Archive for February, 2010
Hops Stops Osteoporosis
Study: Beers High in Hops Strengthen Bones Another year, another Super Bowl. And with the Super Bowl comes a slew of commercials, as businesses cash in on what is the most watched sporting event of the year (average price for a 30 second ad: $2.3 million). This year’s Super Bowl brought the typical assortment of [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2010 under Beer, bone health, osteoporosis.
Tags: beer health, beer health benefits, beer hops, bone health, hops health
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Omega-3 for Your Brain
Omega-3s May Improve the Brain Chemistry of the Mentally Ill Few things fascinate me more than the human brain. It’s just amazing to me how slight variations in brain chemistry can significantly alter a person’s thinking patterns and perceptions. It’s easy to fall under the assumption that a person’s brain chemistry (if they don’t produce [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2010 under Fatty Acids, Psychosis.
Tags: fish oil capsules, food for the brain, health benefits of fish oil, omega 3 brain, omega3 fish
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Beta-Carotene: Smokers’ Saving Grace?
Study Says Beta-Carotene May Help Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Women that Smoke There are so many reasons not to smoke. From the yellowish-green hue it leaves on your teeth, the smell it leaves on your breath, the aging it does to your skin, the negative health effects are hardly hard to spot. Yet as [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2010 under Breast Cancer, Smoking.
Tags: beta carotene cancer, beta carotene foods, beta carotene lung cancer, beta carotene supplements
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Something Bitter for Your Sweetheart’s Skin
Wrestle Away Wrinkles with Dark Chocolate With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, many of my procrastination-prone readers, I’m sure, are wondering what to get for their sweetheart. Well, if you want to keep your baby-faced beau or gal pal looking as great tomorrow as he or she does today, dark chocolate may be just [...]
Posted: February 10th, 2010 under chocolate, Wrinkles.
Tags: Dark chocolate health, health benefits dark chocolate, health benefits of dark chocolate
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Soda Shocker
Study: Two Sodas per Week Increases Pancreatic Cancer Risk 87 Percent The facts and figures on the amount of soda consumed in the world are eye-popping. Consider these mind-numbing numbers from bellybytes.com: The soft drink industry makes an estimated $40 billion per year 40 percent of toddlers drink at least one can of soda per [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2010 under Cancer, Soft Drinks.
Tags: carbonated beverages, soda and cancer, soda health
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Rethinking Saturated Fat
Should the RDA of Saturated Fat Be Increased? For years, scientists, nutritionists and natural health advocates (myself included) have been telling you to avoid saturated fat like the plague. The reasoning for the ban was justified, as researchers at the time said saturated fat increased a person’s risk for obesity and heart disease. Since then, [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2010 under Coconut Oil, Saturated Fat.
Tags: healthy coconut oil, organic coconut oil, Saturated Fat, saturated fat good, saturated fats
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Putting the Hex on Eczema
Study: Certain Vitamins, Minerals Associated with Decreased Risk for Eczema According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 15 million people have eczema. As surprising as this is, perhaps more surprising is the fact that 20 percent of eczema sufferers—1 in 5—are children. But parents can reduce this common condition in [...]
Posted: February 1st, 2010 under Children's Health, Eczema.
Tags: atopic eczema, eczema treatment, eczema treatments, treat eczema
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