'Diet and Nutrition' Category
A Great Reference Source on Healing Foods
What is it? Three database on the healing effects of food, herbs and nutrients. There is a huge amount of information here.
They have been created by
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, as a free public service to promote health freedom and empower consumers with information about the healing power of foods, herbs and nutrients.
There are […]Four Simple, Little Things to do for Big Health Benefits
It’s been a while since I did a post about physical health. Lately I’ve been mostly dealing with psychology. So here is a longer post to make up for this a bit.
To have good health doesn’t require adopting unusual or bizarre behaviours. Doing little things can make a big difference. (This is for those in […]Alcohol and Health: Questioning the Orthodoxy
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The orthodox view is that moderate alcohol consumption is of benefit to health. A New Zealand researcher Rod Jackson has questioned this: saying that it may not (when taken overall) be of any benefit. You can read an interview about this with Rod Jackson on Radio National’s (Australia’s public broadcasting service) Health Report.
Rod […]Foods that Heal
This is a link to a blog called Foods that Heal. Each post talks about one food (or herb) and what it’s health giving properties are.
It is an excllent resource. Unfortunately the posts aren’t dated so I don’t know how often it is updated. Well worth looking at.Bookmark It
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Healthy Eating is About Participation
In a study by Dr. Moya Kneafsey from Coventry University called Re-connecting consumers, food and producers: exploring ‘alternative’ networks, it was found that
“Through participation, consumers tended to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables, and improve their cooking skills and knowledge about food. “
The study was of ‘alternative food networks’. Which means things as varied […]Anorexia and Schooling.
Schooling can be bad for your health.
Especially if you are an adolescent woman. Christine Halse at the University of Western Sydney has been conducting research on the impact of schooling on young women, especially concerning anorexia. The paper is in the journal Gender and Education, 19(2), 219-235. The whole story is told in her book […]Fighting Cancer with Fruit and Vegetables #2
A common component of fruit and vegetables (pectin) has been shown to kill prostate cancer cells.
The study was published in the academic journal Glycobiology, the August issue, and was conducted by Debra Mohnen at the University of Georgia UGA Cancer Center where the study is also reported.
So far this is only a laboratory experiment - […]
