Your Guide to Good Health & Vitality

Right now, high school students all over Canada and the States are writing exams. Well, here’s a study they may want to study while they study. . . .

A small study fed 300 grams of rice pudding either with or without 6 grams of cinnamon to fourteen people. . . . 

When sixty kids with moderate to severe eczema were given 25mg of probiotics and 475mg of FOS (a prebiotic) twice a day for eight weeks, their eczema got significantly better. . . .

It is not new news that berries are good for you. But this study sheds some light on at least one of the ways they are. Of seventy-two people with risk factors for heart disease, half ate berries equaling 100 grams plus one small glass of berry juice each day. . . . 

Wheat grass is one of the first healthy, natural things you hear about, but you never hear anything solid or scientific about it. But now wheat grass steps out into the spotlight. A new study has found that it is an incredible source of antioxidants. . . . 

In this study, researchers analyzed the blood levels of vitamin D of 961 people. After five years, they found that the ones with low levels of vitamin D were 2.6 times more likely to develop type two diabetes, . . . 

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic conducted a massive survey to see how many of the potential herb-drug interactions that are listed actually occur. . . . 

Here’s a surprising natural treatment for the symptoms of menopause. This novel study gave 100mg of pycnogenol or a placebo to 155 women for three and a half years. . . . 

Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, is a very effective antiinflammatory. It is one of the most promising anticancer agents and has shown potential in the fights against heart disease and AIDS. And now scientists have just published research that has discovered a new value to this already valuable herb. . . .

People suffering from lower back pain or from osteoarthritis were given the herb devil’s claw for 54 weeks to see what effect it had on their pain. . . .

A meta-analysis of seven studies has found that for every 100mg a day you increase your magnesium intake, . . . 

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or enlargement of the prostate, will affect half off all men in their lifetime. But a huge new study of diet suggests that it may not have to. . . .