Category: Nutrition
Ultimate Superfoods
Superfoods are nutrient- packed fruits, vegetables, nuts and fish that deliver a powerful dose of disease- fighting substances, cleansing the body of toxins and neutralizing cell-damaging free radicals. A diet rich in plant-based chemicals, phytochemicals, can slow the aging process, … Continue reading
Healthy Easter Basket Ideas
During the Easter season it’s practically impossible to find gifts that aren’t full of sugar and fat. From malted milk eggs to chocolate bunnies, it seems as if it has become the holiday of candy. However with a little creativity, … Continue reading
Strange Foods
When you were a kid you always found vegetables disgusting and hated them, most kids do anyways. As you got older some grew on you and some didn’t, but vegetables should be a part of everyone’s diet. No matter how … Continue reading
Dietary Methionine Restriction with Pharmacologic Cancer Therapy
Can Dietary Methionine Restriction Increase the Effectiveness of Chemotherapy in Treatment of Advanced Cancer? Daniel E. Epner, MD Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas [depner@bcm.tmc.edu] Most metastatic tumors, such as those originating in the prostate, lung, and gastrointestinal tract, respond … Continue reading
Fatty Acids and Bone Biology
Nutraceutical Fatty Acids as Biochemical and Molecular Modulators of Skeletal Biology Bruce A. Watkins, PhD, FACN, Yong Li, PhD, and Mark F. Seifert, PhD Department of Food Science, Lipid Chemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and Department … Continue reading