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Amino acids are the building blocks for proteins and protein is the larger foundation for building strong muscles. Your body uses protein to build and restore tissue. There are many ways you can get...
Many people reach for a commercial energy drink daily or even several times a day to help avoid an afternoon slump. However, a 16 oz. can of Red Bull contains 52 grams of...
If you had any doubts about the benefits of eating whole fruit, you can put them to rest. A study out of China published in the New England Journal of Medicine (April 7,...
Antioxidants in the diet help to prevent cataracts. Thirty thousand women in Sweden were followed for an average of 7.7 years. The incidence of cataracts was compared with...
Artificial sweeteners, because they contain no calories, are used in place of sugar to prevent weight gain and diabetes. Unfortunately, they do not provide the benefits...
The CDC completed a cross sectional study looking at the nutrient density of powerhouse fruits and vegetables. Let's look at the top 10 nutrient dense foods that we should be...
Of 260 normal older adults, those who ate baked or broiled fish weekly, but not fried fish, had greater gray matter volume in areas of the brain responsible for cognition and...
Drinking green tea every day for a month may protect against damage at a genetic levels, with benefits linked to the beverages antioxidant content, says a new study....
Ancient religions and the mystery traditions have always used the pomegranate tree and its fruit in symbol and decoration and myth, and alchemists and the hermetic traditions...
If youve seen the film Food, Inc., you know that our industrial food system can be severely unsanitary. With the cramped conditions in which animals are bred, raised and...