BBC NEWS | Health | Organic food ‘better’ for heart
Organic fruit and vegetables may be better for you than conventionally grown crops, US research suggests.A ten-year study comparing organic tomatoes with standard produce found almost double the level of flavonoids - a type of antioxidant.
Flavonoids have been shown to reduce high blood pressure, lowering the risk of heart disease and stroke.
I have found that many organic products seem to taste better. Some would argue that I am imagining the difference, but so what? In my mind, the better taste justifies the added cost.
To me it only makes sense that I should be minimizing my intake of fertilizers and pesticides. I don’t need much other justification, though I am not surprised to find them.
This profile says “no.”
Policosanol: Side Effects and Cholesterol » iFitandHealthy.com
Policosanol’s Side Effects: No side effects are known at this time.Cons: Those with dangerously high cholesterol levels might use it instead of an effective treatment.
Those seeking an effective over-the-counter treatment may have to look further (though we hear diet and exercise remains popular among some sects.)
Onions Fight Cancer » iFitandHealthy.com
Surveys done in Italy and Switzerland found adults who ate onions seven or more times a week had less than half the chance of developing colon cancer than people who didn’t eat onions.Research also showed people who ate the veggie had lower odds of developing ovarian, mouth, and other cancers. The benefits might be linked to all their antioxidants.
The problem is, with all the foods being found to help fight cancer we’ll get fat eating them all.
Onions Fight Cancer » iFitandHealthy.com
Surveys done in Italy and Switzerland found adults who ate onions seven or more times a week had less than half the chance of developing colon cancer than people who didn’t eat onions.Research also showed people who ate the veggie had lower odds of developing ovarian, mouth, and other cancers. The benefits might be linked to all their antioxidants.
The problem is, with all the foods being found to help fight cancer we’ll get fat eating them all.
Fish haters can get strong bones too - Yahoo! News
“Our findings suggest that by eating plant sources of alpha-linolenic acid, such as walnuts and flaxseed oil, you can strengthen bones,” senior author Dr. Rebecca L. Corwin, from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, told Reuters Health. “This is good news for people who don’t like fish.”
Nine Super-Nutritious Foods - Forbes.com
The term “functional food” has no legal definition. While it has long referred to fare beneficial to a person’s health, such as broccoli, it’s increasingly used to refer to designer foods or ones that have been modified to incorporate nutrients they wouldn’t normally contain for a specific health purpose. A box of pasta with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids–normally found in fish–is a prime example.And consumers, who are swimming in information about the relationships between foods or their ingredients and disease risks, are eating them up.
We go for getting nutrition direct from the natural source when possible. But in the end, are fortified foods really any different from taking a vitamin supplement?
Nine Super-Nutritious Foods - Forbes.com
The term “functional food” has no legal definition. While it has long referred to fare beneficial to a person’s health, such as broccoli, it’s increasingly used to refer to designer foods or ones that have been modified to incorporate nutrients they wouldn’t normally contain for a specific health purpose. A box of pasta with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids–normally found in fish–is a prime example.And consumers, who are swimming in information about the relationships between foods or their ingredients and disease risks, are eating them up.
We go for getting nutrition direct from the natural source when possible. But in the end, are fortified foods really any different from taking a vitamin supplement?
Disease Proof has a couple of recipes for Super Healthy Oatmeals
We have been making similar oatmeals since we started calorie restriction. Currants, flaxseed and berries are all very tasty and nutritious ways to supplement plain oatmeal - much better than the sugary variety packs sold as instant oatmeal.
Start Eating Green For Your Health This St. Patrick’s Day
In addition to the regular festivities surrounding St. Patrick’s Day this month, consider adding a new tradition more green foods to your diet.”Green foods across the board are healthy in terms of their vitamin, mineral, water and antioxidant content, and St Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to think about how you can incorporate more of them into your diet,” says Erica Wald, RD, a wellness coordinator with the MFit Health Promotion Division at the University of Michigan Health System.
The key, she says, is variety.
“You want to incorporate lots of different intensities of green all the various colors of green,” she says. “The more varied the colors, the more varied your vitamin and mineral intake.”
A novel idea - and it’s got to be better than the green beer.
ScienceDaily: Unique Tomatoes Tops In Disease-fighting Antioxidants
Deep red tomatoes get their rich color from lycopene, a disease-fighting antioxidant. A new study, however, suggests that a special variety of orange-colored tomatoes provide a different form of lycopene, one that our bodies may more readily use.
Researchers found that eating spaghetti covered in sauce made from these orange tomatoes, called Tangerine tomatoes, caused a noticeable boost in this form of lycopene in participants’ blood.
Additional colors also make the meal look and taste better.