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Walnuts And Heart Health: Unexpected Benefits That Begin With The Magic Of Your Gut-Instinct

Filed Under: Nutrition

Walnuts And Heart Health: Unexpected Benefits That Begin With The Magic Of Your Gut-Instinct
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Walnuts & Your Heart. A Strange Benefit That Starts Elsewhere:
When people talk about Nutrition, a lot of times it just seems to deal with the basics.

But here at HT, we are all about trying to go for the extra few percent that might make a big difference over time.

And along with the researchers who study it, that means hunting for small benefits in overlooked places.

This is nowhere better-exemplified than the search for SuperFoods.

And though similar evidence has come before, a PSU team discovered even stranger proof that adding nuts to your diet might just be a small miracle…

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By: Will  /  February 16, 2020  /    

Video: DNews Short; Stay Spicy My Friends! UVM Says Red Hot Chili Peppers May Extend Lifespan + Healthspan

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Nutrition, Video

Video: DNews Short; Stay Spicy My Friends! UVM Says Red Hot Chili Peppers May Extend Lifespan + Healthspan


He Who Controls The Spice, Controls The Universe!:
Attention Sriracha Addicts, Your time has come!

So for at least 6,000 genius years, mankind has been eating peppers of one type or another.

And as any spicy-food addict can tell you, all different kinds can add some zing to just about any food.

Especially Sriracha potato chips!

And it turns out that the spicy, bitey, hot addiction isn’t just a fun little base-jump for your mouth, it could also be Really healthy for you, too…

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By: Will  /  April 15, 2017  /    

Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Nutrition

Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth
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How Can We Boost Lifespan & Healthspan?:
So for a long time now, people have been searching for every way you can think to escape the ravages of aging.

Whether it’s the mystical regimen of Yazemeenah Rossi, Queen of the Silver Foxes,

The Mediterranean Diet, Centenarian-habits, or something as out-there as a “Superfood”, like the Açaí craze a few years back.

Well believe it or not, !SCIENCE! has found one more non-calorie-restriction source for youth-magic.

And it’s probably been sitting in a mug on your desk, saving your life one day at a time…

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By: Will  /  April 7, 2017  /    

Researchers Put Down The Hair-Spray & Rediscover More Awesome Superfood-Properties Of Olive-Oil

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition

Researchers Put Down The Hair-Spray & Rediscover More Awesome Superfood-Properties Of Olive-Oil
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One Diet Fad That’s Actually Paying Off!:
We all hear about different health fads & recommendations pretty regularly.

-Including crazy stuff like the Big Pasta fad in the Big 80’s.

And along with them, we’ve heard things about all kinds of crazy oils, Snake oil, Krill Oil, Fish Oil, and Olive Oil.

Well science just found out something actually worthwhile about the last one…

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By: Will  /  March 4, 2017  /    

Gentlemen! -Start Your Nutcrackers! Super-Study Finds We Just Might Have Another Super-Food

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Gentlemen! -Start Your Nutcrackers! Super-Study Finds We Just Might Have Another Super-Food
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The Search For The Holy Grail:
So, ever since the beginning, HT has been about finding that extra hack that can help a lot if done consistently over time. Maybe even change your life.

And nowhere is that quest more symbolized than the hunt for the elusive Superfood.

They may seem like nothing more than drug-like hopes pinned on weird foods, but with things like blueberries & broccoli, the power of selective-nutrition grows as science progresses.

Well, another chapter of that quest looks like it might possibly be opening for another food…

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By: Will  /  December 9, 2016  /    

Vegetarians & Moms Win Again! Green Vegetable Compounds May Stop Time Or Even Reverse It

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Vegetarians & Moms Win Again! Green Vegetable Compounds May Stop Time Or Even Reverse It
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Another Win For Veggie Fans!:
So in the eternal war of Vegetarians vs. Carnivores, !SCIENCE! has to concede one new point.

As time goes by our bodies seem to get worse, mostly due to unfair biochemical changes like reduced metabolism, lean mass, and just plain old energy.

Well, researchers are coming again to the rescue, with what looks like another cure to several of them.

And it all hinges on that nagging your good ole’ mum leveled at the dinnertime kids: Eat Your Greens!…

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By: Will  /  November 3, 2016  /    

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!
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Not All Substitutes Are Equal:
All cheekiness aside, we just did a post on the sexy people over at Eater’s test of the newest vegetable-only burger, by Impossible Foods.

But one of the ideas we raised at the end was: Maybe it tastes close now, maybe even identical in the future,

-But does it give you the same-or-better Nutrition when you take everything into consideration?

Well, one of Red Meat’s components is a salt called Creatine. And sciency-researchers are finding out some very interesting brain-stuff about its new best friend…

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By: Will  /  October 5, 2016  /    

Übertool Comics Discovers The Source Behind Each Year’s Mystifying New Fad Health-Foods

Filed Under: Noise, Nutrition, Other, Stupid Health Tricks

Übertool Comics Discovers The Source Behind Each Year’s Mystifying New Fad Health-Foods
ubertool comic 150 the wise old food man of the mountains tells us what random thing to eat this year


It IS A New Thing Every Year, Isn’t It?:
As we’ve already seen from our friend/arch-enemy/frenemy, Jim Gaffigan, some people just can’t get on the Kale bandwagon.

On the other hand, many people seem to run their health-programs based only on what’s new for the year.

-As Übertool describes here…

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By: Will  /  August 9, 2016  /    

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