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Lean for Life
You see a lot of bodybuilders bulk up in the off-season. You may have wondered if that’s a good way to...
Becky HolmanMay 13, 2010 -
Mental Might
A study published in Neurology (71:825-832, 2008) found that older people whose bodies are low on vitamin B12 can be at increased...
Becky HolmanMay 7, 2010 -
Environment Pollution Solution
A study recently published in Free Radical Biological Medicine found that air pollutants in urban environments significantly reduce antioxidants in the body’s...
Becky HolmanMay 1, 2010 -
Fruit for Fat Loss?
You may remember the diet from years ago that had people eating lots of grapefruit. It all sounded like wishful thinking,...
Becky HolmanApril 28, 2010 -
Food Facts
• Flaxseed can help reduce estrogen metabolites in the body, which means a higher testosterone count. Try flaxseed in your cereal...
Becky HolmanApril 25, 2010 -
Toxic Waist
According to The New England Journal of Medicine, a study of more than 350,000 people found that a large waistline can...
Becky HolmanApril 10, 2010 -
Eat Fat to Burn Fat
It may seem counterintuitive, but eating more fat can help you shed bodyfat. Researchers found that when subjects boosted their fat...
Becky HolmanApril 1, 2010 -
Sun for Smarts
According to a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry that tracked more than 3,000 men, vitamin D...
Becky HolmanMarch 17, 2010 -
Food Facts
Magnesium deficiency may be the cause of some muscle pain and spasms after a workout. Try a combination calcium-magnesium supplement to...
Becky HolmanMarch 8, 2010 -
Fat Shrinking and Moderate Drinking
So the first rule is to choose the lowest-carb libation. A good choice is wine at four grams of carb per...
Becky HolmanMarch 5, 2010 -
Food Facts
• Vinegar-and-oil salad dressing may improve your blood pressure. Rats given vinegar daily for eight weeks showed an average 20-point drop...
Becky HolmanFebruary 12, 2010 -
Food Facts
• Oranges have white stuff on them after you peel them, but don’t pick it off. It’s called albedo and contains...
Becky HolmanJanuary 22, 2010 -
Just the Flax
It’s been reported that fish oil is superior to flaxseed oil for essential fatty acid absorption and uptake into the body....
Becky HolmanDecember 29, 2009 -
Polyphenols
• Red wine may supercharge the health benefits of good omega-3 fats. Subjects who drank one glass of red wine had...
Becky HolmanDecember 20, 2009 -
Food Facts
Vitamin C should be taken every four hours because it is flushed from your system. Instead of one big dose, take...
Becky HolmanDecember 11, 2009


