Vegan Diet Boosts Mood

Vegan Diet Boosts Mood

by | Mar 12, 2012 | 18 comments

Adopting a vegan diet that restricts the amount of meat, fish and poultry in the diet can lift one’s mood, reports a new study published in this week’s Nutrition Journal. The study asked a group of omnivores that ate meat to adopt a range of vegetarian diets,...
The Complicated Issue of Fats

The Complicated Issue of Fats

by | Mar 10, 2012 | 21 comments

Few types of nutrition have had as much controversy around them as dietary fat- cursed by some as the source of all evil while praised by others as a healthy and necessary substance. What makes this issue so complicated is how many TYPES of fat are out there. Some of...
Purple Potatoes Fight Blood Pressure

Purple Potatoes Fight Blood Pressure

by | Mar 7, 2012 | 36 comments

Although regularly demonized by low-carb gurus, potatoes are a healthy source of many important nutrients, such as potassium, vitamin C and dietary fiber. It’s these nutrients that are thought to be responsible for the blood pressure lowering effects of purple...
Black Tea Combats Hypertension

Black Tea Combats Hypertension

by | Mar 4, 2012 | 41 comments

We recently wrote about a study regarding black tea combating type 2 diabetes. A new Archives of Internal Medicine study has found that drinking 3-cups of black tea per day is also effective at lowering blood pressure in adults with hypertension. In this study, a...
Scientific Studies on Mind/Body Exercises

Scientific Studies on Mind/Body Exercises

by | Feb 25, 2012 | 52 comments

In this article, you’ll learn about scientific studies on mind-body exercises lowering blood pressure. Many of these studies are conducted at the most respectful Universities and by the top medical professions in the world. Mind body exercises have been used for...