Eat More Protein and Lose Weight
If you’re managing to eat 7 to 9 daily servings of fruits and vegetables, give yourself a pat on the back. But don’t be tempted to cut back on protein to make room for all that produce. Recent research has shown that getting a higher percentage of calories from protein helps people get slim and stay that […]
The Whole Truth about Vitamin C
Vitamin C may not be so humble after all. It is one of the safest and most effective nutrients, and it does much more than lessen the severity of the common cold. The preventive benefits of Vitamin C are broad based, and having optimal levels slashes risk of death. At this point the question is, “Are […]
Discover the Tremendous Health Benefits of Nuts
The health benefits of nuts are legendary. Eat nuts five or more times a week and your risk of heart attack drops by a whopping 60%! On top of his stunning statistic, research shows that people who eat more nuts are thinner, have normalized cholesterol profiles and better bones. They also have lowered risk for […]
Lower High Blood Pressure with Celery
If you want to lower high blood pressure without side effects, look no further than celery. The ability of celery to lower high blood pressure has long been acknowledged by Chinese practitioners. Modern researchers are in the process of documenting what the Chinese have known for centuries. This process began with a Chinese man living […]
Corn is Top Vegetable for Antioxidant Benefits
Corn has been downplayed and even ridiculed as being a food that has no nutritional benefits, but nothing could be further from the truth. Maize was the name native Americans gave to corn, and they lived long healthy lives with maize as the backbone of their diets. Now scientists have discovered the reason that made this possible […]
Eating Eggs Actually Cuts Risk of Heart Disease
Eat eggs to cut risk of heart disease? It just doesn’t sound right after all the years we have been told to avoid eggs. But that’s how food technology works. Before it can get people to throw out the real foods that have kept their ancestors healthy for hundreds of years and substitute the fake […]
Iodine and Its Health Benefits
There is a silent epidemic of iodine deficiency occurring in America. For several decades, the primary source of this critical mineral has been iodized table salt. Because of the mantra to avoid salt, people have stopped reaching for the salt shaker. Even if they defied the diet police and salted their food, researchers found in […]
CoQ10 May Help Reduce the Aches & Back Pain from Statins
Almost 32 million Americans take a statin drug such as Lipitor, Crestor or Zocor to help manage their high cholesterol. Unfortunately, many people who take them say they felt much better before they started taking statin drugs. The reason behind this is that statins create side effects like headache, fatigue, muscle pain, and more because […]
Hand Sanitizer and Antibacterial Soap Ruin Your Immune System
As far back as 2007, the prestigious Harvard Health Letter reported that regular soap and water is just as effective at cleansing hands of bacteria as antibacterial soap or hand sanitizer, and it does it without devastating your immune system as antibacterial products do. Apparently nobody was listening though, because bottles of hand sanitizer and […]
Spirulina is Powerful Cancer Fighting Food
Are you looking for a powerful, cancer-fighting food? Tiny single-cell organisms known as spirulina, were designed by nature 3.6 billion years ago. Spirulina generated the oxygen we have in our atmosphere and created an environment that allowed all higher forms of life to evolve into the rich diversity we find on earth today. Just think what it would mean […]
