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Bee Pollen

laurel — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:51:55 +0000

Over the last two years I’ve been having fun trying different superfoods and figuring out how to add them into my daily diet. I recently bought some bee pollen and added it to my morning smoothie. It was really easy to incorporate and soft enough that I didn’t need to soak it before putting it [...]

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Upgrade: Scrambled Eggs

laurel — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:32:30 +0000

I’ve been very active this summer with dance classes and cardio workouts at the gym, so naturally my appetite has increased. Man, sometimes I feel like I’m snacking all day long! I often have eggs for breakfast because they fill me up and have lots of protein, vitamin D, selenium, and carotenoids (the antioxidants that [...]

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Healthy Foods and Breast Cancer Awareness

laurel — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:57:57 +0000

Did you know October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Or have you been wondering what all those pink ribbons are about? Just about every store I’ve walked into and every website I’ve visited is doing their part to raise breast cancer awareness. That’s a wonderful thing, and it inspired me to write this post. [...]

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Know Your Vitamins

laurel — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:26:11 +0000

I just read a great article in Body + Soul magazine called “Eat Your Vitamins” (August 2008). The article points out that while you can take a multivitamin to get your daily needs of vitamins and minerals, there’s just something about the real thing in food form. In the article, Amy Howell, a Rutgers University [...]

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Proud to be an Egghead

laurel — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:41:43 +0000

The most recent “Smart Fuel” on Mark’s Daily Apple is eggs. One egg has 5.5 grams of protein, only 68 calories, and 9 essential amino acids. But, that’s just the beginning. Read on for all the benefits of eating eggs: Choline – Your body only produces a limited amount of this B vitamin, and as [...]

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Improve Health in 90 Seconds

laurel — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:28:36 +0000

MSNBC recently posted a great article on how you can improve your health in 90 seconds. I organized their tips in the following table. WANT PROOF? Fight cancer – Research from Cornell University found that natural chemicals in apple peels can inhibit breast, liver, and colon cancer cell growth. A four-year study from Creighton University [...]

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Splurge and Go Wild

laurel — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:34:48 +0000

Self Magazine reports that a study published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology found that farm-raised salmon has 1/4 of the vitamin D content of wild-caught salmon. When you can, buy wild-caught salmon for a more potent dose of nutrients and healthy fats! Ref: Self Magazine, September 2007, p. 150 Splurge and [...]

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Milk Does a Body Good

laurel — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:31:16 +0000

ChefMD™ writes that a study from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School shows that pre-menopausal women who consume high amounts of vitamin D and calcium may reduce their risk of breast cancer by 40%. ChefMD™ says the best food sources of vitamin D are dairy products and oily fish such as salmon [...]

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Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

laurel — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:46:08 +0000

Dr. Andrew Weil wrote an article for Natural Awakenings magazine called “Nutrition & Prostate Cancer: Top 10 Risk Reducers”. He said that men can significantly reduce their risk of prostate cancer by changing what they eat and drink. Dr. Weil’s top ten prostate cancer risk reducers are listed below. Cooked tomatoes – rich in lycopene [...]

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Vitamin D Study Shows Cancer Reduction

laurel — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:02:13 +0000

MSNBC.com reports that a study from the University of California-San Diego showed that vitamin D reduced the risk of several types of cancer by in older women by 60%. The study had a small number of cancer cases, but it will help launch more extensive studies that backup why cancer rates are lower in southern [...]

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