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8 Healing Properties of Strawberries

8 Juicy Reasons to Eat More Strawberries

Who doesn't love strawberries? And you don't need any reason other than the pleasure of their sweetness to eat them every day. But according to researchers from Oklahoma State University, there's lots more to strawberries than the flavor.[i]

Their study was published in the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition with funding from the NIH and the California Strawberry Commission. In it the researchers review over 130 studies attesting to the strawberry's status as a "functional food."

Garlic Extract Tablets Significantly Enhance Antihypertensive Drugs in Older Adults

Pharmaceuticals disappoint too many with uncontrolled hypertension, but time-tested garlic once again shows safe, natural promise - significantly boosting medication effects in a rigorous clinical trial.

Pomegranate for Metabolic Syndrome

Pomegranate for Metabolic Syndrome

Pomegranate is an antioxidant powerhouse and food-as-medicine approach to metabolic syndrome.

Tai Chi Topples Treadmills for Lowering Blood Pressure

In a rigorous 12-month trial, Tai Chi significantly reduced blood pressure in prehypertensive adults compared to equivalent aerobic exercise. As complementary medicine, meditative modalities like Tai Chi could provide drug-free alternatives for preventing heart disease and related risks.  

That Naughty Little Pill - Birth Control Side Effects

The Failing Animal Research Paradigm for Human Disease

The Failing Animal Research Paradigm for Human Disease

"The history of cancer research has been a history of curing cancer in the mouse. We have cured mice of cancer for decades—and it simply didn't work in humans."

This statement made by Richard Klausner, M.D., former director of the National Cancer Institute, to the Los Angeles Times (Cimons 1998), is a statement that applies equally to many other common diseases. A decade ago, researchers reported on the existence of 195 published methods that prevented or delayed the development of type 2 diabetes in mice (Roep et al 2004). Yet none of these "breakthroughs" ever translated to human medicine.

The Ultimate Paleo Diet Plan to Transform Your Health


The Ultimate Paleo Diet Plan to Transform Your Health

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You've probably heard about the paleo diet, the lifestyle switch that's taken America by storm. Paleo has fast begun the most popular diet to have ever held sway over our love handles. People all over the world are having massive success following a fairly simple switch in diet and many consider paleo to be more than just a diet, it's become a lifestyle choice.

The paleo lifestyle is aligned with how our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate and lived for thousands of years. It is the only nutritional system which works with our genetics to enable us to stay lean and energized.

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