Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.

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Side Effects of Activia

Acitvia yogurt by Dannon advertises the effects of good bugs, or intestinal bacteria known as probiotics, meaning “for life.

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How to Use Boiled Lemon to Cure Cold

Ah, the magical lemon--rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, highly acidic yet able to alter the body’s pH to alkaline, and delicious, especially when combined with honey. Used for centuries to relieve cold symptoms, it's added by moms and herbalists around the world to a variety of concoctions to help us feel better.

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Side Effects of Red Ginseng

Traditionally, red ginseng, also known as Panax ginseng, has been taken as an aphrodisiac, as a stimulant and to increase longevity. Used in China as a treatment for diabetes and male sexual dysfunction, ginseng root has been a highly prized herb for thousands of years.

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How to Control Rheumatoid Factors

Rheumatoid factors (RF) are autoimmune antibodies, produced by your own body that attack your body’s healthy tissues producing a variety of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Sjogren’s syndrome.

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The Health Benefits of Black Garlic

Though not as well known as its white counterpart, black garlic is enjoying a rise in popularity in gastronomic circles and the alternative medicine field. Introduced to the health and food markets about five years ago by the Koreans, garlic becomes "black garlic"

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How to Quit Nexium

Nexium, a proton pump inhibitor, is a prescription medicine used to prevent heartburn and protect the esophagus from damage caused by acid reflux. The purple pill was responsible for $4.8 billion in consumer sales in 2008, according to Drug Topics magazine.

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Health Benefits of Red Raspberry Tea

Raspberries provide high levels of vitamins and other nutrients as well as being delicious. Medicinal properties and botanical benefits have been of interest since the time of Jesus, reports the Berry Health Benefits Network of Oregon State University.

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The Best Herbal Laxative Teas

Eating the right foods and drinking water is not enough to achieve normal bowel movements for some people who are suffering from constipation. In those cases, using a gentle herbal laxative may be the next best thing before having to turn to medications or going to the doctor.

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