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Today's Natural Health Science News More current news stories Eyeing vitamins for peepers Generations of kids have heard their parents tell them that carrots will help them see better. It turns out that research has now confirmed what Mom has always known: Certain nutrients – included those found in carrots - really do aid eye health. Toronto Sun | Aussie pineapple hits High C Australian scientists say they have bred a pineapple with double the Vitamin C of other varieties. A 15-year joint government and industry breeding program has produced the Aus-Jubilee pineapple. The Sydney Morning Herald | Blackcurrant juice can prevent aches and pains of exercise--study A new study delving into the beneficial effects of fruits on a cellular level claims that blackcurrant juice is a natural drink that can significantly prevent aches and sprains and help the body recover after a strenuous work out. The Med Guru | Fish oil helps heart patients who also have diabetes Fish oil has long been touted as one of nature's heart-helping natural compounds, but is it worth popping that jellied pill as part of your nutrition regime? It might depend on who you are. Denver Post | Good nutrition vs. stress Modern-day living is full of stress. Whether at home or at work, people are always under pressure. So it is important that our bodies are in good condition, ready to respond to any kind of demand. In preparing our body, we have to eat right. There are essential nutrients that the body uses up during stressful situations, which eventually need to be replenished. Manila Bulletin | Acupuncture Aides In Diminishing Symptoms Of Certain Cancers Past studies have demonstrated acupuncture can help maintain numerous symptoms and side effects such as pain, fatigue and nausea linked to an assortment of cancers and their perspective treatments. All Voices | 7 natural strategies to detox your body We live in a toxic world. Whether you live next to an oil refinery or on a pristine mountaintop in the Rockies, you carry environmental toxins in your tissues. From heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium — emitted from smokestacks and vehicle exhaust — to pesticides, fertilizers, and PCB's released into rivers and soil, and phthalates that off-gas from household plastic products, we are all swimming in a soup of toxic chemicals. MSNBC | Using probiotics to improve your digestive health The human body, particularly the digestive system (the gut), contains billions of friendly bacteria which can provide health benefits by keeping the immune system healthy and protecting our bodies against harmful bacteria. Probiotics are found in food like yogurt, fermented milk, unpasteurized food, tempura, soy drinks and in some juices. Helium |
More current news stories | News Behind the News: MoreHearing Loss among Teens is Up 30% - are we focusing solely on noise? August 28, 2010
The NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination) survey analysis by the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston reviewed hearing tests on U.S. adolescents from 1988-1994 and 2005-2006. Their conclusion published in a recent issue of JAMA/Journal of the American Medical Association was that hearing loss among teens aged 12-19 has increased a significant thirty (30) percent. | Even for a ligament tear, the way we have always done it (surgery) doesn’t appear to be the best way August 24, 2010
The news has subtly crept into the public consciousness. Muscle/ligament/ tendon tears are not always candidates for surgical repair. That is a huge paradigm shift for practitioner and patient alike who have been culturally conditioned to think in terms of structure rather than function. | Free Market Forces in Health Care August 19, 2010
The U.S. health care industry has remained an anathema to the American economy whose strengths have historically been built on a free market system. |
Natural Health Science News Vitamin Research:Vitamin D: the Key to Prevention and Treatment of Colds and Flus. These studies explain how Vitamin D works to prevent flus and respiratory disease as well as to minimize flu symptoms.
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