Just say “No” to GMOs!
In recent articles, we’ve touched on the subject of genetically modified organisms (GMOs): their potential to contaminate organic crops, the complete failure to test their safety for your health or the environment, and the failure of labels to alert shoppers to the presence of GMOs in foods they’re considering buying. We now have some updates. A non-GMO product-verification program is up and running. This will help you avoid GMO contaminated food.
Alliance for Natural Health USA |
Reduce Blood Pressure—Naturally
High blood pressure is a pervasive and devastating health threat to the aging population. If you’re an American adult, the chances you suffer from it are 1 in 3. If you’re over 60, that number rises to 1 in 2.1. There’s also a good chance you don’t know you have it. Approximately 30% of aging individuals remain unaware they suffer from hypertension.
Life Extention Magazine |
Food Allergy-Related Disorder Linked to Master Allergy Gene
Scientists have identified a region of a human chromosome that is associated with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a recently recognized allergic disease. People with EoE frequently have difficulty eating or may be allergic to one or more foods. This study further suggests that a suspected so-called master allergy gene may play a role in the development of this rare but debilitating disorder.
Nutrition Horizon |
The Vitamins and Minerals that Are Slashing Your Cancer Risk
Each year, over 61,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer, leading to 13,000 deaths. Men are about three times more likely to develop the disease than women, and up to 90% of those affected are over the age of 55. But continuing research suggests that simply by incorporating the right vitamins and minerals into your daily regimen, you may be able to stave off this deadly disease.
Insider's Health |
Vitamin D deficiency is why you get flu and other infections
A new study led by researchers at the University of Copenhagen has confirmed that vitamin D plays an important role in activating immune defenses against infectious diseases like flu. Vitamin D deficiency has already been linked to a wide spectrum of diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression, autoimmune disease and many others.
Food Consumer |
Occupational Sunlight Exposure Reduces Kidney Cancer Risk in Men, Study Suggests
According to a new study, men employed in occupations with potential exposure to high levels of sunlight have a reduced risk of kidney cancer compared with men who were less likely to be exposed to sunlight at work. The study did not find an association between occupational sunlight exposure and kidney cancer risk in women.
Science Daily |
Tai Chi Helps People with Arthritis of the Knee
Tai Chi can reduce pain and improve function in people who suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee, according to a study conducted by researchers from Tufts University and published in the journal Arthritis Care and Research.
Natural News |
Australian scientists developing omega-3-rich plant sources
Scientists in the employ of an Australian government scientific research body have developed plant prototypes genetically modified to boost their omega-3 content beyond alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). The scientists used GM methods to mesh algae-sourced omega-3s like DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) with canola plants to create the new plants, with a large-scale farm trial the next ambition.
NutraIngredients |
Potassium-Rich Foods Do a Heart Good
Eating plenty of potassium-rich foods such as leafy greens, potatoes and bananas may reduce the risk of stroke and coronary artery disease, according to Italian researchers. The new analysis was based on 10 studies published between 1966 and 2009 that included almost 280,000 adults.
HealthDay |
Pistachios lower cancer risk
New findings show that pistachios have anticarcinogenic properties and protect cells from damage caused by free radicals that might lead to cancer. The latest studies by German researchers suggest eating pistachios on a daily basis may reduce the risk of cancer by raising the amount of gamma-tocopherol in the body.
PressTV |
Antioxidants in sunscreens help skin
Using antioxidants in sunscreens reduced the formation of damaging free radicals by 74 percent of skin exposed to ultraviolet light, U.S. researchers found. Robert Bianchini, vice president of research and development at the Coppertone Solar Research Center, said the finding provides evidence that sunscreen products containing certain antioxidants can help fortify skin's natural defenses.
UPI |
How Grass-Fed Cows Could Save the Planet
Of all the animals that humans eat, none are held more responsible for climate change than cows. Cows not only consume more energy-intensive feed than other livestock, they also produce more methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. But grass-fed cows may have the opposite effect.
Food Consumer |
Bricker Labs and DSM Nutritional Products Introduce ResForte, the Highest Potency Trans-Resveratrol Softgel Available
Phoenix-based Bricker Labs announces the launch of the highest potency trans-resveratrol softgel capsule available on the market called ResForte. This new resveratrol supplement, made with resVida trans-resveratrol, contains 50 mg of resveratrol per capsule, requiring only one softgel a day at mealtime to support a healthy heart and provide the benefits of red wine.
Nutrition Horizon |
University Of Florida Researchers Find Cancer-fighting Properties In Papaya Tea
The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations. University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grown tumors, including cancers of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas.
MedicalNews Today |
Green tea nutrients may prevent glaucoma
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It comes like a silent thief, gradually stealing sight and usually providing no warning symptoms in the early stages. But as the disease progresses, damage to the optic nerve grows worse and side vision can gradually fail until there's only tunnel vision left, and then no vision at all.
Natural News |
Discovery in Legumes Could Reduce Fertilizer Use, Aid Environment
Nitrogen is vital for all plant life, but increasingly the planet is paying a heavy price for the escalating use of nitrogen fertilizer. Excess nitrogen from fertilizer runoff into rivers and lakes causes algal blooms that create oxygen-depleted dead zones, such as the 6,000 to 7,000 square mile zone in the Gulf of Mexico, and nitrogen in the form of nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas.
Science Daily |
Could You Be At Risk For Hypertension?
Millions of people have hypertension (the proper medical label for the commonly named condition of High Blood Pressure) and it’s possible that an even greater number are at risk for the disease.
Insider's Health |
Medicinal Mushrooms – What Are Those?
When old bread grows fungus on it, many of us have laughingly said that a bit of penicillin isn’t going to harm us; and chopping off the offending portion we have proceeded to make toast and eat it! Now we hear a lot about medicinal mushrooms and their curative properties that can assist in a lot of different ailments.
Alternative Medicine Zone |
Study links pain relief and improved nerve health linked to agmatine
Agmatine, the natural metabolite of the amino acid arginine, may alleviate pain and benefit nerve health, according to a clinical study published online in the journal Pain Medicine. The research, lead by neuroscientists Gad Gilad and Varda Gilad, found that people who took agmatine reported accelerated improvement in their neuropathic pain measures and in their health-related quality of life.
NutraIngredients USA |
Medical Marijuana May Help Fibromyalgia Pain
Lynda, a 48-year-old mother of three who lives in upstate New York, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2000. While there are prescription medications for fibromyalgia, she’s found one unconventional drug—marijuana—that really does the trick.
Health |
