News & Articles By Jessica Dolores
10/21/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Known for its use in folk medicine for treating diabetes, bitter melon is also popular to eat in Asia
Diabetes is no joke. It can damage nerves, cause glaucoma and cataracts, hypertension, kidney disease, stroke and other diseases that could cost your life. Science has come up with a whole range of medicines to fight diabetes, and kidney transplants have become a common solution for diabetic sufferers. But why spend a small fortune on […]
09/21/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Amino acid found to improve birth outcomes for women with malaria during pregnancy
Pregnancy is a crucial part of a woman’s life. It’s the stage where she nurture a new life whose every breath depends on her. Lucky is the woman who breezes through the nine months of her pregnancy and can look forward to a safe delivery and a healthy baby. Others, however, catch diseases which can […]
09/20/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Use spices to reduce risk of food poisoning: Rosemary and cloves found to be effective against microbial growth
Your head is spinning. Your mouth is watery and there’s blood in your stool. You can’t stand the pain in your stomach and you’re shaking from fever. You wonder what happened – until you remember eating the leftover food that’s been sitting on the kitchen table for hours on end. You rush to the doctor […]
09/18/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Looking for a healthy snack? Pea-based snacks are gaining in popularity
Running out of ideas for a healthy snack for you and your children? Try peas or pea-based snacks. This alternative snack is gaining supporters in Europe, where people are looking for other sources of food that will nourish and keep them healthy in-between meals. Peas, which come from an annual plant, show a lot of […]
04/27/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Less is more, as we age: Fasting, calorie and fat restriction found to help preserve brain health
Many changes happen as we age. Our energy levels drop. We’d rather stay home and putter in the garden than go outdoors and chase the wind. Declining muscle mass requires less energetic movements. Fasting becomes more important, becomes more doable. Less is more. A new study published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience showed why. Researchers conducted a […]
04/14/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Declared a vegetable by the Supreme Court, tomatoes are a world-wide staple with many widely known health benefits
Tomatoes come in a variety of festive colors: While they are visually pleasing and improve aesthetics, they also provide us with almost all of the nutrients that we need for the day. Scientifically speaking, tomatoes are a fruit: They develop from the ovary of the base of the flower and contain the seeds of the […]
04/12/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
The medicinal properties and uses of West Indian lemongrass
A pot of lemongrass looks so ordinary that you won’t even give it a second look the way you would a flowering plant – its tall and slender leaves easily blend with its surroundings as if it doesn’t want to call attention to itself. However, you can’t help but pay attention to the tropical plant. Its […]
04/09/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
The amazing nutritional properties of kiwifruit
The kiwifruit is proving once more that big things come in small packages. The juicy, green-colored fruit is usually only five to eight centimeters long and five to six centimeters wide. But it is big in flavor and nutrition. It is proving to be a superstar when it comes to nutrition. A single kiwifruit supplies […]
04/07/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Cultivated for more than 10,000 years, sweet potatoes have out-lived many civilizations they helped nourish
There aren’t many things that are older than our love for sweet potatoes. It’s been going on for over 10,000 years, and despite its unassuming looks, it is found in over 100 countries, where it has fed countless people the world over. Sweet potatoes have been domesticated since the prehistoric times, according to scientists. Records […]
03/27/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
Encapsulated fruit and vegetable juices found to improve inflammation, blood lipids, weight in the obese
A study by researchers at the University of Newcastle in Australia showed that encapsulated fruit and vegetable juice concentrate could affect the risk factors for chronic disease among overweight and obese adults. The results of the study, published in the Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, were the result of a double-blinded, parallel, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in older adults. For the […]
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