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Tag: health benefits Soy, Health, Cancer
Women who eat traditional Japanese soy-based foods on a regular basis face lower risks of breast cancer, a Japanese government-sponsored study reported today. But read the small print.
Health Benefits of Tomatoes
Tomatoes as we all know are members of the deadly nightshade family and were long believed toxic, at least in countries without the tomato eating habit. They were viewed with great suspicion when first introduced to Europe and as late as the 21st century the myth of a possible downside to the tomato persists.The Health Benefits of....
We've posted numerous articles over the past eighteen months that recount the health benefits of particular foods. The health benefits of sweet potato, the health benefits of ginger etc. Here's a round-up.
Health Benefits of Tea
The popularity of green tea as a health drink is equalled only by the number of people who really don't like to drink it. Before we go on to the health benefits, what can be done about its bitter taste? How can you actually enjoy the health benefits of green tea, as in sipping and saying mmmm?
A bit like sprouts, green tea can be offputting and indeed the taste is not vastly dissimilar. The trick is in the temperature of the water. More of that later. If you've traditionally been a wincer when it comes to green tea, read on.
The Health Benefits of Endives
Endives ( witloof in Flemish, Chicons in Brussels' French)are the pride of the belgian housewives. Visit any belgian family and you can be certain that you will be served endives. Be it as a salad, in soup or the delicious 'chicon gratin'Posted by Roos
Diet and Bone Loss
One of our favourite food sites is the Diet Detective, Charles Stuart Platkin's daily take on healthy ways to lose weight. Lately Stuart Platkin has been branching out into more general health tips and he has a team of helpers who gather research from around the American universities.The Health Benefits of Chocolate
In the annals of furtive chocolate eating there is nothing nearly as liberating as a health message. Chocolate, we are reliably informed by a growing list of researchers, has one of the highest ORAC scores of any food. ORAC - Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity - is a measure of a food's antioxidant, or free radical fighting, power.
The Health Benefits of Aubergines
The aubergine or eggplant is also known as brinjal, metazoan, and mad-apple and is both healthy and versatile. Versatile? It appears in the Greek salad melitzanasalata (a pureed aubergine and garlic dish) as well as Mouzzaka (the Greek lamb and aubergine roast) and it features in many Italian dishes along with parmesan, melazane alla Parmigiana,and in the French ratatouille and since it originates on the Indian sub-continent it is also well known in Indian cuisine.It can be grated in raw food diets and used as a pretend spaghetti! If you can get over the idea that aubergine is a difficult ingredient then the options start opening up.
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