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Probing Question: Are 'superfoods' really nutritional powerhouses?

You’ve probably seen the supermarket tabloid articles with titles like “The 12 Foods Everyone Should Eat” or “Four Foods for Peak Performance.” Every week there’s another berry, grain or bafflingly-named compound that is ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5




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Sex, lies and pomegranate juice focus of US legal battle

If the claims are to be believed, pomegranate juice can change your life, preventing prostate and breast cancer, protecting against heart disease and even alleviating erectile dysfunction.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Mango effective in preventing, stopping certain colon, breast cancer cells

Mango. If you know little about this fruit, understand this: It's been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the lab.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Could antioxidants make us more, not less, prone to diabetes? Study says yes

We've all heard about the damage that reactive oxygen species (ROS) - aka free radicals - can do to our bodies and the sales pitches for antioxidant vitamins, skin creams or "superfoods" that can stop them. In fact, there ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Superfood soy linked to reduction in smoker's lung damage risk

People who eat lots of soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop the smoking-associated lung disease COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). A study published in BioMed Central's open access ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Quails get super fit by simply eating omega-3 diet

When tiny semipalmated sandpipers embark on their annual odyssey from the Canadian Arctic to their winter residences in South America, they set out on one of the world's longest migrations. On the way, the tiny birds stop ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Pectin power

Scientists have found a new possible explanation for why people who eat more fruit and vegetables may gain protection against the spread of cancers.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Probing Question: How do antioxidants work?

Blueberries, pomegranates, green tea and dark chocolate -- these are just some of the antioxidant-rich "superfoods" found in almost any supermarket today. As well as improving our general health, there is growing evidence ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 01, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (27) | comments 1


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