Author: Desiree Pule
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Glyphosate Exposure Increases Your Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world. It’s used by everyone from farmers protecting and drying their crops to people all over the world who want to keep their gardens and walkways free of weeds. Glyphosate residues have been found in many different foods (including fish, berries, vegetables, baby formula, and grains),…
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Espresso Coffee Helps Prevent Alzheimer’s in a Lab Study
Could your daily espresso turn out to be a functional food that protects your brain from Alzheimer’s disease? In a recent study published by the University of Verona, Italy (Tira et al. 2023), the authors considered whether some of the compounds found in espresso could act against the abnormal formation of tau proteins in the…
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Can a Natural Compound called Limonin Help You Burn Fat and Lose Weight?
Imagine a natural compound that can help you lose weight by converting ugly white fat into another type of fat whose energy store gets “burned up” more easily. Sounds too good to be true? Well, researchers say that limonin appears to do just this. Limonin and How it interacts with your body fat We need…
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Can Glaucoma Be Treated With A Simple Vitamin?
Over 80 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma, experiencing a progressive loss of vision that can lead to total blindness. This neurodegenerative disease of the optic nerve has no cure, and once a person starts losing their vision, it cannot be restored. At best, current treatments such as laser therapy, surgery, and eye drops slow…
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Antidepressants: What You Should Know Before You Stop Taking Them
If you are taking an antidepressant, you may not be aware of potential problems when you stop. Recently published research suggests that taking yourself off of them too quickly can cause severe and sometimes debilitating withdrawal symptoms. What causes antidepressant withdrawal symptoms? According to a paper published in the British Journal of Clinical Practice, 56%…
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Can a Few Simple Blood Tests Prevent Suicide?
When we hear about suicide and depression, we think of emotions like hopelessness, despair, and emptiness. We don’t think about blood sugar levels, thyroid problems, or lipid levels. A new study suggests that we need to take a look at glucose and the thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH. That’s what makes this latest study so interesting. The…
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Taurine: The Key to Living a Healthier and Longer Life?
Taurine, an amino acid involved in many biological and physiological functions, could hold the key to living a healthier and longer life, according to a new study published in Science. Scientists from Colombia University and some from across the world conducted a series of animal and human studies to determine whether this amino acid played…
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Will Superfood Powders Improve Your Longevity?
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]We’re told that superfood powders are a bit like Superwoman: they have super powers. What we all need to get the right…
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7 Great Reasons You Need To Drink Turmeric Milk
Turmeric is a key ingredient in almost every Indian dish, probably because it’s so good for you. In Ayurveda, it’s used for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-allergenic, digestive. As well as a diuretic, anti-fungal, anti-carcinogenic, anti-mutagenic properties. Wow! That’s a lot of power in one herb! Turmeric milk (also known as golden milk or haldi…