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  1. The Fruit Whose Juice Is Healthier The Fruit Whose Juice Is Healthier April 26, 2012

    Can you name a fruit whose processed juice is healthier than just eating the fruit itself?

  2. Raw Veggies Versus Cooked for Heart Disease Raw Veggies Versus Cooked for Heart Disease April 25, 2012

    Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease, but which is more protective, raw or cooked?

  3. Liver Toxicity Due to Broccoli Juice? Liver Toxicity Due to Broccoli Juice? March 15, 2012

    6,000 cups of broccoli a year is probably too much.

  4. Sulforaphane: From Broccoli to Breast Sulforaphane: From Broccoli to Breast March 13, 2012

    In a test tube, the broccoli phytonutrient sulforaphane appears to target breast cancer stem cells, but how do we know it’s even absorbed into the body? Have women undergoing breast reduction surgery eat some an hour before their operation and directly measure the level in their tissues.

  5. Smoking Versus Kale Juice Smoking Versus Kale Juice March 8, 2012

    The effect of kale juice on LDL and HDL cholesterol and the antioxidant capacity of the blood.

  1. So Should We Drink Beet Juice or Not? So Should We Drink Beet Juice or Not? March 5, 2012

    In the context of a healthy plant-based diet, the nitrates in vegetables can safely be converted into nitric oxide, which can boost athletic performance and may help prevent heart disease.

  2. Out of the Lab Onto the Track Out of the Lab Onto the Track February 16, 2012

    Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover studies convinced the scientific establishment that nitrate-rich vegetables such as beets could noticeably improve athletic performance.

  3. Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash February 15, 2012

    The natural flora on our tongue (lingual bacteria) is essential for the athletic performance-enhancing effect of the nitrates in vegetables such as beetroot.

  4. Priming the Proton Pump Priming the Proton Pump February 14, 2012

    To understand how beets could reduce the oxygen cost of exercise while improving athletic performance, one must review the biochemistry of energy production (ATP synthase) and the body’s conversion of nitrates to nitrites into nitric oxide.

  5. Doping With Beet Juice Doping With Beet Juice February 13, 2012

    Beets found to significantly improve athletic performance while reducing oxygen needs, upsetting a fundamental tenet of sports physiology.

  1. Pink Juice with Green Foam Pink Juice with Green Foam December 2, 2011

    Recipe for DIY (do-it-yourself) whole food cranberry cocktail with 25 times fewer calories and at least 8 times the phytonutrient content.

  2. Best Fruit Juice Best Fruit Juice November 28, 2011

    Which common fruit juices have the most (and least) phenolic phytonutrients, which may protect against Alzheimer’s disease: apple juice, cranberry cocktail, grape juice (white, red, and purple), grapefruit juice, orange juice, pineapple juice, or pomegranate juice?

  3. Phytochemicals: The Nutrition Facts Missing From the Label Phytochemicals: The Nutrition Facts Missing From the Label November 25, 2011

    There are thousands of flavonoid phytonutrients in fruits, vegetables, and other whole plant foods missing from the nutrition labels that may play a role in delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

  4. Amyloid and Apple Juice Amyloid and Apple Juice November 24, 2011

    Ginger and apple juice appear to protect human nerve cells from the neurotoxic Alzheimer’s plaque protein amyloid Beta in a petri dish.

  5. Calcium Absorption: Soy Milk Versus Cow Milk Calcium Absorption: Soy Milk Versus Cow Milk August 28, 2011

    Soymilk (soya milk) should be shaken before pouring to get at the calcium that settles to the bottom.