The exotic papaya is getting some respect in Western medicine, though the tasty fruit has been used in folk cultures as a remedy for a variety of ailments for years now.
In the lab an extract of dried papaya appears to slow the growth of different types of cancer cells, though it’s not [...]
Cutting just half a teaspoon of salt a day from the intake of most U.S. adults would prevent 92,000 deaths, 99,000 heart attacks and 66,000 strokes according to predictions from computer models that used actual clinical data to judge the effects of the change.
Less salt is as big a benefit to health as is quitting [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
If improving your diet is on your list of resolutions for the new year, here are five foods that you can add to your diet that taste great and might also help you avoid certain diseases.
While no one food is going to magically make you invincible in terms of getting sick – moderation and balance [...]
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Here’s some important news on promoting healthy bones.
When it comes to fractures, supplements of calcium and vitamin D cut the risk in both men and women of all ages – even if they’ve had a fracture before according to a massive new study published online in BMJ on January 12, 2009.
Vitamin D alone just doesn’t [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Eating Your Way To Good Health
We’ve all heard the expression, “You are what you eat”… and many of us hope that just by upping our intake of broccoli or other green veggies will be enough to protect against devastating problems such as heart disease and cancer.
Recent research isn’t supporting these hopes, casting doubt on the [...]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Though ginkgo biloba has a reputation for helping memory and brain function, the widely popular dietary supplement has yet to prove itself with hard and fast research.
Despite this, in 2007 Americans spent $107 million on ginkgo. When the herb first became popular in the 1980s and 1990s, everyone (researchers and the rest of us) was [...]
A new study suggests that a cup of Brazilian mint tea has the same pain relieving qualities as commercially available analgesics.
We’re not talking normal mint tea here, as you might infer from some headlines, but rather the Brazilian plant Hyptis Crenata.
Prescribed by Brazilian healers for centuries to treat conditions as varied as headaches and stomach [...]
Nature is an amazing thing, and according to some University of Georgia research appearing in a recent issue of HortScience, there are some plants that can actually remove dangerous airborne contaminants that might be found in anyone’s home – even yours.
Things like harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, octane, alpha-pinene and trichloroethylene [...]
Thursday, December 31, 2009
A woman who is lacking vitamin D before she enters menopause may have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure in her later years according to new research presented at the American Heart Association’s 63rd High Blood Pressure Research Conference in Chicago. Only recently have researchers come to recognize that deficiencies of this vital [...]
Monday, December 28, 2009
Evidence that we use both eyes and ears to hear has been around since the mid 1970s, now a new Canadian study out of the University of British Columbia finds that inaudible puffs of air delivered along with certain sounds has an influence on what subjects thought they were hearing.
According to associate professor of linguistics [...]
