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Brain Health

You’re never too old to change your diet and save your brain

You’re never too old to change your diet and save your brain
You’re never too old to change your diet and save your brain

The Mediterranean diet is well known for its multiple health benefits, including heart health, weight loss and cancer prevention. Now, researchers in Scotland have added brain health to that list. Sticking to a Mediterranean style of eating can keep your brain sharp well into your senior years.

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Digestive Health Featured Nutrients

Enzymes: The safer, healthier choice for digestive upset

Enzymes: The safer, healthier choice for digestive upset
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From gas and bloating to abdominal pain, heartburn and diarrhea, surveys show that 74 percent of Americans are living with digestive problems. If you’re one of them, you may have wondered about digestive enzymes and why you need them. Here are the answers to your questions, and the relief you need.

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Health Conditions

5 symptoms that could signal kidney disease

5 symptoms that could mean kidney disease
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While kidney disease is not reversible, there’s a lot you can do to slow its progression and prevent serious disease or kidney failure. Here are some of the danger signs to watch for, and half a dozen things you can do now to protect your kidneys.

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Blood Pressure Hypertension

When other medications are to blame for your high blood pressure

When other medications are to blame for your high blood pressure
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People with high blood pressure are usually taking some action to bring it under control, including diet, exercise and medication. But what they don’t know is that they could be sabotaging their efforts simply by taking care of other health issues, especially with medication…

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Healthy Diet

Not eating your greens? A greens powder could help

Not eating your greens? A greens powder can help
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Less than ten percent of us eat enough leafy greens, and it’s making us sick. We either don’t like the taste, find them expensive and don’t like that they may cause gas and bloating. If you want to make healthier choices about what goes in your crisper — but have an easy option as well, here are the healthiest greens and what to look for in a greens powder.

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Heart Health

Milk may do your cholesterol and heart good

Milk may do your cholesterol and heart good
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Milk has been given a bad rap for a long time. I’m referring to good old-fashioned cow’s milk, blamed for weight gain and heart disease. But a huge study’s found a connection between drinking milk, better cholesterol and keeping your heart strong.

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Health Supplements Healthy Diet

How fortified foods and the breakfast myth make us sick

How fortified foods and the breakfast myth make Americans sick
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The idea of fortified foods was to reduce nutritional deficiencies. But you can’t cut corners, use cheap ingredients, remove natural nutrition and expect that throwing in a few synthetic vitamins will make up for a product that does more damage than any vitamin deficiency…

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Diabetes Gout Healthy Diet Inflammation

4 ways cherries make you feel better

4 ways cherries make you feel better
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It’s no accident that the small, sweet cherry has found its way into idioms that express how good life is. To “put the cherry on top” means to make a good thing even better. That’s because there are few downsides to eating cherries, and a lot of benefits to be had…

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Healthy Diet

Phytic acid: The antinutrient found in healthy foods

Phytic acid: The antinutrient found in healthy foods
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We tend to see phytic acid as something to avoid because of its reputation as an antinutrient. But this plant-based substance isn’t all bad. In fact, it has some health benefits that could offset its potential for causing mineral deficiencies. So let’s dig into the conundrum…

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Blood Pressure Heart Health Hypertension

Combining metabolic syndrome with kidney disease can be deadly

Combining metabolic syndrome with kidney disease can be deadly
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Metabolic syndrome is bad enough on its own since it raises your risk of problems like heart attack, stroke and diabetes, not to mention premature death. But when combined with chronic kidney disease, the cluster of conditions that make up metabolic syndrome can send those risks into the stratosphere. Here’s how to avoid them…