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Diabetes ‘kryptonite’ reduces threat 35%

Post author By Jenny Smiechowski
Post date April 13, 2017

A healthy diet can prevent or even reverse diabetes. But besides the usual advice to avoid sweets and refined carbohydrates, you may be wondering if there are any potent, diabetes-fighting foods with a powerful impact…

Tags Blood sugar

4 ways to fight the 9 hallmarks of aging

Post author By Jedha Dening
Post date February 8, 2017

A mixed race senior couple is kayaking down a river together. The image's focus is on the elderly woman smiling in the foreground. She is Pacific Islander and has graying hair. Her husband is seen in a kayak in the background. In the distance behind the couple you can see the shoreline and a bridge. The happy couple are wearing casual clothing. It is warm outside.

A few years ago, a landmark breakthrough discovered there were nine key hallmarks of aging. Among them were telomere length, stem cell exhaustion and mitochondrial dysfunction. While these all sound very scientific, they have one overriding commonality that’s within your power…

Tags Antioxidants, DIY Health, Longevity, Nutrition, Prebiotics, Probiotics

Healthy Diet

Food synergy: The best ‘no diet’ diet

Post author By Jedha Dening
Post date February 10, 2017

It’s easy to get obsessed over one food, thinking it’s the “cure-all” ingredient, and that’s where things can falter… Because foods and ingredients never exist alone in our diet. Foods work in synergy to create a greater overall effect.

Tags Organic

Healthy Diet Healthy Living

If clean eating won’t save you from glyphosate, what will?

Post author By Dr. Isaac Eliaz
Post date January 31, 2017

Glyphosate is the world’s most common herbicide. Recently, it was classified as a probable carcinogen, in addition to being linked to other serious health conditions. And it accumulates in your body…

Tags GMOs

Bone Health Healthy Diet

Non-dairy calcium-rich foods for super strong bones

Post author By Jedha Dening
Post date February 15, 2017

We’ve all been told to drink milk and eat dairy products to ensure strong healthy bones… But what do you do if you’re lactose intolerant, follow a vegan diet or simply don’t care too much for dairy? Turn to dietary sources of non-dairy calcium…

Tags Organic

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Gluten-free done wrong may be poisoning you

Post author By Margaret Cantwell
Post date February 25, 2017

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If you’re following a gluten-free diet, your exposure to arsenic and mercury could be higher than most people’s. At high enough concentrations, these elements can lead to cardiovascular disease, neurological problems and cancer. You need to fully understand how gluten-free diets can cause this problem in the first place…

Tags Digestive Support, Gluten

Diabetes

The dangerous trifecta: Diabetes, sleep loss and toxins

Post author By Dr. Isaac Eliaz
Post date March 14, 2017

While what we eat, and how much, certainly affects our weight and susceptibility to diabetes and metabolic syndrome, this oversimplified equation ignores the body’s ability to process these calories, especially when a growing body of evidence points to the effect of toxins on our intricate metabolic mechanisms.

Tags Blood sugar

Healthy Diet Heart Health

5 Foods that fight for your heart

Post author By Jedha Dening
Post date July 14, 2017

By focusing your attention to heart-healthy food sources, you can greatly reduce your risk of heart disease. But it’s not just about eating healthy — it’s about eating foods with nutrients and compounds that fight for your heart health.

Tags Superfoods

Healthy Living

9 diseases that can indicate mineral toxicity

Post author By Dr. Michael Cutler
Post date May 8, 2017

Sometimes illness is the first sign of mineral toxicity. In fact, exposure to aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury are linked to many disease states. Some of these include…

Tags Heavy Metals, Toxins

Healthy Diet Heart Health

Your heart called and wants dairy back

Post author By Virginia Tims-Lawson
Post date April 21, 2017

Does milk really do a body good? Well, that depends. Some people will tell you cutting out dairy is the single best thing you can do for your health. You might lose weight, get clearer skin… maybe have more energy. But it’s really not that cut and dry…

Tags Organic

Brain Health Healthy Diet

To avoid Alzheimer’s eat more fruit… or veggies?

Post author By Jedha Dening
Post date May 2, 2017

While it is important to eat both fruit and vegetables, it turns out that with each additional 3.5-ounce daily serving of one of these food groups, your risk of dementia continues to decrease…

Tags Alzheimer's

Healthy Diet Longevity

Foods that could give you 15 more years

Post author By Jedha Dening
Post date May 31, 2017

Though there are many underlying mechanisms that can potentially trigger disease, it’s surprising to learn that lifestyle diseases — with cardiovascular disease and cancer as the two front-runners — cause 70 percent of deaths.

Tags Plant-based diet, Superfoods