A new study indicates that poor diet can increase risk of brain shrinkage while a diet rich in these nutrients can improve cognition and prevent brain shrinkage.
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Use These Dietary Strategies to Extend Your Lifespan
Four new studies confirm that the Mediterranean-style diet lowers the risk from many potentially fatal diseases and extends healthy lifespan in aging adults.
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Epigenetics: New Science Reveals How You Can Change Your DNA
Telomeres, tiny strands of DNA that shorten with poor dietary choices, inflammation and stress, are providing new insight into how nutrition influences lifespan.
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Coffee May Lift Depression, According to Recent Study
New research shows that consumption of caffeinated coffee can reduce the symptoms of depression in women in a dose dependent manner.
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Boost Your Mood and Brainpower with This Magic Duo
A new study reveals that some nuts combined the antioxidant, resveratrol, may improve mood and protect the aging brain to help maintain memory and cognition.
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Kids Who Don’t Get Enough Vitamin D Are at High Risk for Diabetes
Researchers have found that children with low vitamin D levels are at much higher risk for developing diabetes by early adulthood.
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Boost Your Brain Power with Resveratrol and Its Lesser-Known Cousin
New research indicates that resveratrol and pterostilbene are powerful brain-boosting agents, enhancing cognitive function while lowering the risk of dementia.
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Got Inflammation? Study Says You May Need More Vitamin D
New research explains the specific molecular and signaling events by which vitamin D inhibits inflammation in the human body.
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Fructose Increases Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk in Teens
There is new evidence that cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is elevated in adolescents who consume a lot of fructose.
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Cocoa Consumption Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk
Scientists determined for the first time that regular consumption of cocoa negates the inflammatory effect of digestive oxidative stress.
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New Study: Eat More Fruits and Veggies to Cut Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
New research shows that consuming health-promoting flavonoids can help lower the risk of heart attack or stroke by close to 20%.
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The Nutrient You’ve Probably Never Heard of That Could Reduce Your Risk for Cancer
New research shows that consumption of the plant flavonoid luteolin inhibits the activity of cell signaling pathways important for the growth of colon cancer.
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How Green Tea Can Help You Lose Weight
Reporting in the research journal Obesity, researchers continue to mount evidence to support green tea as an agent in the war against weight gain and obesity.
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New Study: Resveratrol May Be an Ally in the Fight Against Breast Cancer
Researchers report that resveratrol blocks the effect of estrogen and can help to prevent the malignant growth of breast cancer in women.
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Lower Risk of Death by 85%
New research shows that optimal omega-3 blood levels lower the risk of dying from all causes by 85% in high risk patients who had suffered a prior heart attack.
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New Study: Zinc Boosts Brain Power
Researchers publishing in the journal Neuron have identified the crucial role that zinc plays in supporting memory formation and cognitive stability.
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Eat Apples and Pears to Cut Your Stroke Risk in Half
Researchers have found that increased consumption of fruits such as apples and pears leads to a dramatic decline in both incidence and death from a stroke.
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Green Tea Promotes Healthy Cholesterol Metabolism
New research shows that the green tea extract has a powerful effect on cholesterol metabolism in the human body.
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Getting More Vitamin D Could Increase Your Life Expectancy
Researchers publishing in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition demonstrate that small increases in the sunshine vitamin can add precious years to your life.
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Nutrient Trio Blocks Weight Gain and Protects Bones
Scientists draw a solid link between 3 supplements that may lend a helping hand in the life-threatening battle against overweight and obesity.
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