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omega-3’s Help Kids Fight Colds
598 kids were given either 900mg of plant source omega-3’s and 100mg seafood source omega-3’s or only 140mg of omega-3’s for a year. . . .
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Herb Research is of a Better Quality than Drug Research
Natural medicine’s critics used to say–and some who clearly don’t look at the literature still do–that there was no scientific research behind its claims. With the explosion of studies in the past several years, that criticism is no longer available. So the critics said that the research there was was of a lower quality than…
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Lavender Essential Oil Helps People with Dementia
Most people who suffer from dementia also experience feeling of agitation that interfere with daily activities and social interactions. But when seventy people with dementia–forty-four of them with Alzheimer’s–and significant agitation were given either lavender essential oil or a placebo oil . . .
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Probiotics Lower Cholesterol
Here’s a new use for probiotics. . . .
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Antioxidants Keep Elderly People Mentally Strong
3,831 elderly people had their cognitive abilities assessed at the start and then three more times over a seven year study. The people who had a higher intake of vitamin C . . .
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B Vitamins for the Elderly: Depression, Memory
A two year double-blind, placebo-controlled study gave either 400mcg of folic acid and 100mcg of B12 or a placebo to 900 elderly people suffering from depression. . . .
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Curcumin Holds Great Promise for Cancer
Of all the natural supplements for cancer, curcumin, the active ingredient in the herb turmeric, is one of the most exciting. A recent review of curcumin in cancer therapy has concluded that curcumin has anti-cancer effects at several stages of cancer formation: . . .
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Eating Whole Grain Keeps Blood Pressure Perfect
When researchers followed almost 29,000 healthy women who were forty-five years old or more for ten years, they found that the more whole grains you eat, the less high blood pressure there was. . . .
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Cola Causes Kidney Disease
In addition to all of its other draw backs, it now seems that drinking cola causes kidney disease. . . .
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Cancer Myth-Information
People undergoing cancer treatment are often told that they can’t take antioxidants during chemotherapy. But the claim is based on theory and not on actual studies.A just completed review of 280 studies, including 50 human trials, . . .
Your Guide to Good Health & Vitality
Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.