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Preventing skin cancer with the Mediterranean diet
–by Sally Beare Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, accounting for almost half of all cancer cases in the USA, according to the American Cancer Society. There will be around 75,000 cases of...
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Want to lose weight? Don’t eat after dark
–by Sally Beare A new study from the University of California suggests that overweight and obese people may be able to lose weight simply by having their meals at certain times of the day. The study...
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Inside Essentials: Apricots
Apricot trees grow all over the Hunza valley, and are often given credit for the famed longevity of the Hunzakuts, who eat them in large quantities. The pinkish-white blossom dots the fields in spring,...
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Inside Essentials: Broccoli Seed Sprouts
Broccoli sprouts may look kind of small and unassuming, and sometimes they and their friends, the other types of sprouts, are dismissed as being the fare of over-zealous health cranks. However,...
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Inside Essentials: Buckwheat
Buckwheat, a staple in Russia and Eastern Europe, is also popular in Japan as a hangover cure and it is given to Hunzakuts on the rare occasions when someone is feeling under the weather. In the West,...
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Inside Essentials: American Ginseng
American ginseng is a rarified plant which is native to parts of North America but is increasingly difficult to find – wild ginseng from the Appalachians is currently the most prized ginseng in the...
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Inside Essentials: Chlorella
What can chlorella do? What can’t it do, more like. Like its little green cousin spirulina, the simple water-grown organism chlorella has a reputation for having almost miraculous healing powers....
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Inside Essentials: Cranberries
Cranberries – you might know them as a sauce at Thanksgiving, or as a juice, or as a tart-tasting berry. You can also see them as a very useful berry which can improve brain function and protect...
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How to save money on fruit
Don’t you wish we could all pick fruit off of our own trees? Unfortunately, for those of us who don’t live in the Hot Spots, fruit can be expensive. So here are some tips on how to save money on fresh...
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Ten tips to get your 3 fruits a day
First: How much? You need around 3 servings of fruit daily. One serving is equal to one piece of a larger fruit, such as an apple or banana, or roughly a handful of smaller fruit such as grapes,...
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