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3 Health Benefits of Allium Vegetables
Allium vegetables are a group of monocotyledonous flowering plants used all over the world to prepare different delicacies. Some members of the allium vegetable family include onion, garlic, shallot, leek, and chives. In addition to embellishing...
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Dietary legume consumption reduces risk of colorectal cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis of cohort studies.
Generous intake of legumes may help cut down an individual's risk of developing colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis of cohort studies that investigated the association between dietary intake of legumes and...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/disease-conditions/cancer/colorectal-cancer/dietary-legume-consumption-reduces-risk-of-colorectal-cancer-evidence-from-a-meta-analysis-of-cohort-studies -
Protect Your Liver From Cancer
The liver is an incredibly important organ in the human body, working as our own personal chemical processing plant. It performs over 500 functions that are vital to life. In fact, the liver processes everything we eat, drink, breathe, and rub on our...
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Antioxidant Supplements Do Not Prevent Cancer
Cancers are a deadly disease resulting annually in millions of deaths worldwide. In 2012, 8.2 million people were estimated to die from cancer globally, and more than half a million people were projected to die from cancer in 2016 in the United States....
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Preventive role of dietary fiber in gastric cardia cancers.
Increased consumption of high fiber diets may significantly cut down esophageal and gastric cardia cancer risks. This research work assessed the role regular ingestion of dietary fiber play in the prevention of cancers of the esophagus and stomach....
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Association between phthalates and attention deficit disorder and learning disability in U.S. children, 6-15 years.
Increased exposure to phthalate may elevate the risk of developing attention deficit disorder alone and both attention deficit disorder and learning disability in children. This study examined the correlation between urinary concentrations of phthalate...
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Vitamin Supplements May Increase Risk of Disease
Many people pop a morning multivitamin as a very personal form of "health insurance." We figure that just in case our diet isn't adequately providing for our nutritional needs, we'll take a multivitamin to be safe. Some of us take it a step further,...
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Oats 101 - A Buyer's Guide to Choosing Oats
Oats come in many different shapes and sizes -- rolled oats, steel-cut, oat groats, quick and instant. Sound confusing? What's the difference? If you're asking these questions, Lindsay Nixon , creator of Happy Herbivore is here to help. Her article,...
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Can Diet Influence the Onset of Early Puberty?
An alarming trend is taking place in the United States today that's affecting the health and wellbeing of our children. The rate at which our children are going through puberty has increased significantly between 1997 and 2010. Before the 20th century,...
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The Scoop on Poop
For most people, discussing bowel function can be almost as painful as being constipated! Although it is an embarrassing topic for many, most people are concerned whether or not their bowel habits are normal. If you're curious about this topic, you've...
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How do our Food Choices Promote Autoimmune Conditions?
Autoimmune disease affects more than 23.5 million Americans and is a serious condition in which the body's own immune system attacks healthy cells within the body, believing that they are foreign substances. This condition can affect one or more parts...
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Is Diet Superior to Drugs in Lowering Blood Pressure?
High blood pressure (hypertension) is the leading reason for patients to visit their doctors. It affects the majority of Americans over the age of 65. (Nearly 1 out of every 3 adults in the U.S. and roughly 37% of Americans suffer from...
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Heart Attack Proof Your Holidays
Heart Disease Kills One Out of Every Three People. The statistics are distressing. Heart disease is our nation's leading cause of death for both men and women. Dr. Joel Fuhrman reports, "More than 1.5 million people will have a heart attack this year,...
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Managing Symptoms vs Treating the Illness
Changing one's beliefs and eating habits can be a very difficult thing to do, especially living in a modern world where our culture believes "more is better." In order to thrive, we're told we need more protein, more fat, more vitamin supplements and...
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Could Erectile Dysfunction Save Your Life?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S ., (killing one out of every three persons ), so it's no surprise that men in the U.S. have the highest percentage of Erectile Dysfunction (ED), since ED is indeed a cardiovascular...
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Diet May Reduce Severity of Seasonal Allergies
The prevalence of food allergies, asthma, hay fever, and eczema seem to be increasing every year around the world, even doubling, tripling, and quadrupling. Why the increase? No one knows for sure, yet reducing the amount of meat in the diet may...
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Reduce Cancer Risk by Avoiding Dairy
The incidence of cancer continues to rise at an alarming rate. Currently, one out of every two men and one out of every three women have cancer; so most likely, you have a family member or close friend that has some form of cancer. " In 2014, there...
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Dairy Products Promote Prostate Cancer
Stop for a moment to think about what milk is and what it was designed for. Milk is the white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It provides the primary source of nutrients for suckling mammals " before their digestive system has matured...
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Statin Drugs and Cholesterol Reduction
Heart disease has become our nation's number one killer, with coronary heart disease being the most common type of heart disease, causing more than 385,000 deaths per year. This results in a heart attack occurring within every 30-40 seconds. Having a...
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