SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 03 2008 | oats, nutrition, beta-glucan, dietary fiber, cholesterol, diabetes, weight loss, oatmeal, rolled oats, magnesium, protein, antioxidants
Oats has become popular as healthy food due to its dietary fiber being high in beta-glucan, which helps to lower cholesterol.
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 23 2008 | health_benefits_strawberries, nutrition, antioxidants, ellagic_acid, anti_cancer, heart_health, anti_inflammatory
Studies have shown that strawberry consumption can increase anti-cancer activity on cancer cells of the breast, oesophagus, skin, colon, prostate and pancreas.
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 21 2008 | garlic, nutrition, anti fungal, allicin, colds, ajoene, heart disease, athletes foot, cancer
A double-blind study has found that a cream made from the garlic constituent ajoene was just as effective for fungal skin infections such as athlete's foot as the standard drug terbinafine.
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 09 2008 | grapes, nutrition, resveratrol, cholesterol, Alzheimers disease, Japanese knotweed, wine, piceid
A study conducted in Spain involving 32 participants concluded that regular ingestion of concentrated red grape juice reduces plasma concentrations of oxidized LDL cholesterol.
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 06 2008 | pineapple, nutrition, bromelain, sinusitis, anti inflammatory, glycemic index, nutrients, Mucha Habermanns disease
Bromelain in pineapple aids and promotes digestion due to its protein digesting capabilities, and may relieve symptoms of stomach upset or heartburn.
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 05 2008 | broccoli, nutrition, cataracts, cancer, dietary fiber, glycemic index, cruciferous vegetables, helicobacter pylori, isothiocyanate, sulforaphane
For optimum nutritional benefits, broccoli is best eaten raw, or alternatively, use rapid cooking methods such as steaming or stir-frying.
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - May 16 2008 | sodas, soft drinks, empty calories, Osteoporosis, phosphate, obesity, weight gain, diabetes, kidney stones, artificial sweeteners, gout, nutrition
Sodas provide the human body with empty calories that lack any nutrients, and these calories are generally converted into fat.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 30 2008 | asparagus, nutrition, pee, diuretic, fiber, antioxidant, arthritis, asparagine, calories, diabetes
Asparagus has a diuretic effect, and asparagine, an amino acid present in asparagus may be the source of its diuretic properties, and when excreted, gives urine a strong odor.
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 18 2008 | vitamins, antioxidants, hype, propaganda, health, nutrition
Is the news media being used as a propaganda weapon aimed at discrediting nutritional supplements?
- SenorCoconut | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 16 2008 | celery, nutrition, diet, antioxidant, colon cancer, blood pressure, allergy, research, joint pain, fiber
Researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center concluded that a compound present in celery reduces blood pressure.
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