Share According to a blog post at Science Daily a new twin study showed that eating a Mediterranean Style Diet may improve heart function. That’s good news! I love eating Mediterranean style foods. Click below to read the summary article. Mediterranean-Style Diet Improves Heart Function, Twin Study Shows Come back and read the Mayo...
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Share From: http://www.ilovepecans.org “Clinical research studies have confirmed eating about a handful of pecans each day may help reduce the risk of heart disease, help lower cholesterol and aid in weight loss. In addition, pecans are loaded with more than 19 vitamins and minerals, heart-healthy unsaturated fat, and contain no trans fat. For more...
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Share There is a lot of hype in the news about resveratrol and the studies being conducted to prove it will be the “anti aging“ drug of the future. If they are right, we may all be able to delay or forestall the age related diseases we are seeing today that end lives prematurely...
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Share Image via Wikipedia Last month, the unthinkable happened. My brother-in-law had a massive heart attack (in his 40′s.) Fortunately, he made it to the hospital in time and suffered no permanent heart damage. But, here’s what happened. Everyone in the family started asking, how did this happen? There is no history of heart...
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Share Children today are not spending the time outdoors playing like they used to due to video games, computers, and safety concerns. Not only this, when we do take them outside, we make sure they are covered in sunscreen. The result is that many of our children are lacking the “sunshine vitamin”, vitamin D. ...
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Share Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, I took my daughter to the local Bluebird Market to buy some fresh, local vegetables. She loves green peppers and will eat them for a snack anytime of day. Anyway, we both learned something new from our local farmer, James, who sold us our first ever “Chocolate” bell pepper....
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