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Celebrate the winter holidays with good food, good friends, and good health. Anticipation and holidays are practically synonymous, whether you're three or eighty-three. While the word "holiday" isn't among the words in the dictionary's list of synonyms for anticipation, the words listed do...

Myth of the Month: "Cooking Destroys the Nutrients in Whole Grains" (Not!) ancient grains bread We all know that foods like blueberries and dark leafy greens are potent sources of antioxidants. But did you know whole grains rival many fruits and vegetables in their antioxidant content? Many...

Wash That Cantaloupe Before Cutting it! It's easy to think that if you follow a plant-based diet you don't need to worry about food safety. But fruits and vegetables are perishable and can also carry the risk of foodborne illness. The latest campaign from the Partnership for Food Safety...

EBOLA VIRUS There is currently an Ebola outbreak putting all of us at risk. What is EBOLA? It's a virus that attacks a person blood system: Ebola is what scientists call a hemorrhagic fever - it operates by making its victims bleed from almost anywhere on their body...

Health: Brown Rice Lowers Inflammation, Heart Disease Markers, Diabetes Risk According to the latest research, there are plenty of reasons to reach for this versatile grain. This April, the International Journal of Preventive Medicine published a randomized crossover study of 40...

KEEP A BAG OF FLOUR IN YOUR FRIDGE Impressive! Why did we never hear of this before?! I've always just run it under the cold water tap. Some time ago I was cooking some corn and stuck my fork in the boiling water to see if corn was ready. I missed and my hand went into the boiling water...

Vegetarian Diets Produce Fewer Greenhouse Gases and Increase Longevity A study and an article, produced by researchers at Loma Linda University School of Public Health and published in full in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows that consuming a plant-based...

This Delicious Fruit Cures ED in Men (found in all supermarkets) ED is no fun. Literally. But maybe there is a simple way to take charge of your manhood again. A way that doesn’t rely on medication, but instead on a pretty tasty fruit. In a recently published article in Urology...

Secret path for Chinese on property buying spree A previously unannounced government program is helping individuals to transfer their yuan and convert it into dollars or other currencies overseas. A previously unannounced government program is helping individuals to transfer their yuan and...

Secret path for Chinese on property buying spree A previously unannounced government program is helping individuals to transfer their yuan and convert it into dollars or other currencies overseas. For years, wealthy Chinese have been transferring billions worth of their money overseas...

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Shanghai rollers! From £33m houses to £11m Warhols, suddenly it's China 's new millionaires who are spending eye-watering sums and buying up Britain By Simon Mills Talk to any upscale, London-based wine merchant and he’ll tell you two very important things about his rich Chinese...

Vegetarian diets may lower blood pressure People who eat a vegetarian diet tend to have lower blood pressure than non-vegetarians, according to a new review of past studies. Researchers said for some people, eating a vegetarian diet could be a good way to treat high blood pressure without...

Whole Grains 101 Whole grains have many health benefits. Health experts advise everyone – men and women, young and old – that grains are a healthy necessity in every diet, and that it's important to eat at least half our grains as "whole grains." But what IS a whole grain? And why does it...

Balsamic Vinegar Production of two types of balsamic vinegar, traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena PDO and balsamic vinegar of Modena PGI, is a time-honored tradition in Modena, Italy. Traditional balsamic vinegar is made of a single ingredient: grape juice. The juice is cooked, resulting...

Studies: Whole Grains take on NAFLD When we see good news about grains we love to share it with you, and a recent study in the European Journal of Nutrition is a perfect example. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a growing problem for those eating a typical American diet...

A sense of a goose By Roger Darlington Next Autumn, when you see geese heading south for the winter, flying in a "V" formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By...

A meeting of minds By Roger Darlington Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother over in New York. He was coming back with a heavy heart. It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday; it was not just that he invariably suffered...

Make new friends Need to know how to make new friends? Having trouble making new friends? Well these little bits of advice I got off a friendship card will certainly give you a few tips on making new friends. Keep these in mind as you go out and soon you will lots of new TRUE friends. Good...

A million dollar lesson by Petey Parker A cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to impart his kind of training to corporate executives and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride. I had flown into...