Healthy Food

  Wheatgrass is a highly nutritious, alkalizing superfood whose health benefits range from stimulating the metabolism to encourage weight loss, to healing tumors, alkalizing acidosis, treating ulcers, lowering blood pressure, and removing toxins — to name a few. Most people who consume wheatgrass do it by making wheatgrass juice…
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  The Holy Basil herb (Ocimum sanctum), also called Tulsi, is one of the oldest and most used medicinal herbs. It has provided the backbone of many treatments among Ayurvedic physicians from thousands of years ago, as it was used to treat numerous disorders. It has also been revered for its spiritual potency, and has been dubbed…
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  You may think that staying slim and eating healthfully means NO sweets, but guess what? There are natural and delicious sweeteners that won’t wreck your diet, and are even good for you! No arena of health and wellness is more debatable than what we should be eating. Looking back through time, the foods that…
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It has become common knowledge that green tea offers many health benefits, but if you don’t really know why, beyond its high antioxidant content, that’s the case. There must be more to this beverage to make it so highly regarded, particularly amongst Asian cultures. Below…
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    If you’re still on the fence on whether you should be eating organic food, researchers from Australia have you covered: In a study, they found that switching to an organic diet can reduce the body’s pesticide levels by as much as 90 percent. The study, led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia,…
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  Your health depends on the food you eat. If you eat healthy foods, you are more likely to be healthy, but if you eat unhealthy foods, you are more prone to diseases. Many studies have shown how food affects one’s health. Two separate studies have shown that eating lentils instead of starchy carbohydrates, such…
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  With many health drinks becoming popular, it’s more difficult to select which one to drink. One of these health drinks is kombucha, a fermented tea. With a name that means “the tea of immortality,” kombucha has many benefits to offer. Kombucha is prepared from tea, sugar, and SCOBY, which stands…
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  It is not news that eating healthily is good for your health. But did you know that healthy eating can also make your brain larger? A study published in the journal Neurology found that people who follow a diet abundant in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish may have bigger brains. For the study, the researchers at…
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  Whey might be a byproduct of the cheese-making process, but it’s still an excellent source of essential nutrients. Those from traditional fermented cheese, in particular, can even prevent atherosclerosis, according to researchers from Xinjiang Medical University in China. The study, which was published in BMC…
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  Bananas, for the most part, come with a bevy of health benefits, making it a total package all on its own. It’s also one of the most consumed fruits in the U.S., with the average American eating more than 11 pounds of bananas each year (over just 10 pounds of apples, the second most-consumed fruit).…
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