Which Are Better: Chia Seeds or Flax Seeds?
What effect do chia seeds have on weight loss, blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and inflammation?
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How to Treat Endometriosis with Seaweed
Five cents’ worth of seaweed a day may dramatically improve a major cause of disability and compromised quality of life among women.
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Wakame Seaweed Salad May Lower Blood Pressure
Seaweed salad is put to the test for hypertension.
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Should We Take EPA & DHA Omega-3 For Our Heart?
What’s the best way to fulfill the omega-3 essential fat requirements?
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The Downside of Green Smoothies
Concerns about smoothies and oxalic acid, nitrate availability, dental erosion, and weight gain are addressed.
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Does Rye Bread Protect Against Cancer?
The lignans in rye could explain why rye intake is associated with lower breast and prostate cancer risk.
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How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet
The first-line treatment for hypertension is lifestyle modification, which often includes the DASH diet. What is it and how can it be improved?
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Flax Seeds for Hypertension
Extraordinary results reported in a rare example of a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a dietary intervention (flaxseeds) to combat one of our leading killers, high blood pressure.
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Can Flax Seeds Help Prevent Breast Cancer?
Flax seed consumption may play a role in preventing and treating breast cancer by blocking the inflammatory effects of interleukin-1.
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Lifestyle Medicine Is the Standard of Care for Prediabetes
Lifestyle modification is considered the foundation of diabetes prevention. What dietary strategies should be employed, and why don’t more doctors use them?
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Cholesterol Feeds Breast Cancer Cells
Cholesterol appears to stimulate the growth of human breast cancer cells—which may explain why phytosterol-rich foods, such as pumpkin seeds, are associated with reduced breast cancer risk.
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Treating Asthma with Plants vs. Supplements?
Whole fruits and vegetables were compared to both antioxidant pills, as well as supplements containing fruits and vegetable extracts, for their ability to treat seasonal allergies, improve lung function, and control asthma.
