The Best Food for High Cholesterol
Are the apparently amazing benefits of amla—dried indian gooseberries—too good to be true?
All Videos for Phytonutrients
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Are Avocados Healthy?
Avocado consumption can improve artery function, but what effect might guacamole have on cancer risk?
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Is White Rice a Yellow-Light or Red-Light Food?
Do the health benefits of rice consumption outweigh any potential risk from the arsenic contamination?
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How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu?
Get any food in your stomach within a few hours of lead exposure and you can suppress the absorption by 90% or more, but which foods are particularly protective?
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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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Black Raspberry Supplements Put to the Test
Less than half of herbal supplements tested from a dozen companies were found to be authentic.
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Chocolate & Stroke Risk
Dark chocolate is pitted against milk chocolate in a test of artery function.
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Should We All Take Aspirin to Prevent Cancer?
The aspirin compounds naturally found in plant foods may help explain the lower cancer rates among those eating plant-based diets.
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Food Synergy
Combining certain foods together may be more beneficial then eating them separately.
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Is Canned Fruit as Healthy?
Perhaps dietary guidelines should stress fresh, frozen, and dried fruit—rather than canned.
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Berries vs. Pesticides in Parkinson’s Disease
Berries counteract the neurotoxic effects of pesticides in vitro, potentially explaining why berry consumption is associated with lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
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The Risks & Benefits of Sensible Sun Exposure
We don’t have to choose between the lesser of two evils: skin cancer versus internal cancers from vitamin D deficiency.
