 The FDA has evaluated the scientific evidence for garlic intake with respect to the risk of different types of cancer. Continue reading Garlic and the risk of cancer
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in herbal products
Antibiotic resistance is the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of antibiotics.
You’re exposed to these bacteria when you swallow the herbal medicine. Continue reading Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in herbal products
Home remedies to treat alopecia areata
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that afflicts fewer than 2% of people younger than 50 years. It often starts in the 20s and 30s. In about 6% of these patients the disease progresses to a total loss of scalp hair.
Here are two studies using garlic gel and onion juice.
Diet and cancer prevention: What we know
The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) is designed to investigate the relationship between diet and cancer. It’s a multicenter study of more than 500,000 adults in 23 centers from 10 European countries.
Here’s what we now know. Continue reading Diet and cancer prevention: What we know
Getting E. coli out of our food supply
With reports of food poisoning and food recalls, it’s good to know there’s a process that might make our food safer.
Electrolyzed water systems
Continue reading Getting E. coli out of our food supply
Waste products as the next nutraceuticals?
NutraIngredients.com reports that scientists from Teagasc (the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority) have found a potential use for waste as a potential source of antioxidants.
For example… Continue reading Waste products as the next nutraceuticals?
Sources of lutein and zeaxanthin to help prevent age-related macular degeneration
Diets rich in lutein plus zeaxanthin may protect against intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in healthy women younger than 75 years, according to a study just published in the Archives of Ophthalmology.
The findings are significant because there is no cure for AMD, only limited treatments are available, and there is no established means of prevention. Therefore, any intervention that lowers the risk for AMD is potentially important.
But what are lutein and zeaxanthin, and where can you get them?
Continue reading Sources of lutein and zeaxanthin to help prevent age-related macular degeneration