Jun 2, 2013

For most of us, stress is ubiquitous. As the pace of our lives quickens, the additional stresses we face can contribute to anxiety, insomnia, and poor mental focus and loss of concentration. Importantly, chronic stress has been linked to such serious health conditions as heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer. Prescription drugs used to relieve stress and...

Jun 2, 2013

Gr een tea and green tea extract that contains EGCG have recently shown tremendous promise in reducing the risk of several types of cancer and in preventing and ameliorating diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and osteoporosis. Now, a study confirms one more impressive health effect of green tea polyphenol consumption: dissolving the beta-amyloid plaque...

Jun 2, 2013

A number of studies suggest that milk thistle extract can reduce prostate cancer risk and spread in both animals and humans. Clinical studies have demonstrated that milk thistle extract possesses significant hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, and cardioprotective effects. In a recent study, milk thistle extract was used (along with soy, lycopene and antioxidants)...

Jun 2, 2013

If you’re overweight, you can literally starve yourself of vitamin D even though your intake of the vitamin falls with current recommended guidelines. The reason: obesity decreases the bioavailability of vitamin D3 from skin and foods because the vitamin is sequestered in body fat compartments and therefore is prevented from getting to the tissues where it is...

Jan 6, 2013

Here’s important new information for all weight-loss dieters: limiting consumption of sugar and starchy carbs to the evening meal could be a crucial determinant of successful fat loss and long-term weight maintenance. A research group at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem fed 63 randomly assigned obese police officers (BMI >30) assigned to one of two groups...

Dec 12, 2012

Despite high consumption of saturated fat, France still enjoys one of the lowest rates of cardiovascular mortality in the world, only falling behind Korea and Japan. According to the World Health Organization 2009 Mortality Database, the mortality from heart disease and stroke in France was 50 cases per 100,000 of population, whereas the rate in the USA...