What Causes Alzheimer’s Disease? Experts Agree
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What Causes Alzheimer’s Disease? Experts Agree

When did the medical world’s continuing journey toward understanding what causes Alzheimer’s disease begin? In 1901, overcome with grief following...

Oxidative Stress Defined: 200 Years of Science
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Oxidative Stress Defined: 200 Years of Science

How is oxidative stress defined? Let’s begin with the history behind the two words.  Two French chemists, Louis Bernard Guyton...

benifits of garlic
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Is Garlic Good for Your Immune System? 3 Studies

When COVID-19 began spreading around the globe, I heard from a friend in Armenia that garlic had disappeared from the...

Super Size Me Summary (Documentary Film)
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Super Size Me Summary (Documentary Film)

Super Size Me Summary Before Morgan Spurlock began filming Supersize Me, he had three doctors examine him. Why? Because in...

Top Ten Plant-Based Books
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Top Ten Plant-Based Books

Over the span of 100 days between January 1 and April 9, 2020, I read and reviewed more than 100...

Rotten: Troubled Water By Netflix (Summary)
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Rotten: Troubled Water By Netflix (Summary)

When our family moved into a new home last summer, we never thought we’d be buying bottled water to drink....

Making Leafy Greens Greener with Nettle Tea
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Making Leafy Greens Greener with Nettle Tea

Last week’s gardening post focused on growing kale, the most nutritious member of the entire Cabbage family. But what about...

Building Bone Vitality By Amy J. Lanou and Michael Castleman
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Building Bone Vitality By Amy J. Lanou and Michael Castleman

 Milk does not strengthen bones.  Read that again: Despite the dairy industry spending millions of dollars a year to persuade...

The No-Meat Athlete Cookbook
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The No-Meat Athlete Cookbook

Matt Frazier was on a journey of continual growth to improve his athletic performance. He set out to prove that...

Is Garlic Good for the Brain?
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Is Garlic Good for the Brain?

What did we have for dinner last night? Bean bowls are made even healthier with a special ingredient. And I...

Excessive IGF-1 Growth Hormone: Too Much of a Good Thing
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Excessive IGF-1 Growth Hormone: Too Much of a Good Thing

Excessive IGF-1 Growth Hormone: Too Much of a Good Thing In the Princess Bride (one of my all-time favorite movies!),...

B.L.T. (the B in This Recipe Stands for Banana Peel!)
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B.L.T. (the B in This Recipe Stands for Banana Peel!)

Yes, we’re really going there. Last week, we shared Chef Ryan’s recipe for Banana Peels “Carnitas” Tacos. Now it’s time...

Arsenic In Rice? Should I Be Worried?
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Arsenic In Rice? Should I Be Worried?

Arsenic In Rice? Should I Be Worried? So many of us are shocked at the whole “arsenic in rice” debacle...

Bananas and Potatoes: 2 Potassium Rich Foods
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Bananas and Potatoes: 2 Potassium Rich Foods

For the past few days, I’ve been stressing the importance of trading the high-sodium foods we eat for high-potassium replacements....