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What happens when you eat a handful of walnuts daily?
Posted on Wed, 30 Mar 16

What happens when you eat a handful of walnuts daily?

A daily serve of walnuts in women at high risk for diabetes significantly improved diet quality and lowered cardiovascular risk, with no negative effect from extra calories.

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Organic food associated with 58% lower risk of birth defects
Posted on Wed, 2 Mar 16

Organic food associated with 58% lower risk of birth defects

A study from Norway has found that that women who ate organic food during pregnancy were 58% less likely to deliver boys with a common urogenital birth defect.

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Coconut oil improves heart health and weight loss
Posted on Mon, 1 Feb 16

Coconut oil improves heart health and weight loss

A relatively small amount of raw extra virgin coconut oil daily may help improve heart health and lower body weight, according to a new study from Brazil.

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Nordic diet reduces inflammatory gene expression
Posted on Mon, 1 Feb 16

Nordic diet reduces inflammatory gene expression

A healthy traditional Nordic diet has been shown to alter 128 genes in fat tissue, most related to reductions in inflammation which is though to be responsible for atherosclerosis and heart disease.

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Vegetables are alive with bacteria
Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 15

Vegetables are alive with bacteria

Plants are bustling with billions of bacteria, and while historically we thought of these microbes being linked to food poisoning; that view is changing and they may actually be good for you.

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The diet delusion
Posted on Mon, 12 Oct 15

The diet delusion

Most adults think they have a good diet and adequate intake of key micronutrients such as vitamin D, despite evidence to the contrary. This discovery may help explain the failure of nutritional guidelines.

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