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Articles on Nutrition. Food and Nutrition, Noni Fruit Juice, Selenium and other healthy diet and food nutrition.
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All you Girl Scout cookie lovers, take note: read the entire article before you get upset.
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If your only experience with chia seeds has been hearing the words “Chia Pet” on commercials every holiday season, then you are missing out on a superfood. In fact, both Dr. Oz and Oprah, among other well-known celebrities, have praised chia seeds for their extraordinary health benefits.
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The American Heart Association recommends that sodium intake for most adults not exceed 1500 milligrams per day. Unfortunately, many of us consume two to four times that much, primarily from processed convenience foods and fast food. But our taste for salt is not entirely our fault. Blame it on your parents. A human’s affinity for salty foods begins in infancy.
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Iron-Deficiency Anemia was once a major problem in the United States, but has become much less common with the introduction of iron-fortified infant formulas and cereals within the past 30 years. But the amount of iron that infant formulas contain is still a matter of debate within the medical and research community. Some studies have shown that supplementing iron into the diet of a non-deficient child can actually do more harm than good, including the most recent trial published in the JAMA journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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After exposure to studies, one among 35,000 men and the other among 38,000 women, cited in The New York Times determining vitamins as a potential link to prostate cancer and other health issues, students said they are confident in their decisions to continue to supplement with vitamins.
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Animal studies have eluded to the positive health benefits that resveratrol, an antioxidant compound found in the skin of red grapes, have in humans such as improving insulin resistance which protects against the development of Type 2 diabetes. A small, but very promising, study shows that the natural compound may help improve the metabolism in obese men as much as if they were on a strict low-calorie diet.
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The sometimes maligned white potatoes have just gotten a boost from a new study presented at the American Dietetic Association’s Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo. It seems that potatoes are a significant and affordable source of potassium and offer better nutritional value per buck than most other raw vegetables.
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Here is a new finding on how to lose weigh: dairy proteins may come to help to lose belly fat.
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Gazpacho lovers know that letting the cold soup “sit” allows the flavor to develop more in this summer favorite. But if you want to reap the most nutritional benefits from this healthful soup, make sure to eat it soon after you prepare it.
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The old adage, “Waste not, want not” comes to mind with the results of a new study which reports that onion “waste,” such as the outer layers discarded during processing, are nutrient rich and could be added to other foodstuffs. Onion leftovers are nutritious, say the researchers, and this new use is also good for the environment.
