Here's yet another good reason to avoid fast foods: a new study from Spain and the Canary Islands found that the risk of depression was 51 percent higher in junk-food-junkies than in those who don't indulge. The foods in question were processed bakery items including donuts and croissants, along with the typical fast foods such as hamburgers, hotdogs and pizza.
The study found that the more fast food a participant consumed overall, the greater the risk of depression. At the study's outset, none of the 8,964 participants had ever been diagnosed with depression or taken antidepressants.
Data on their eating habits was collected via food frequency questionnaires, and then the participants were followed for an average of six months. During that period 493 of them were diagnosed'
Probiotics are a type of beneficial bacteria often used for the treatment of eczema. There are more than 400 different strains of probiotics, but Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacteria are two of the probiotic strains most commonly used for eczema treatment.
Naturally present in the human body, probiotics are also found in certain foods and available in dietary supplement form. Use of probiotic supplements is purported to protect against immune dysfunction and reduce inflammation (two key factors in the development of eczema).
Using Products to Treat Eczema in Children
Eczema is most common in babies and children, possibly due to the fact that their immune systems are still developing and therefore are more vulnerable to this condition.
Fucoxanthin is a type of carotenoid found naturally in edible brown seaweed such as wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) and hijiki (Hijikia fusiformis), which are used widely in Asian cuisine. Wakame is the seaweed used in miso soup.
Fucoxanthin is also found in much smaller amounts in red seaweed (the kind typically used in Japanese sushi rolls) and green seaweed.
Both wakame and hijiki are available at Japanese specialty food stores, some health food stores and online. Although brown seaweed is the richest source of fucoxanthin, you would have to eat an unrealistic amount of it daily to get fucoxanthin levels close to those used in research studies.
Fucoxanthin is also available as a nutritional supplement in capsule form and can be found in some health food
I know you recommend dark chocolate as a healthy snack. Does that mean it is okay to give my mom chocolates for Mother’s Day?
Dr. Weil: I do recommend good-quality dark chocolate as a healthy snack, as long as you don't go overboard. An ounce or two a few times a week is good for you. Chocolate is a source of polyphenols (the same type of antioxidants found in red wine), and the fat it contains, stearic acid, doesn't affect cholesterol levels. What's more, a study from the University of California at Davis indicated that flavonoids in dark chocolate reduce the stickiness of platelets, cells that play an important role in blood clotting. As'
The company, Mother Earth Minerals, has been around for well over a decade, and founded by Dr. A. True Ott, PhD. They've really done the research and formulated excellent quality, water soluble, magnetically-enhanced mineral supplements, and offer them at reasonable prices.
As the Nobel Laureate, Linus Paulings said in summing up his life's work, "You can trace every sickness, every illness, and every condition to a mineral deficiency".
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Brief List of Mineral Functions within the Body
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