When it comes to cancer, tomatoes have received the most attention for their potential to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Over the past decade, numerous studies have shown that men who eat tomato based foods frequently are less likely to develop prostate cancer then their peers who seldom eat tomato products. The first study [...]
There is more to beta carotene that its vitamin A activity. This phytochemical is also a powerful antioxidant, protecting cells in the body from damage caused by free radicals. Its antioxidant properties may help in preventing certain cancers and other diseases. Observational studies have revealed that people with low blood levels of beta carotene have [...]
There is a good reason that people put nuts in trail mix to take with them when they are hiking. Nuts provide sustained energy because, thanks to their mix of fat and protein, they are a slow burning food. For the same reason, they are friendly to your blood sugar. In fact Harvard researchers have discovered that women who regularly ate nuts were 20 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those that didn’t eat them as often.
Your cholesterol is more than just a number. When cholesterol levels are high, the threat of atherosclerosis (aka hardening of the arteries) can rear it’s ugly head. Why? LDL carries cholesterol to the tissues, where it is deposited as fat. HDL transports cholesterol to the liver for processing and excretion. In the arteries, cholesterol based [...]
The name of this herb, which was introduced to early settlers by native Americans, comes from the Algonquin word called Cohosh, meaning "knobby, rough, roots". Native American women traditionally relied on black cohosh for women’s diseases. By the 1800s, herbal healers became convinced that black cohosh healed everything and used it to treat everything from [...]
