nutrient absorption

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• April 26, 2012
  The Fruit Whose Juice Is Healthier

  Can you name a fruit whose processed juice is healthier than just eating the fruit itself?
• April 25, 2012
  Raw Veggies Versus Cooked for Heart Disease

  Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease, but which is more protective, raw or cooked?
• March 30, 2012
  Flax and Fecal Flora

  The trillions of good bacteria in our gut can be thought of as an additional organ, metabolizing, detoxifying, and activating many crucial components of our diet. The formation of lignans from..
• March 13, 2012
  Sulforaphane: From Broccoli to Breast

  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..
• February 17, 2012
  Asparagus Pee

  Young infants and perhaps those with recurrent oxalate kidney stones should avoid beets, but most commonly the chief side effect is beeturia, the harmless passage of pink urine, though not all are..
• February 8, 2012
  Daily Source of Vitamin B12

  Fortified foods such as some breakfast cereals and types of nutritional yeast can provide another cholesterol-free source of vitamin B12.
• February 7, 2012
  Cheapest Source of Vitamin B12

  Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) supplementation can cost as little as $2 a year.
• February 6, 2012
  Safest Source of B12

  Since foods are effectively a package deal, what is the best way to get vitamin B12 (cobalamin)?