Archive for January, 1970

Three ways to brain longevity

According to Dr Dharma Singh Khalsa, president and medical director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation International, Tucson, Arizona. Dr Dharma Singh Khalsa is also author of Brain Longevity (1997), Meditation as Medicine (2002), and Food as Medicine (2004), "your brain needs three different kinds of exercise to thrive best". These are mental exercise, aerobic physical exercise, and mind/

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Smoking as a way of weight control?

It is commonly believed that smoking helps one to keep slim, and this belief leads many teenage girls to start smoking. It also gives a good excuse for other smoking women to not quit smoking. American researchers have found that smokers are just as likely to put on weight as non-smokers, but about 33% of people gain a lot of weight when they quit smoking. Another 33% gain a little weight and

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Food for rheumatoid arthritis

If you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, it may pay you to study if you have any food allergy. An article "Rheumatoid Arthritis and Food: a Case Study" in the respectable British Medical Journal describe the ordeals of a 38 year old woman. Ms X suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for 11 years. The joints of her arms, legs and hips were severely inflamed and swollen. She had no had grip and can

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How one man cured himself of depression by changing his diet

Brian Godfrey first started experiencing depression when he was a teenager and although he tried everything from drugs to psychotherapy, suffered chronic depression for about 40 years. "It was terrible, I would wake up in the morning with a fuzzy head and just could not get going. I felt tired and depressed. Some days it would be so bad I would lay in bed crying." He even thought of suicide.

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Eat banana for a stronger stomach

Eating banana and plantain strengthen the surface cells of the stomach lining, making a stronger barrier against digestive juices. Rats fed banana powder had a thicker stomach lining, while rats fed aspirin have thinner stomach lining. When rats are fed both banana powder and aspirin, the banana counteracted the drug's erosive effects. In fact, the stomach lining still increased by almost 20%. So if you have to take aspirin for any reason, make sure you eat some banana as well.

Banana also contain high pectin content which helps lower chloresterol. This is another reason to put bananas on your diet.

Books from Amazon

Good Food for Bad Stomachs

Eating and Healing: Traditional Food as Medicine

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