Beans and Your Social Life

Beans and Your Social Life

Beans are really good for you, but they may not make you the most popular houseguest. In fact, they could easily put a major damper on your social life. Let’s face it, some people just stay away from beans because digesting them – at...

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The “Dirty” Dozen of Food

The “Dirty” Dozen of Food

The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., analyzed the results of nearly 43,000 Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration tests for pesticides on produce conducted between 2000...

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To Grill or Not to Grill

To Grill or Not to Grill

Grilling is as American as apple pie, but like a lot of things we’ve always assumed were healthy, it’s come under fire recently for presenting some serious health risks. Grilling raises two concerns, both of them because of chemical...

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Salmon: Wild versus Farm Raised

Salmon: Wild versus Farm Raised

Farm-raised salmon are the fish equivalent of factory-farmed animals. Much like factory-farmed animals, farm-raised salmon are raised in confined quarters (essentially saltwater feedlots) that often promote ill health and have to be controlled by...

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Five Foods to Fight Asthma

Five Foods to Fight Asthma

Research has shown the following foods – which can help you win against asthma. 1. Salmon The omega-3 fats in salmon (and other cold water fish) are anti-inflammatory. So are the omega-3’s in flaxseeds. Asthmatics will benefit by...

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Are Shellfish (and Fish) Safe?

Are Shellfish (and Fish) Safe?

At first it seems simple: If shellfish and fish contains mercury, don’t eat them. But the truth about shellfish and fish and mercury is a bit more complicated than it seems. Healthy advisories have had to walk a fine line between scaring...

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