New Mineral Absorption Enhancers Found
The whole grain phytonutrient phytic acid (phytate) partially inhibits mineral absorption, but has a wide...
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Friday Favorites: Is Six Hours of Sleep Enough?
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The Benefits of Caloric Restriction Without the Actual Restricting
One mechanism by which caloric restriction may extend one's lifespan is by upregulating dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA),...
Americans Are Living Longer but Sicker Lives
Though our life expectancy is improving, our health expectancy is not. In fact we are...
What Women Should Eat to Live Longer
A competing risks analysis of the Harvard Nurses' Health Study compares the danger of smoking...
Plant-Based Diets and Cellular Stress Defenses
Measuring the effects of a plant-based diet on the expression of hundreds of different genes...
Kiwifruit and DNA Repair
Plant-based diets help prevent cancer not only by blocking DNA damage, but by increasing our...
Kiwifruit for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
A kiwifruit intervention was found to improve bowel function in those suffering from irritable bowel...
Treating Kidney Failure Through Diet
Not only do plant-based diets appear to prevent kidney function decline, they may also be...
Preventing Kidney Failure Through Diet
Given how vascular our kidneys are, it should comes as no surprise that animal protein,...
Treating Genital Warts with Green Tea
Now officially incorporated into the Centers for Disease Control STD Treatment Guidelines, the topical application...
Treating Gorlin Syndrome with Green Tea
Gorlin Syndrome, also known as basal cell nevus syndrome, is a rare genetic condition in...
Is Caffeinated Tea Dehydrating?
Comparing up to six cups of caffeinated black tea a day to water, researchers study...
