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Limit the Lectins
Reducing our toxic load is important, especially as we reach those menopausal years as our body gets less and less efficient at removing toxins from our body. Plant lectins act as a built-in defense mechanism for plants that ensures their survival by triggering a...
Avoid Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are linked to many negative health effects and it is important to avoid exposure as much as possible. EDCs lurk in food packaging, nonorganic food, nonstick cookware, detergents, cosmetics, medicines, fabrics, pesticides, carpets...
This Visceral Tissue Affects How You Think
Visceral fat is excess adipose tissue deep in your abdominal cavity that wraps around your organs and plays an active role in creating an inflammatory response in the brain, triggering impaired cognitive function. It produces inflammatory molecules that affect the...
Can Your Bedtime Determine Your Heart Health?
Research data found people who go to bed from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. and fall asleep before 11 have a much lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease than those who go to bed earlier or later. Lack of sleep is associated with cardiac morbidity and mortality and...
Junk Food Promotes Hunger and Overeating
While the food industry has become notorious for funding anti-obesity programs that focus on physical activity, research clearly shows that processed foods, sugary beverages and high-carbohydrate diets are a primary concern. Processed vegetable oils, which are a...
What Is the Key to Japanese Centenarians’ Long Lives?
Data from a group of centenarians whose average age was 107 revealed gut microbiota that include Odoribacteraceae, which reliably produces a bile acid called isoallo-lithocholic acid, are important to preventing illness. A strong balance of beneficial gut microbiota...
Gum Disease Increases Risk of Mental Health Problems by 37%
A collaborative study led by the University of Birmingham discovered patients with periodontal disease have a 37% higher risk of developing mental health illness. The study also found gum disease was linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, cardiometabolic...
Magnesium and K2 Optimize Your Vitamin D Supplementation
If you take supplemental vitamin D3, you also need to be mindful of taking extra vitamin K2 and magnesium. It’s important to increase your vitamin K2 intake when taking high-dose supplemental vitamin D to avoid complications associated with excessive arterial...
A Veggie That’s a Fruit, With More Vitamin C Than an Orange
Vitamin C can help boost your immune system, protect against heart disease, keep your eyes healthy, and combat oxidative stress from free radicals. Red bell peppers, which are botanically classified as a fruit and not a vegetable, are some of the richest natural...
Low Levels of Vitamins B12 and Folate Linked to Depression
Low vitamin B12 and folic acid levels, along with increased homocysteine, may play a role in depression among children and adolescents. Both vitamin B12 and folate have previously been described as antidepressant nutrients; folate is found in dark leafy greens like...