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Fishy Diets May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s

Anecdotal wisdom has been proposing that eating fish helps protect the body by providing it with vitamins and other healthy elements. Now, a scientific research demonstrates that people who eat more baked or broiled fish are at a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. This investigation was able to deter...

1 December 2011
16:01 GMT

Vitamin Supplements Pose Health Risks for Women

University of Minnesota investigators have recently discovered that women who consume numerous vitamin supplements are at higher risk of dying than peers who do not use the chemicals. The investigation that led to this conclusion was carried out on thousands of women in the United States. Experts say that the data...

11 October 2011
06:56 GMT

Hidden Dangers of Dietary Supplements

The very fashionable healthy way of life is often misunderstood and the easy way adopted by millions of people is alternative medicine. In the United States only, $34 billion are spent every year on this kind of remedies. Experts say that botanical supplements and even common vitamins might actually prove dangerous i...

22 July 2010
05:16 GMT

Interactions of Calcium and Vitamin D Explained

Many healthcare experts urge their patients to increase their uptake of calcium if they want to have stronger bones. Theoretically, a higher amount of calcium in the organism is better for the health of hard tissues, but only when some conditions are met. That is to say, the mineral needs to be fixed to the bones, an...

15 March 2010
16:01 GMT

Coffee Can Hinder Vitamin Absorption

Scientists warn that a large number of product containing caffeine, such as tea, chocolate, energy drinks, some sodas, and naturally coffee, can hinder the absorption of vitamin and minerals in the body. In addition, this substance also quickens the time it takes for these necessary chemicals to be excreted from the ...

22 February 2010
09:39 GMT

Putting More Sugar in Melons

Experts at the Texas AgriLife Research have recently managed to map the genome of melons, an accomplishment that translates into farmers and growers now being able to produce sweeter fruits, to be savored by the general public. While many people take into account various traits of a melon when purchasing it, such as ...

6 July 2009
06:57 GMT

Vitamin Pills Are a Waste of Time and Money, Study Shows

Today’s society has taught us that we must live our lives against the clock, a prerequisite we’re more than happy to oblige, even if it means a less healthier us. At the same time, we have learned to supplement for everything with vitamin pills, hoping that they are, in some twisted way, our ticket to a l...

11 February 2009
13:41 GMT

Organic Milk Helps Beat Cancer and Heart Disease

For all of you milk lovers out there, here is some very good news: a recent study indicates that the very versatile dairy product is not only an excellent source of vitamins and calcium for the human body, but also has the ability to cut back on our chances to develop heart disease and cancer. There's one catch,...

13 June 2008
10:58 GMT

Your Hair's Best Friends

At one point or another in our lives we've all been worried about hair loss - whether it happened while we were brushing and styling our hair in the morning, after we had a shower or simply while we were touching up our makeup in a restaurant's bathroom. Experts say that as part of the natural hair growth c...

29 May 2008
03:49 GMT

Frozen Food More Viable Than Canned Food

When it comes to fruit and vegetables, one unwritten rule that's firmly inscribed in our brains is that we have to buy them fresh - that is, unprocessed and freshly picked. However, few of us are aware that the apples or pears we can get at our local supermarket could in fact have been picked as far back as four...

27 May 2008
08:56 GMT

Vitamins May Do More Harm Than Good

Vitamins are an integral part of our daily lives. Whether we're talking about reading about them, hearing other people talk about them, talking about them ourselves or actually ingesting them, we're all used to remarks such as oh, come on, finish that orange, it's got so many vitamins" or no, I'...

14 May 2008
11:18 GMT

Revolutionary Acne Control System

If you're past your teens and you're still fighting bouts of acne, the Somme Institute may just be the answer to all your prayers and the safest route to effectively putting an end to your turmoil. We all know that acne is not just unhealthy and unaesthetic, but also a severe blow to our self-esteem and sel...

12 May 2008
02:49 GMT

Swap Your Ketchup for Hot, Tasty Salsa

Whenever we talk about salsa, it's quite easy for us to get lost in a vision of a world filled with colorful, spicy and deliciously flavored dishes, and forget that the very "salsa" word actually means "sauce" - and not just any sauce, but a specific combination of chopped tomatoes, onions, chilies and cilantro,...

23 April 2008
08:32 GMT

Exhaustive Study to Show Multiple Benefits of Cranberries

Cranberries have multiple benefits on human health, from protecting body cells against free radicals and oxidation to preventing or treating urinary infections, plaque formation on teeth, conditions related to high levels of 'bad' cholesterol in the blood, stroke and a wide range of cancers, including stoma...

20 November 2006
07:01 GMT

Watermelon - The Iron Fruit

Watermelons are believed to have originated in India, where they are extensively used for their sweet taste and beneficial properties upon our health, but some experts say that they may have also come from tropical Africa. Watermelon is the fruit of a vine-like herb and has a dark green skin and rich red flesh.Waterm...

18 July 2006
06:06 GMT

Vitamins - Too Much or Too Little?

Even if most of us consider that we can eat as much fruits, vegetables, foods or take supplements rich in vitamins as we like, because they can only be efficient on our body, the researchers state that excessive amounts of vitamins can be harmful. The cause is the following: some vitamins accelerate the incoming proc...

25 June 2006
09:51 GMT


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