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Superfoods, and what makes them so, are the stars at next week’s American Chemical Society meeting.
The world’s largest scientific society is observing the 100th anniversary of its Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division with a series of talks aimed at new discoveries in the health benefits from phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables.
“Mom’s conventional wisdom of eating […]
A new laboratory study published in the journal Nutrition has demonstrated that both apple pectin and polyphenol-rich apple juice components enhance biological mechanisms that produce butyrate, an anticarcinogenic compound, during the fermentation process that occurs in the colon.
Butyrate has been suggested to be a chemopreventative metabolite that might prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer, which […]
As a segue to my previous entry on the health benefits of sunflower seeds, here are more reasons showing sunflower seeds’ disease fighting powers: WHFoods on Sunflower Seeds and the National Sunflower Association’s Health and Nutrition pages.
Tags: antioxidants, cardiovascular-disease, cholesterol, diet, functional-food, health, health-food, Healthy Eating, nutraceuticals, nutrition, phytochemicals, sunflower-seeds, ~Cancer, ~Healthy Snacks, ~Nuts
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Boost your salad’s health factor with a handful of sunflower seeds! Aside from being naturally rich in folate (perfect from pregnant women!) and antioxidant Vitamin E, sunflower seeds are also packed with mono- and poly-unsaturated fats which help keep the bad cholesterol away. It’s also high in selenium and copper, which, together with Vit. E, […]
The skin of the potato is a deep garnet red, its flesh a brilliant ruby. When boiled and mashed it turns a creamy fuchsia. As a chip it’s a delicate rose pink that would fit in at tea parties and fundraisers.
That is just one of the several types of potatoes being evaluated by researchers at […]
For those of you who are at the prime of their lives, there’s Aging Fabulous, your guide to staying fabulous as years pass by. As I’m sure SP Bragg will agree, eating the right foods can be one of the main keys to aging gracefully.
Strawberries and blueberries, for example, have been shown in mice […]
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