A study into dietary patterns and how they affect the prevalence of metabolic syndrome or its individual risk factors has concluded that people who don’t eat meat are around 56% less likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those that do. This particular piece of research is part of a
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
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
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
The medicinal benefits of spices have been prized throughout history. In centuries past, spices traded for gold. Voyagers searched the world over for the culinary and medicinal values provided by certain plants. In the days before the industrial revolution and the burning of fossil fuels, a person’s sense of smell
The simple truth about sea salt may surprise you. It does not cause high blood pressure and the host of ills for which it salt is blamed. Most of the bad reputation of salt is based on the premise that a high sodium intake creates high blood pressure, which can
Have you ever snacked on a banana at work and gotten the smug look from your co-workers that says, “Don’t you know how many calories there are in a banana?” It seems that lots of women, all very intelligent and well educated, would forgo eating bananas because they’ve heard that
The bright red fruit of summer has been causing controversy in the media recently with researchers claiming that tomatoes work as well as statins for lowering cholesterol, so it seemed a good time to assess the many health benefits of this wonder food. The recent interest in tomatoes has been due
A new type of wound dressing based on the chemical structure of honey has been found to cure stubborn wounds that refuse to heal under traditional dressings in over 70% of cases. Scientist Professor Paul Davis, part of the team behind the invention of the home pregnancy test, has used
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
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