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Food that is considered “bad” for the heart may also be “bad” for the brain.
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AP – A Mediterranean-style diet that appears to cut the risk of heart disease also may help protect against Alzheimers disease, a new study suggests….
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Taking a cultural approach in how we look at obesity may help us better understand why some groups of people do not see obesity as a problem.
Health professionals need to use more than tape measures and scales to define and tackle obesity, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing.A research review [...]

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Know your Fiber

Adequate amounts of fiber and the right types of fiber may help prevent long term degenerative diseases like heart disease and diabetes.
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Fiber isn’t just for good for your gut. It fights heart disease and diabetes, new studies suggest….
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Here is some interesting information for those of you with a family history of Alzeimer’s Disease. More studies are looking at how you can reduce your risk.
There is also a genetic test available to identify if you carry a variant of the gene for apolipoprotein, APOE-4 (gene for Alzeimer’s).
Reuters – For patients at high [...]

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I have to share more about the incredible benefits of Vitamin D and its protective effects against breast cancer. More research continues to star this vitamin, or hormone, as one of the main players in the prevention of many cancers.
We do need to be careful with high intakes of calcium, which could occur with [...]

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