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by Mike Bryan - Updated daily

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•   The Medicinal Benefits of Artichokes
  • The French like their artichokes fried, the Italians like them on pizza, in Spain they are used in frittata and the best artichokes are supposedly found in Greece
•   Tofu ‘may raise risk of dementia’
  • Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.
•   Omega-3 fatty acid may guard against repeat stroke
  • Eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA -- the essential omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in oily fish -- may help protect stroke patients from suffering a second stroke, a Japanese study shows
•   High fat diet may abet prostate cancer progression
  • Diets high in saturated fat may increase the risk of prostate cancer progression, researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston report
•   Mediterranean diet ‘cuts cancer’
  • Adopting just a couple of elements of the Mediterranean diet could cut the risk of cancer by 12%, say scientists.
•   Red Wine May Make Meat Healthier
  • Healthy Compounds in Red Wine May Offset Potentially Unhealthy Compounds in Meat, Study Shows
•   “Natural” Trans Fat Not Harmful Like The Artificial Kind
  • If you’re in one of those municipalities that would rather ban foods than learn science, you probably aren’t allowed to have food with trans fats in a restaurant.
•   Food pairings: Working for or against you?
  • Certain foods play well with others, while others lose strength in pairs.
•   Prebiotic potential of almonds
  • Almonds, as well as being high in vitamin E and other minerals, are also thought to have other health benefits, such as reducing cholesterol
•   New research links drinking lowfat milk to lower risk for heart disease
  • Grabbing as little as one glass of lowfat or fat free milk could help protect your heart, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
•   Those with low vitamin D twice as likely to die
  • In the latest run of good news for vitamin D comes a new study showing that people with higher levels of the “sunshine” vitamin were less likely to die from any cause - including cardiovascular disease, the No. 1 killer of Canadians - after eight years of tracking.
•   New game focuses on health
  • A Canadian video game developer is hoping its new creation will become a technological tool for gamers that puts a healthier lifestyle at their fingertips.
•   Chickens ‘unlock allergy secrets’
  • Scientists have turned to chickens to help them understand why some people are struck down by severe allergies.
•   Common cooking spice shows promise in combating diabetes and obesity
  • Turmeric, an Asian spice found in many curries, has a long history of use in reducing inflammation, healing wounds and relieving pain, but can it prevent diabetes?
•   Portrait of a couch potato: young, male and obese
  • The biggest television watchers are typically single, unemployed high-school dropouts who probably live in the country, according to a new Statistics Canada report that provides a snapshot of screen time among adults. Most are over 75 years old.
•   Coffee drinkers may live longer than non-drinkers
  • Middle-aged adults who enjoy a few cups of coffee every day apparently have a lower risk of dying from heart disease than people who don’t drink coffee, researchers reported Monday
•   Juice up your diet
  • Eating fruits and vegetables helps keep you healthy and protects against disease, but it’s not always easy to consume as much produce as experts advise
•   Cooking method key to potatoes’ potassium level
  • Cubing your potatoes before boiling them can cut down on cooking time, but it will also shortchange you on potassium, a new study demonstrates.
•   Vitamin D recommendations for teens may be too low
  • Adolescents can safely take, and may need, vitamin D doses that are up to 10 times what is generally recommended, a small study suggests
•   St. John’s wort may not help ADHD in children/ teens
  • A new study in the June 11 issue of JAMA suggests that the herb St. John’s wort may not help children and teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
•   Eating only what grows around you
  • Once the purview of foodies and hippies, ‘locavorism’ is going mainstream

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