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Resveratrol, The secret ingredient of extended life!
Resveratrol is an antioxidant found in the skin of red grapes and new research has recently linked it to a possible extended life. Watch the video below from 60 minutes to find out more about what some scientists believe could be the breakthrough of the century!
Host Morley Safer: 17 years ago 60 minutes researched into the “French paradox” which suggested that the French, despite a high fat diet and high consumption of wine, had remarkably low incidence of heart disease compared with Americans. Most …
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How To Help Cold Sores
Cold sores are caused by the Herpes simplex virus which can produce a recurrent viral infection on virtually any area of skin or mucous membrane.
The herpes virus needs the amino acid arginine to reproduce. Because the virus cannot tell the difference between arginine and lysine (another amino acid), it can be tricked into trying to use lysine instead of arginine. Because lysine blocks the steps that require arginine, the result is that the virus will not become reactivated.
One of the key dietary goals in preventing recurrences …
There is nothing worse than having an important deadline to meet and you wake up with a sore throat and the start of a head cold. Most of us are programmed to “soldier on” and take something to relieve the symptoms and help us get through the working day, when what our body really needed was some rest to help us recover more quickly. If you just can’t afford to take time off due to illness, adopt some of these recommendations and work at building up your immune system, so it’s …
Resveratrol, The secret ingredient of extended life!
Resveratrol is an antioxidant found in the skin of red grapes and new research has recently linked it to a possible extended life. Watch the video below from 60 minutes to find out more about what some scientists believe could be the breakthrough of the century!
Host Morley Safer: 17 years ago 60 minutes researched into the “French paradox” which suggested that the French, despite a high fat diet and high consumption of wine, had remarkably low incidence of heart disease compared with Americans. Most …
Sometimes it appears that the odds are stacked against us. We contaminate our soil, water and air with toxins which in turn invade our body and disturb its natural state of health. We try to eat right and get enough exercise, but life’s fast pace and demands often mean we eat fatty fast food, get little or no exercise and pile on the stress. On top of all that some of us are born with genes that predispose us to less than optimal health.
But nature has offered us another chance …