsumer.org reports that a study from David Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles and the Human BioMolecular Research Institute in San Diego found that a chemical in curry may help your immune system ged rid of brain plagues that cause Alzheimer’s disease. The chemical, Bisdemethoxycurcumin, is found in curry which is made from Turmeric [...]

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