Finnish researchers looked at the impact of high intake of rye bread versus no rye bread to determine if rye bread could offer protection against LDL oxidation.
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Your Guide to Protecting Your Eyes Naturally
Can what you eat affect how well you see? According to a recent study review, the answer is yes.
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Understanding What’s in Your Mixed Greens
We often see terms like "mesclun greens" or "spring mix" --but what do these terms mean, exactly? We break down the flavor and nutrition of 10 common greens.
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3 Holiday Foods You Should Eat Year-Round
Pomegranates, cranberries and sweet potatoes are loaded with good stuff.
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9 Nourishing Foods to Eat This Fall
The cool, succulent produce of summer has transitioned to the heartier roots and squashes of the fall harvest.
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The Essential Multivitamin Guide
Enjoy vibrant health and add years to your life by optimizing your nutritional status with a well-designed multivitamin. This exclusive special report will tell you everything you need to know about how to select the best multi for you.
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Recipe: High-Antioxidant Cranberry Sweet Potato Bread
This colorful, moist bread provides lots of protective plant compounds, including beta-carotene from sweet potatoes and proanthocyanidins from cranberries. They help prevent cancer and heart disease, and protect your eyes, stomach and urinary tract.
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Recipe: Medicinal Mushroom Stock
This healing, rejuvenating medicinal mushroom stock is great to keep handy throughout the Fall and Winter to support your immune system.
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High Antioxidant Cantaloupe with Lime, Mint and Ginger
Fresh ginger adds a little heat to this light, refreshing summery mix of contrasting flavors. Cantaloupe is an excellent source of antioxidant polyphenols, as well as vitamin C and beta-carotene.
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10 Ways to Keep Your Skin Looking Young
Feeling good can mean looking good, too.
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The ABCs of OA: 10 Supplements for Healthy Joints
These nutrients can help keep joints functioning optimally.
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Guilt-Free Comfort Food: Curried Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
This is a comfort food you don't have to feel guilty about! The turmeric in the curry powder has anti-inflammatory and brain-protecting properties, and the squash provides lots of beta-carotene. The coconut milk does make this soup rich, but the saturated fats it contains are medium-chain triglycerides, which are less likely to be stored...
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New Study Shows CoQ10 Fights Wrinkles
A hearty dose of CoQ10 can help keep your skin looking young.
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Multivitamins Lower Risk of Death from Heart Disease
However, the debate may continue about the benefits of supplementing your diet.
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Drug-Nutrient Interactions: Is a Drug You Take Blocking Vitamins?
Many drugs interfere with good nutrition.
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Recipe: Nutrient Dense Chive Blossom Spring Salad
Chive blossoms taste great when they've just opened. (They get tough after a few days.) Chives provide similar health benefits as garlic and onions. They contain milder versions of the same sulfur compounds that can reduce your risk for cancer. This salad is also filled with beta-carotene, lutein, folic acid and vitamin K.
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Preventing Cataracts: Protect Your Vision with Antioxidants
Cataracts are the leading cause of age-related vision loss. Learn how you can prevent them.
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Nutrient Packed Wilted Spinach with Olive Oil and Toasted Walnuts Recipe
Spinach is a great source of eye-protecting lutein and beta-carotene, brain-boosting folic acid and heart-regulating magnesium. The extra virgin olive oil and walnuts in this recipe offer antioxidant vitamin E.
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Preventing Diabetes Complications: Don t Let Diabetes Destroy You!
These nutritional supplements help prevent complications.
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Boost Bone Health with Carotenoids
Protect your bone mineral density with these powerful antioxidants.
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