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Cardiovascular Disease
- The Five Top Cardioprotective Nutrients
- High Quality Diets Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- Trans Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
- Do High Fat Diets Protect From Cardiovascular Disease?
- Walnuts And Cardiovascular Disease
- The Five Top Cardioprotective Nutrients
- Abdominal Obesity And Cardiovascular Disease
- Garlic Is The King of Cardioprotection
- Is Fructose A Cause Of Cardiovascular Disease?
- Calcium And Cardiovascular Disease
- Lipoprotein(a) and Cardiovascular Disease
- Omega-3 Fish Oils For Cardiovascular Disease
- Tocotrienols For Cardiovascular Health
- The Maasai, Genetics, Eggs and Cholesterol
- Cholesterol Testing
- Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Disease
- A New Paradigm For Cardiovascular Disease
- Five Ways To Avoid Cardiovascular Disease
- Metabolic Poisons: Cardiovascular Disease
- Beans and Oats: Cholesterol Control
- Aspirin: Does It Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
- Vitamin C Lowers Blood Pressure
- Does Exercise Protect From Cardiovascular Disease?
- How Does Alcohol Prevent Heart Attacks?
- Niacin and Cholesterol Levels
- Cayenne Pepper Protects From Cardiovascular Disease
- Grapes And Walnuts: Cardioprotective
- Antioxidants In Oats: Cardioprotective?
- Fish: Cardioprotective Poison?
- Five Cardioprotective Herbs
- Omega-3: Fish Versus Plant Source
- Can Cardiovascular Disease Be Reversed?
- High Fat Diets: Cardioprotective?
- Glucosamine: Anti-inflammatory and Cardioprotectant?
- Olive Oil For The Heart
- Cardiovascular Disease and Vitamin D
- Wine And Other Alcohol
- Five Misconceptions About Cardiovascular Disease
- Bear Belly Versus Sugar Belly
- Cardiovascular Disease And Inflammation
- Berry Good Protection
- Vitamin E For Cardiovascular Health
- Coenzyme Q10, Statins and Cardiovascular Disease
- Carotenoids And Heart Health
- The Acai Berry: Cardiovascular Superfood?
- Spices For Cardioprotection
- Wine: Cardioprotective. But How Much Is Too Much?
- Anthocyanins And Arteries
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- Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
- Dietary Fibre To Starch Ratio
- Exercise Intensity: Burn Fat While You Sleep
- Fast Food, Weight Loss Style
- Gamma Linolenic Acid Aids Weight Loss
- Iron Deficient Weight Gain
- Legumes For Effective Weight Loss
- Lifting Heavy Weights For Fat Loss
- Abdominal Fat Versus Subcutaneous Fat
- Garlic: Can It Improve Body Composition?
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- Meal Preparation Aids Weight Loss
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- Methylxanthines In Tea And Coffee
- Oats cause weight loss
- Obesity Disease: Metabolic Dysfunction
- Overeating: Does It Really Cause Obesity?
- Protein Leverage
- Resistance Training: Lose Fat While Resting
- Smoking And Weight Gain
- Tea Varieties and their Weight Loss Effects
- Weight Loss: Dieting And Aerobic Exercise?
- Whey To Go
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- Gain Weight To Lose Fat
- Low Fat Foods Are Grow Fat Foods
- Weight Loss Is Simple
- What Do We Mean By Weight Loss?
- Is Fibre Calorie Free?
- To Get Lean Lift Big
- Vitamin D, Iron and The Dopamine Connection
- Why Being Fat Can Seriously Damage Your Health
- The Bland Diet
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- Nutrition Versus Medicine: Cancer
- Myrosinase, Brassica Vegetables And Cancer
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- Turmeric Kills Cancer
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- The Western Diet: Carcinogenic
- Carotenoids and Cancer
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- Why Does Being Overweight Increase Cancer Risk?
- Does Mental Stress Cause Cancer?
- So You Don’t Like Green Tea?
- Plant Foods And Their Anticancer Compounds
- Cancer Prevention: Supplements Versus Whole Foods
- Natural Inhibitors of Nuclear Factor-Kappa Beta
- Cancer: The Seed and Soil Hypothesis
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- Magnesium For Bone Health
- Beat Stress, Drink Tea
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- The Red Meat Fallacy
- Omega 3: Fish, plants or Algae?
- Preformed GLA
- Cooking with Oil
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- The Multiple Health Effects of Plant Foods
- Red Wine Versus White Wine
- When Protein Turns Bad
- Vitamin B6: The Pain Relief Vitamin
- The Glycaemic Index and Disease
- Ponderings on Whey Protein Digestion
- Some Notes on Sweeteners
- Thoughts on Fibre
- Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
- Some Thoughts on Cooking Fats
- Low Potassium Diets
- Is Obesity a Fibre Deficiency?
- Choline, Betaine and Phosphatidylcholine: Fat Loss Trio
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- Celery and Blood Pressure
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Category Archives: Immune System
Mushrooms as Immune Stimulants
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Elderberry As An Immune Enhancer?
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is considered to have significant health effects. In particular elderberry may have the ability to enhance the immune system. Elderberry has traditionally been used as a protective herb against the influenza virus and in this regard a … Continue reading
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The Benefits of Whole Milk
Whole milk is often maligned as being unhealthy, mainly because of the high saturated fat content. However, evidence shows a number of health benefits from consumption of whole milk and fermented milk products such as yoghurt. Milk is a complex … Continue reading
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Vitamin D and Immunity
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Berberine: A Plant With Healing Properties
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L-Theanine and L-Cystine: Immune Defence
L-theanine is a non-essential amino acid, the only known dietary source of significance being tea. L-cystine is a non-essential amino acid found in all protein foods. Both L-theanine and L-cystine have antioxidant effects in humans and animals. For cystine, this … Continue reading
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L-Glutamine: Serious Immune Support
L-glutamine is a non-essential amino acid in human nutrition. This means that the body can manufacture all the L-glutamine it requires from other amino acids. However, recently there have been suggestions that L-glutamine should be reclassified as a conditionally essential … Continue reading
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Does Chicken Soup Treat Colds
Many folk remedies have been identified and investigated for their ability to protect from the development, or decrease the severity and duration of the symptoms, of the common cold. Chicken soup is often referred to as Jewish penicillin because of … Continue reading
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Chicken Soup: The Traditional Cold Remedy
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Vitamin D: Immunity and Inflammation Regulator
Vitamin D is not a vitamin, but actually a steroid hormone that regulates gene expression in cells. Vitamin D is associated with protection from a number of diseases including cancer. The ability of vitamin D to confer protection from cancer … Continue reading
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