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Here’s a snippet from the July/August Issue of Health Magazine: the Head-to-Toe Guide to Natural Health:
Eyes: Keep your vision sharp with bilberries, which are packed with antioxidants—even more than their blueberry cousins.
Sinuses: Research shows that oils from dill, bishop’s weed, and cumin work as well as or better than antibiotics against eight types of common […]
It’s fairly common knowledge that there’s no cure for the common cold. However, a new study indicates that Wellmune WGP, a natural immune-enhancing ingredient manufactured by Biothera, could prevent fever and alleviate the symptoms of a cold, to the extent that you no longer feel the need to miss work or school due to the […]
Suffering from allergies? Brace up! As the temperatures rise and the trees start blooming, so will your allergy symptoms flare up. Some food-based alternative therapies used for relieving symptoms of allergic rhinitis include bromelain, found in pineapples (obviously wouldn’t work for those with allergies to pineapples).
Bromelain may be a useful addition to other therapies used […]
Sometimes, it’s not really what you eat that makes you invincible to disease (as if it were that simple!). However, if you lead a healthy lifestyle and take a close look at what you eat, research shows that a healthy diet and lifestyle makes you more receptive to conventional treatment, such as in cancer therapies.
Writing […]
A new study presented at the Experimental Biology annual meeting suggest that cherries may help lower the risk of metabolic syndrome (also called insulin resistance syndrome) and cardiovascular disease. In the study, rats were fed whole tart cherry powder equivalent to 1 or 10 percent of their diet for 90 days. That’s estimated to be […]
Just a few months ago, I wrote an entry on the cancer-preventive properties of pomegranate juice, specifically against lung and prostate cancer. Here’s yet another study supporting claims that pomegranate juice can help fight lung cancer.
Mice who were exposed to cancer-inducing chemicals and who were treated with pomegranate had significantly lower lung tumor growth than […]
Anthocyanidins are a group of naturally occurring antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables as well as red wine which have previously been proven to have chemopreventive properties. A new study indicates that these compounds can also selectively kill leukemia cells in culture without discernible toxicity against healthy cells.
Dr. Yin and his collaborators studied the […]
A new study in mice suggests that triphala, a common ayurvedic aid for digestion, may be effective in preventing and slowing down the growth pancreatic cancer tumors.
“We discovered that triphala fed orally to mice with human pancreatic tumors was an extremely effective inhibitor of the cancer process, inducing apoptosis in cancer cells,” said Sanjay […]
One thing you have to consider when deciding to go for “alternative” or “complementary” treatment to your ailment is whether these would interfere with your traditional treatment, e.g. chemotherapy in cancer patients. For example, although St. John’s Wort has been repeatedly shown to be effective against depression, doctors advise against it among patients who are […]
Reader’s Digest presents 31 simple ways to prevent cancer. Now I don’t know how much of these are actually backed by scientific evidence, but, take a guess how many are food and nutrition-related?
1. Serve sauerkraut at your next picnic.
2. Eat your fill of broccoli, but steam it rather than microwaving it.
3. Toast some Brazil nuts […]
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