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Afternoon Pick-Me-Up

laurel — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:51:33 +0000

Do you get tired and sluggish between 2:00 and 4:00 everyday? Most of us do, and for those in a typical office environment, it’s hard not to get addicted to the coffee pot or the candy machine. I feel for my friends who have bowls of candy lying around at their office. How are you [...]

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Day 3: Healthy Eating Out

laurel — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:19:08 +0000

This is Day 3 of my blogging marathon: “7 Days of Healthy Eating Out.” Read the details on my marathon here. It’s been a rainy and chilly couple of days in NYC, but I decided to brave the weather and head to the Upper West Side for lunch. I was dying to get out of [...]

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Green Tea Fix

laurel — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:18:36 +0000

What’s your favorite morning or afternoon drink? Have you considered green tea? It just might be your healthiest choice. A recent study conducted at the Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan found that drinking 1 cup or more of green tea every day dramatically reduces your risk of lung cancer, especially for smokers. The antioxidants [...]

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Cancer Cures in Food

laurel — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:52:13 +0000

I’m absolutely convinced that healthy whole foods can help prevent and cure cancer. Yeah that’s right, I said it. We eat food and it becomes our blood and our cells. Eating a healthy diet not only has an immediate effect on how you feel minutes and hours later, but it also affects our health months [...]

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Black Tea Could Protect Against Diabetes

laurel — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:00:40 +0000

Natural News reports that some natural chemicals in black tea could help protect you from diabetes. Research published in the journal Aging Cell found that these chemicals can act like insulin in the body. Though the research is preliminary, some studies found that drinking black tea could reduce heart disease and risk of cancer. Lead [...]

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Research Roundup

laurel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:21:06 +0000

Here’s a summary of some recent research on eating for your health: A study from the University of South Florida in Tampa found that food is very important to the body when trying to fight off illness. In a mice study, researchers concluded that reducing food intake by 30% made the immune system less effective [...]

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Reishi Mushrooms and Green Tea are a Powerful Pair

laurel — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:28 +0000

Recent studies are finding that reishi mushrooms and green tea may slow cancer growths. Researchers have concluded that the active ingredients in reishi and green tea actually stop tumor growth and increase life expectancy in mice with cancerous tumors. Thomas Avery Garran, the author of Western Herbs According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, says “reishi is [...]

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Black Tea Reduces Your Risk of Parkinson’s

laurel — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:06:00 +0000

Natural News reports that drinking black tea every day may reduce your risk of Parkinson’s disease by up to 71%. A National Neuroscience Institute study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology looked at the number of Parkinson’s cases in about 63,000 Chinese men and women and compared the numbers with their intake of certain [...]

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Get the Most Out of Green Tea

laurel — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:07:01 +0000

Self Magazine wrote a great tip for how to get the best benefit from drinking green tea. A study from Purdue University in Indiana found that lemon juice can protect the cancer-fighting antioxidants in green tea (catechins). Lemon protects the chemicals so there are more of them for your body to absorb. Next time you [...]

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The Top 8 Foods to Make You Feel Younger in ‘08

laurel — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:40:14 +0000

Everyone wants to feel younger. We all wish we had more energy, looked better, and had more time to get our health on the right track. So, I reviewed tons of research and came up with the following list of foods that will help you feel younger this year. I’ve included foods that will improve [...]

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