by Joanne Henning Tedesco — Rosemary is a shrubby evergreen bush that, according to folklore, takes its name from the Virgin Mary, who draped her cloak over a bush, placing a white flower on top of it. By the following morning, the flower had turned blue and, thereafter, the plant was known as the “Rose […]
Tag Archives: free radicals
The fire within that causes disease
March 5, 2012
Comments Off on The fire within that causes disease
![](https://6139db.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/iStock_000005546530Medium-75x75.jpg)
by Dr. Martha Grout — Every chronic disease is an inflammatory disease. No matter what your diagnosis — allergies, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, asthma, cancer, COPD, Crohn’s, chronic fatigue, diabetes, emphysema, fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome, heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure, lupus, multiple sclerosis and obesity, to name a few — inflammation is a major part […]
Saturated fat — Let us tell the truth and get healthy
March 1, 2012
Comments Off on Saturated fat — Let us tell the truth and get healthy
![](https://6139db.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/iStock_000002661502Medium1-75x75.jpg)
by Mary Budinger — A recent newsletter from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) examined different types of fats — which ones are naughty and which are nice. Unfortunately, the NIH flunked the assignment. No wonder the American public is famously overweight and chronically ill. The NIH writes: “Unsaturated fats are considered ‘good’ fats … […]
Your best results for beautiful skin
February 26, 2012
Comments Off on Your best results for beautiful skin
![](https://6139db.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iStock_000000972499Medium-75x75.jpg)
by Linda Leibl — Did you know that your skin follows a biological time line for each decade of life? During your 20s and 30s, your first wrinkles will start to appear. Your skin becomes less resistant as elasticity declines and gravity begins to take hold. During your 40s and 50s, you will begin to […]
Health updates: Exercising and vitamin C
February 24, 2012
Comments Off on Health updates: Exercising and vitamin C
The following is information regarding a new study that shows how making slight changes to the order of your daily exercise routine can dramatically improve your end results, plus the FDA’s crackdown on injectable vitamin C. Exercising in the morning before eating is best A new study suggests that exercising in the morning, before eating, […]
Health benefits of dark chocolate
February 24, 2012
Comments Off on Health benefits of dark chocolate
![](https://6139db.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/9099242_l-75x75.jpg)
by Paula Owens — From the moment chocolate was discovered, it was considered valuable, divine and decadent. Chocolate candies as we know them today were invented in the 1860s by Cadbury. Consuming as little as one square of dark chocolate per day can provide numerous health benefits. Dark chocolate contains saturated fats (stearic acid and […]
July 15, 2012
Comments Off on Rosemary chicken protects your brain from free radicals