Cadmium & Cancer: Plant vs. Animal Foods
Though the most concentrated sources of the toxic metal cadmium are cigarette smoke, seafood, and...
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Watermelon for Sore Muscle Relief
Watermelon found to reduce muscle soreness after an intense workout—without the gut leakiness that occurs...
Gout Treatment with a Cherry on Top
How do sweet cherries compare to the drug allopurinol and a low-purine diet for the...
Anti-Inflammatory Life Is a Bowl of Cherries
Sweet red Bing cherries may act as a selective COX-2 inhibitor, reducing inflammation without the...
Do Vegetarians Get Enough Protein?
Nutritional quality indices show plant-based diets are the healthiest, but do vegetarians and vegans reach...
Longer Life Within Walking Distance
Researchers find exercise often works just as well as drugs for the treatment of heart...
Turning the Clock Back 14 Years
Four simple health behaviors may cut our risk of chronic disease by nearly 80%, potentially...
Fruits, Veggies, and Longevity: How Many Minutes Per Mouthful?
The first study to gauge how much longer we live based on the number of...
Magic Bullets vs. Promiscuous Plants
The pharmaceutical industry is starting to shift away from designing single target drugs to trying...
Plants as Intellectual Property – Patently Wrong?
Barriers to patent natural commodities, such as the spice turmeric, keeps prices low—but if no...
Xenohormesis: What Doesn’t Kill Plants May Make Us Stronger
A new concept in biology tries to explain why the consumption of certain natural compounds...
Appropriating Plant Defenses
Plants and animals share similar biochemical pathways and signaling systems, which may explain why so...
