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All entries tagged with antioxidantsAntioxidants: Bad for Diabetics?
Antioxidant vitamins, the once promising antidote to heart disease and cancer have become the red-headed stepchildren in the world of nutritional research. The latest bad news is that not only is it NOT effective for diabetics, it may actually worsen it.
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Forget Superfruits: Eat a Plum

"Super-Fruits" are all the rage these days, promising the added health benefit of free-radical-destroying antioxidants. Blueberries, pomegranate, acai berries, blackberries -- all have been shown in studies to reduce the risk of certain physical maladies. However, what these uber-fruits also have in common -- apart from their high phytonutrient and antioxidant concentration -- is a hefty price tag.
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Acai Berry Diet: Miracle or Hype?
One of the newest so called "super foods" has found its way out of the deep, dark parts of the rain forest and now is available to work miracles for your health.
Well, with the recent hype about the acai berry, one would think this were true. So what are the facts concerning this little berry and what can be attributed to marketing hype? Hopefully this post will help you sort the fact from fiction.
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How Colorful is Your Plate?
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Steps to Building a Healthy Immune System
With cold and flu season gearing up why not start boosting your immune system with the foods you eat.
As most of you know having a healthy immune system is your best defense against those nasty viruses that seem to lurk on every door knob and hand rail. Ok, I may be a bit of a germ-a-phob but I hate being sick as I'm sure you do.
Since it's good to have your immune system nice and strong before viruses come your way, what types of food should you be looking for as you grocery shop? The good folks at The Florida Department of Citrus sent us a good list and no they're not telling you to only drink Florida orange juice.......
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Terrific Tomatoes: Why and How to Include Them Every Day
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Honey: The News Gets Sweeter
Can eating honey decrease anxiety and improve memory?
Well, a recent study suggests it just might.
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Antioxidants: Effective or Not?
The last 15 years of research have been unkind to this once-promising theory of antioxidant vitamins (C, E, Beta-carotene) and chronic disease.

The latest dagger in this hypothesis was released in the August 13th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, which concluded that there was no overall benefit or risk of taking vitamins C, E and Beta-Carotene when it comes to cardiovascular disease in women.
So is it useless to take these vitamins? The answer is a resounding... maybe.
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Goji, Noni, Mangosteen and Acai: Don't Believe the Hype
A few weeks ago my significant other came home clutching a bottle of Açai (ah-sigh-ee) Juice.
An involuntary groan escaped my lips. A well-meaning marketer had foisted the 'superjuice' bottle upon her - claiming it would help with a multitude of health ailments.
I was deeply suspicious (as most people are when someone who recommends a product also happens to sell it).
However - I now have some facts to go with my suspicions - thanks to Australia's largest consumer organization Choice.
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Antioxidant Supplements: Waste of Money?

The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a large review of studies looking at the efficacy of antioxidant and vitamin supplements.
Conclusions:
the researchers first analyzed 68 studies involving 232,606 people and found no significant effect on mortality — neither good nor bad — linked to taking antioxidants.» Continue...
How Much Coffee Should You Drink?
How much coffee? That is one of the great modern debates. The pendulum swings every few months or so. Recently there has been talk about the anti-oxidant levels in coffee.
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