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Potent doses of broccoli sprout extract activate a “detoxification” gene and may help prevent cancer recurrence in survivors of head and neck cancer, according to a trial by the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, partner with UPMC CancerCenter, confirming preliminary results presented last year at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. It is […]

Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower contain antioxidant phenolic compounds and flavonoids that are associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease, type II diabetes, asthma, and several types of cancer. In the body, these phenolic compounds are absorbed and targeted to certain areas of the body or concentrated in the liver. Flavonoids spread through […]

A current trend in alternative and holistic medicine is that of specialized diets to treat gut health, with the intent of improving immune function. With a focus on fostering the growth of healthy gut bacteria, many of these diets are quite restrictive, eliminating food groups entirely. Some diets (think AIP or GAPS) become increasingly restrictive […]

Eating barley or foods containing barley significantly reduced levels of two types of “bad cholesterol” associated with cardiovascular risk, a St. Michael’s Hospital research paper has found. Barley reduced both low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, and non-high-density lipoprotein, or non-HDL, by seven per cent. The review also indicated that barley had similar cholesterol-lowering effects as oats, […]

Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. A team of researchers from UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine found that mice that ate 7-10.5 percent of their total calories as walnuts developed fewer colon […]