Prevent and fight cancer with allium and cruciferous vegetables

Prevent and fight cancer with allium and cruciferous vegetables by: Evangelyn Rodriguez for Natural News Whenever studies report about anti-cancer foods, fruits and mainly vegetables top their lists. These fibrous, plant-based foods are rich in chemical compounds that can prevent, halt the progression of, and even fight several diseases. After years of investigating, researchers have finally identified these valuable sources of cancer-fighting chemicals as cruciferous and allium vegetables. What’s even better is that both types of vegetables can easily be included in every meal. The lowdown on allium and cruciferous vegetables Allium vegetables are some of the most recognizable plants…

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Microplastics Harming Our Drinking Water Is A Major Environmental Challenge

Microplastics Harming Our Drinking Water Is A Major Environmental Challenge from Natural Blaze Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles, causing potentially catastrophic consequences for human health and our aquatic systems, finds research from the University of Surrey and Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials. Led by Dr Judy Lee and Marie Enfrin from the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Surrey and Dr Ludovic Dumée at Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials, the project investigated nano and microplastics in water and wastewater treatment…

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How Much Omega-3 Do You Need?

How Much Omega-3 Do You Need? by Dr. Joseph Mercola for Mercola Dietary fats are essential to good health. Although it is harmful to eat too many of some, or not enough of others, without healthy fats your body will not work properly.1 Fat is used to keep your skin and hair healthy, absorb certain vitamins and insulate your body to keep you warm. Certain fats are essential since your body cannot make them. Fat is required for brain development as well as controlling inflammation and blood clotting. The most dangerous type…

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Sliced or diced, they’re good for you: 10 Health benefits of beets

Sliced or diced, they’re good for you: 10 Health benefits of beets by: Zoey Sky for Natural News Red beets may be an acquired taste, but there’s no denying that these nutritious root vegetables offer many health benefits. Whether you add them to smoothies or savory dishes, beets offer various benefits, such as improving your digestion and boosting heart health. Beets (Beta vulgaris) are root vegetables that look like turnips. They have rough outer skins that cover their roots, plus long green stems and leaves. Cutting beets produces a red juice that could stain your hand.…

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Celebrate Sexual Ethics. Don’t Apologize for Them

Celebrate Sexual Ethics. Don’t Apologize for Them by ANDREA PALPANT DILLEY for We can take pride and joy in the historic, biblical view of human sexuality. Over the last five years, an increasing number of believers have changed their stance on sexual ethics and slipped from the grounded banks of orthodoxy into the current of the times. Several public figures, in particular, have come out as “affirming” and brought thousands with them. Those of us with a historic, biblical view feel at times defensive or discouraged, and our posture—quite understandably—is…

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Alternate Routes During Evacuation or Bug out

Alternate Routes During Evacuation or Bug out by Ken Jorgustin for Modern Survival Blog Most people don’t think about alternate routes. Instead they drive the same routes and roads everywhere they normally go. Those frequently traveled roads are typically the quickest to their destination and are the roads well traveled by most people in vehicles. However if something were to happen that clogs the mainstream routes into traffic jams, would you know alternate routes to get to where you’re going? During an evacuation or bug-out, will the masses choose the popular…

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Never Too Late: Seniors Who Rarely Exercise Benefit From Gym As Much As Life-Long Athletes

Never Too Late: Seniors Who Rarely Exercise Benefit From Gym As Much As Life-Long Athletes By John Anderer for Natural Blaze If you’ve been avoiding the gym because you feel like you should have gotten started years ago, a new study conducted in England may be just the extra bit of motivation you’re looking for. Researchers from The University of Birmingham have found that seniors who have never committed to a long-term fitness regimen can still build the same amount of muscle mass as a seasoned athlete around the same age. According to…

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Top anti-inflammatory foods and supplements

Top anti-inflammatory foods and supplements by Dr. Joseph Mercola for Mercola Chronic inflammation is a hallmark of virtually all disease, including cancer, obesity and heart disease. While inflammation is a perfectly normal and beneficial process that occurs when your body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect you from foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses, it leads to trouble when the inflammatory response gets out of hand and continues indefinitely. Your diet plays a significant if not primary role in this chain of events and is the perfect place to start to…

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Autism Rates Increasing Fastest Among Black, Hispanic Youth

Autism Rates Increasing Fastest Among Black, Hispanic Youth from Natural Blaze Autism rates among racial minorities in the United States have increased by double digits in recent years, with black rates now exceeding those of whites in most states and Hispanic rates growing faster than any other group, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research. The study, published this month in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, also found that prevalence of autism among white youth is ticking up again, after flattening in the mid-2000s. While some of…

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Egypt Is Building Africa’s First “Vertical Forest” With 14,000 Plants And 350 Trees

Egypt Is Building Africa’s First “Vertical Forest” With 14,000 Plants And 350 Trees By Mayukh Saha for Natural Blaze Italian designer Stefano Boeri is planning to bring about the first vertical forest in the New Administrative Capital, currently being set up in the deserted and barren region of Cairo. The three buildings designed for this would involve trees and plants that are pollution absorbing. Although Stefano Boeri Architetti, Boeri’s Italy based company, has built several vertical forests throughout the world, this is the numero uno in Africa. This development would also bring about two other talented…

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