Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
Cardiovascular disease and cancer are the leading causes of death globally. Strong evidence supports the ability of diet to reduce the risk. This massive study took a closer look.
It is a well established fact that your genes play a role in determining your lifespan. But it is an equally well established fact that your lifestyle does. Both play an important role, but which is more powerful?
They’re not only good: they’re good for you. Avocados are delicious, and they’re loaded in nutrients, fiber and healthy fats. A new study shows that that’s a winning combination for preventing diabetes in women.
In our fast paced world so influenced by convenience and advertising, ultra-processed foods are filling a greater space on our menus. They may be fast, and they may be addictively tasty, but they may also be killing you.
This large new study suggests that something as simple as sugar may be behind your depression.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common cause of chronic liver disease and one of the most common causes of liver transplant. Safe, simple wheat germ may play a role in the solution.
New research suggests that simply getting more of these two nutrients while pregnant means giving birth to smarter babies!
Lurking behind many conditions, you’ll find inflammation hiding behind your symptoms. These powerful and versatile nutrients can help put the inflammatory fire out.
There’s a ton of research showing that eating a Mediterranean diet is good for your health. More surprising is new research showing that if you eat a Mediterranean diet, it’s good for the health of others: even if they’re not even born yet.
This single-cell algae may be one of the tiniest natural supplements in the world, but its powers are huge. And this new review of the research suggests that people at risk of diabetes or heart disease might benefit from those huge powers.
If your quality of life is being kept down by irritable bowel syndrome, then simply supplementing blueberry may be part of the answer.
“Reversal of prediabetes,” the researchers say in the discussion of their study, “is a holy grail of medicine.” They then go on to say that almonds normalize prediabetes as well as drugs, while being safer. That’s big news!