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Healthy Diet

The holiday treat you shouldn’t feel guilty about

The holiday treat you shouldn’t feel guilty about
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Ham, mashed potatoes, cheesy casseroles, rolls and sweets are all traditional holiday fare that aren’t so diet friendly. But there could be nutritional bright spots on your holiday table: Keep and eye out for these lipid-lowering nuts that help decrease cholesterol…

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Healthy Diet

11 exotic superfruits with supersized nutrition

11 exotic superfruits with supersized nutrition
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Instead of dreaming of tropical islands this winter, why not try some exotic fruits that hail from warmer climates? Here are 11 exotic “superfruits” that are fun to try, and packed with enough nutritional power to dispel the winter doldrums and most anything else that ails you…

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Cancer

A Chinese herb may hold the key to fighting pancreatic cancer

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A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is pretty grim. In fact, the five-year survival rate is less than 10 percent. But, thankfully, medical researchers are busy exploring new avenues of treatment for the deadly disease. And one team has identified a compound from a plant commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine that may be able to […]

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Healthy Aging

Sleepy in the daytime? It could affect this key marker of aging

Sleepy in the daytime? It could affect this key marker of aging
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Aging is directly connected to the shrinking of your telomeres, compounds that protect your chromosomes from damage. But there are several other factors that could shorten your telomeres and potentially accelerate the aging process — for instance, finding yourself constantly in need of an afternoon nap…

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Healthy Living Healthy Mood Mental Health Prescription Drugs

Unraveling: The serotonin connection to depression

Unraveling: The serotonin connection to depression
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Millions of people turn to antidepressants to help them weather their darkest days. But despite their popularity, what if the mechanism by which the most popularly prescribed were designed to work — correcting a serotonin “imbalance” — turned out to be a myth?

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Health Supplements Immune System Inflammation

Vitamin D2 or D3: Proof one’s a dud and the other fights infection

Vitamin D2 or D3: Proof one is a dud and the other fights infection

Vitamin D is mired in controversy. Preventive medicine has always sung its praises, while scientists have been skeptical. But not anymore: Researchers have finally proven one form does next to nothing, while the right form fortifies the immune system and keeps infections away. What’s in your bottle?

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Why are tomatoes being genetically modified with vitamin D?

Why are tomatoes being genetically modified with vitamin D?
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In this day and age, it’s hard to believe a vitamin deficiency could be at the root of many of the significant health problems we face. But more and more research says it is, from heart problems, to autoimmune disease and even Alzeimer’s. But is the answer in tomatoes?

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Healthy Diet

The 7 superfoods you haven’t heard of (yet)

The 7 superfoods you haven’t heard of (yet)
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When you hear the word “superfood” it’s exciting, refreshing … you know something good is coming. Not the same boring old orange or blueberry.

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Fats Oils Healthy Diet Healthy Living

Healthy soy? Really?

Healthy soy? Really?
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A new kind of soy is supposed to stop you from worrying about its effects… it even has a new name that’s supposed to sound healthy. But does it work?

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Cancer Health Supplements Healthy Living Liver Health

What you need to know about pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Cancer is arguably the most feared word in the English language. Some cancers, though, are even more disturbing, because their rapid progress makes life expectancy cruelly short. Pancreatic cancer is one of these. It’s important to know the signs, risks and preventive measures that could help…