3 Protein-Packed Seeds You Should be Eating
Health nuts are getting serious about seeds. The blogosphere is going crazy for chia seeds (yes, like the "pets") and hemp seed sales grew 156 percent between 2008 and 2010. It's no wonder: Seeds deliver as much protein as nuts (and in some cases more), and all three of these seeds deliver heart-healthy alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), the plant-based omega-3...
“Healthy” Labels Not Always True: FDA Comes Down on Hershey
Hershey Foods was recently slammed by the Food and Drug Administration for placing words on their food labels that were misleading. Although Hershey jumped to correct the misleading labels, they are not alone in trying to dupe the public into thinking their foods are somehow healthy and good to eat. Consider Product Ingredients Hershey Foods is certainly not the first food...
Popeye’s Secret to Nutritionally Fight Cancer
Doctors have known for a long time that cancer is caused by healthy cells that mutate into dangerous cancer cells. However, researchers are now finding that cancer is often the expression of a gene that is turned on by environmental factors, such as diet or exposure to other body toxins. One food that fights the expression of these genes...
Autumn Babies More Likely to Live to 100th Birthday
Good news for autumn babies: Those born in the fall are more likely to live to 100 than those born in other seasons. The month of your birth can influence the environment in which you develop -- inside the womb and out. Evidence suggests that this can have a lifelong impact on your health. Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova, at the...
Post-Hospital Gut Infection? It May be Time to Switch Your Poop
Q: I've had almost constant diarrhea since I got out of the hospital. They say I picked up an infection from a bug called C. difficile - difficult isn't the half of it! Help! - Susan P., Moline, Ill. A: That's a dangerous and draining infection. And there's been a 400 percent increase in the incidence (usually related to stays...
Organic Diet Boosts Childhood IQ
Research out of Australia sheds light on the impact of early childhood nutrition and how it impacts intelligence in later years. In a study of nutrition in children during the first two years of life, researchers discovered that those who were fed breast milk and ate a healthy diet tested higher in intelligence than children who routinely ate high...
Summer’s Not a Wrap Yet! Try These Cajun Avocado Salmon Wraps [Recipe]
![Summer's Not a Wrap Yet! Try These Cajun Avocado Salmon Wraps [Recipe]](https://www.thealternativedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cajunavocado.png "Summer’s Not a Wrap Yet! Try These Cajun Avocado Salmon Wraps [Recipe]")
Even though the kiddies are starting to go back to school, summer is not over yet! There is still time to dip into your favorite warm weather recipes and enjoy a healthy, nutrient-rich Cajun Avocado Salmon Wrap. Open a bottle of white wine and toast to your endless summer! Cajun Salmon Avocado Ingredients: 1-pound boneless skinless salmon 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp....
Veggie-intense Diet Makes You Happier
Sir Paul McCartney, 70 and still rocking, says being a vegetarian accounts for a lot of the happiness in his life. Although you don't have to abandon all poultry and fish to upgrade your attitude and roll back your brain's real age (yes, red meat is out), you just might want to Listen to What the Man Said. Recent studies...
17.5% of Lung Cancer Patients Never Smoked; Genetics & Toxins to Blame
It started with a sharp pain in her right side whenever she coughed or sneezed. At first, Stephanie Dunn Haney thought she'd broken a rib, so she decided to wait and see if the pain went away by itself. A year and a half later it was still there, so she went to her doctor, who performed an X-ray...
Protein in Your Urine Could be Signs of Kidney Disease
Your kidneys have many functions, ranging from helping to regulate your blood pressure and stimulating the production of red blood cells to converting vitamin D into its active form. But their best-known job is to rid your body of excess fluids and metabolic waste products. To do that, the blood that flows into each kidney passes through about one...
