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Now, when you visualize something after hearing the word, “Superfood”, you probably imagine some impossibly-expensive super-bean from the north shore of Bali, the darkest part of the Amazon, the bleakest steppes of Maine blueberry-country, or Gwynneth Paltrow’s blog.
But the scientists at Rutgers had a different idea: What if you could make a superfood out of something common, that normal people eat every day without a second thought…
Mom Wasn’t Just Nagging, She Was Right:
Your mom ever pack an apple in your lunch, or tell you to eat your vegetables?
Well, it turns out mom just wanted you to be awesome, and those theories Bradley the teddy-bear whispered late at night about her being part of the international spinach cartel were purely-circumstantial.
In a University of Otago study, Tamlin Conner and her team studied the diets of a small group of young adults along with…
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We’ve all heard the crazy claims. -Don’t do anything involving Hard Work, Research, Discipline, or Nutrition; -Just Pop a Pill! And Let Chemistry Do The Work For You!!!
Oliver doesn’t stop the funny to explain the ephedra issue very well, and he certainly does tee off on a doc trying to fill his hour of content. Unfortunately, that content sometimes seems aimed at the people who read the National Enquirer for diet-tips in the checkout aisle.
-And then put it back without paying.
But really; -Let’s face it. This is all really about…
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In one of their recent updates, MD Anderson from Wired’s Data-Life Conference just put out a list of a few foods you might want to check out.
Although it seems like they tried to pick items from every single aisle in the supermarket, and none of them are linked to the studies,
It’s Still pretty safe to assume that each and every choice on MDACC’s list is supported at least by research, if not also their own patient experiences…
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Micronutrients, like all the thousands of little mineral compounds you get from fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are probably a lot more important for health than they’re given credit for.
So, in one of the first studies, if not The First, to look at how much people are getting across a range of several countries, -at least of some more widely-known compounds, The Euros are beginning to flunk.
-Especially as they move a little closer in their diets to what we eat here…
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Damned if I missed trying this on New Years and Superbowl Sunday, but it is SO On-Deck for the next round of Human Guinea-Pig trials, likely on or before St. Patrick’s Day.
Thanks to the hard-working researchers at The Institute of Medical Science and Jeju National University in Korea, 40% of which may have less-efficient ADH enzyme,
I’m trying asparagus definitely before, possibly during, and maybe even after tactical drinking-sorties/jager-bombing-of-Dresdens…
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If you’ve never questioned the potency of your vitamins, or even their safety yet…
Then, Holy Worst-Case-Ever of “You got your chocolate in my peanut butter! -Hey; you got your peanut butter in my chocolate!”,Batman!
It’s just like the time when Spider-Man started wearing the black “Venom” suit. Do good is doing bad???!?!?! —Snap!!
In a recently released study by Consumerlab.com, it turns out that some vitamin products may not be delivering exactly what their labels say.
Out of 21 vitamin brands sold across North America, only ~1/2 of them…
