
Best Food for Periodontal Disease and Gingivitis
What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate healthier?
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As a phytonutrient, lycopene (the red pigment in tomatoes) may help prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer and asthma, as well as reduce symptoms of depression in individuals. Smoothies may allow phytonutrients such as lycopene to be absorbed more effectively.
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What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate healthier?
The nutritional benefits of guacamole extend beyond the nutrients in avocados.
What happened when cancer patients were given three quarters of a cup of canned tomato sauce every day for three weeks?
High doses of lycopene—the red pigment in tomatoes—were put to the test to see if it could prevent precancerous prostate lesions from turning into full-blown cancer.
Smoothies (and blended soups and sauces) offer a convenient way to boost both the quantity and quality of fruit and vegetable intake by reducing food particle size to help maximize nutrient absorption.
Neither antioxidant or folic acid supplements seem to help with mood, but the consumption of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables and folate-rich beans and greens may lower the risk for depression.
Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption to seven servings a day appears to cut asthma exacerbation rates in half, whereas restricting consumption to Standard American Diet levels leads to a significant worsening of lung function and asthma control.
Most young women get infected with human papilloma virus, the cause of cervical cancer, but most are able to clear the infection before the virus causes cancer. What dietary changes can improve viral clearance?
The risk of glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness, appears to be dramatically reduced by kale or collard greens consumption, thanks to the phytonutrient pigments lutein and zeaxanthin.
Can you name a fruit whose processed juice is healthier than just eating the fruit itself?