Tart Cherries for Insomnia
The melatonin content in certain plant foods such as almonds, raspberries, and goji berries may explain the improvement in sleep quality associated with tart cherry consumption.
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Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention?
Eating fiber-containing foods—especially nuts—during adolescence may significantly lower the risk of developing potentially precancerous fibrocystic breast disease (fibroadenomas).
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil vs. Nuts
The short-term effect of replacing refined olive oil with extra virgin olive oil, walnuts, or almonds on cardiovascular risk factors.
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Fat Burning Via Arginine
The arginine content of nuts may explain their metabolism-boosting effects—though, in a list of the top food sources of arginine, nuts don’t even make the top ten.
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Solving the Mystery of the Missing Calories
A few theories have been proposed as to why nuts don’t appear to contribute to weight gain, including the “pistachio principle” and the fecal excretion theory.
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Nuts & Bolts of Cholesterol Lowering
A pooled analysis of studies on nut consumption, cholesterol levels, and risk of death from heart disease show extraordinary benefits, suggesting we should eat nuts every day.
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Fighting Inflammation in a Nut Shell
The equivalent of eating a single walnut half per day appeared to cut the risk of dying from inflammatory disease about in half, whereas fish did not appear to play a protective role. That may be why those eating vegetarian foods have lower levels of inflammation and chronic disease risk.
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Is Peanut Butter Good for You?
An update on the healthfulness of nut consumption, and whether the cardiovascular benefits extend to peanut butter.
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New Cholesterol Fighters
Eight products put to the cholesterol-lowering test.
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Repairing DNA Damage
Greater DNA repair capacity may explain why those eating plant-based diets appear to have fewer breaks in their chromosomes as they age.
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Lycopene Benefits: Raw vs. Cooked Tomatoes
We should prepare vegetables in whichever manner entices us to eat the greatest quantity.
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The Best Nut
Which type of nut has the highest antioxidant content?
