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?
All Videos for Red Wine
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Improving on the Mediterranean Diet
What are the four problematic nutritional aspects of even plant-based Mediterranean diets?
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Coffee & Artery Function
The new dietary guidelines for beverages recommend tea and coffee second only to water in healthfulness, but what about concerns they might impair the function of our endothelium?
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Turmeric Curcumin & Colon Cancer
What role might the spice turmeric play in both the prevention of precancerous polyps, and the treatment of colorectal cancer?
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Antioxidant-Rich Foods with Every Meal
To stay out of oxidative debt, we need to take in more antioxidants than we use up.
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Counteracting the Effects of Dioxins through Diet
Phytonutrients in certain plant foods may block the toxic effects of industrial pollutants, like dioxins, through the Ah receptor system.
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Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine
Modest lifestyle changes that include the avoidance of alcohol may cut the odds of breast cancer in half, but certain grapes appear to contain natural aromatase inhibitors that may undermine the ability of breast tumors to produce their own estrogen.
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Purple Potatoes
Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties of white compared to yellow and purple potatoes. Purple potatoes may also help lower high blood pressure.
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Breast Cancer Survival & Lignan Intake
One teaspoon of flax seeds may double one’s daily production of lignans—phytonutrients that appear to play a role in both breast cancer prevention and survival.
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Benzene in Carrot Juice
Which beverages have been found to have benzene levels exceeding safety standards?
