Dried Apples vs. Cholesterol
Which common dried fruit is the most antioxidant-packed: apple rings, dried apricots, dried cherries, dried...
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Friday Favorites: Can Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Prevent Alzheimer’s?
The Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease by Vitamin E and Selenium trial randomized more than 7,500 older men to take vitamin E, selenium, both, or neither (just placebos) for five years.
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Best Berries
Compared to popular fruits such as apples, bananas, and mangoes, which of the hundreds of...
Better than Green Tea?
The antioxidant content of a number of popular beverages is compared: black tea, coffee, Coke,...
Carcinogenic Putrescine
Biogenic amines such as spermine, cadaverine, and putrescine are chemical compounds of decay that may...
Throw Household Products off the Scent
Volatile chemicals in consumer products such as air fresheners, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, and dryer...
Say No to Drugs by Saying Yes to More Plants
A study of 15,000 American vegetarians suggests their lower chronic disease rates translate into fewer...
Preventing Allergies in Adulthood
The longest running study on vegetarians suggests that those eating plant-based diets have lower rates...
Preventing Childhood Allergies
What is responsible for the rising prevalence of atopic diseases, such as food allergies, asthma,...
Avoiding Glycotoxins in Food
500 foods were tested for advanced glycation end products (AGEs).
Glycotoxins
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in our diet are thought to accelerate the aging process.
How to Help Prevent Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
What dietary behaviors may cut the odds of developing of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)...
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Ticking Time Balloons
A million Americans have a silent aneurysm in their abdominal aorta (AAA) that may become...
