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11 Benefits of Carrots for Disease Prevention

Carrots offer a host of health benefits including being able to lessen cholesterol, prevent heart attacks, thwart certain cancers, boost vision, and decrease signs of premature aging. Additionally, carrots have the capacity to improve skin, enhance the immune system, aid digestion, improve cardiovascular health, cleanse the body, and increase oral health in a myriad of […]

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13 Benefits of Nutrient-Rich Spirulina

Spirulina is a nutrient-rich substance included in short list of superfoods being touted for its many health benefits. Spirulina is actually a cytobacteria that is often found in pond scum and is rich in chlorophyll. It gets most of its energy from sunlight. Spirulina is a naturally-occurring “algae” that boasts high levels of protein and plenty of […]

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13 Benefits of Castor Oil for Your Skin and Body

Castor oil is an oil obtained from the castor seed. This oil has been recognized for its benefits in health and beauty and has been used for over thousands of years by the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks, the Romans, and even by Native Americans back in the 17th century. Today, castor oil is primarily […]

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5 Mood and Stress Benefits of Reading

Reading is one of the oldest pastimes around, yet there has been a slow but steady decline in both adolescents and adults over the last decade. (1) This is despite recent innovations such as e-books, Kindle readers and book rental sites. New problems and issues related to this decline such as decreasing test scores and overall school […]

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11 Health Benefits of Antioxidant-Rich Red Wine

The many health benefits of red wine have been a subject of discussion for some time now. Many think a glass of vino each day contributes to a healthy diet, while others are of the opinion that wine consumption is overrated. Research has repeatedly demonstrated that moderate consumption of red wine appears to lessen the […]

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4 Benefits of Folic Acid for Optimal Health

Folic acid is a variety of the B vitamin family that is typically present in foods like peas dried beans, oranges, whole-wheat products, lentils, liver, asparagus, beets, broccoli, spinach and Brussels sprouts. Folic acid assists in producing and maintaining new cells, and also helps avert changes to DNA that may become malignant. For therapeutic purposes, folic acid […]

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10 Benefits of Pomegranate Juice for Cholesterol and Blood Sugar

Pomegranates are one of the healthiest foods available on the market. In fact, the National Health Service in the United Kingdom has started to consider them a superfood. (1). This is because pomegranates have been found to deliver all kinds of benefits from the more conventional benefits of fruits because it contains different vitamins and […]

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10 Benefits of Drinking Carrot Juice Regularly

The benefits of vegetables certainly need no explanation. (1) The benefits of carrots in particular have also been well researched. (2) However, one of the biggest rising trend in recent years has been juicing vegetables like carrots, kale and even broccoli. Many of the emerging questions meeting this rising trend is whether the nutritional value […]

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11 Health Benefits of Vitamin-Rich Cod Liver Oil

Consuming fish in the diet has been hailed by multiple scientific studies to be extremely beneficial for health, helping decrease risk multiple cardiovascular, cancer-related and mental diseases. (1) These benefits are seen mostly in fish like salmon, cod and mackerel. The reason behind these benefits is thought to be in the oil of the fish, hence […]

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12 Immune-Boosting Benefits of Onions

Despite their repelling smell and their tear-inducing capacity, onions are a true weapon against disease, researchers say. Pertaining to the lilly or allium vegetable family, not only do onions give a sweet-pungent flavor to any dish, but they also shower you with a lot of health benefits boosting your immune system function to help your […]

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11 Benefits of Cucumber Water for Weight Loss and Brain Health

Cucumber water has long been one of the most popular detoxifying and weight loss drinks. Considering that water is the best source of hydration to the human body, and that cucumber has such a high water content (about 95 water) it actually makes quite a bit of sense. About 2/3 of the human body is […]

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10 Benefits of Himalayan Pink Salt for Healthy Skin and Body

The Himalayas are the highest mountains on the planet, spanning 2400 kilometers traversing Asia at the merging of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Not known to many, this same area some hundreds of million years ago was a prehistoric sea. Inside that primordial body of water was a flawless, virgin ecosystem. Tectonic shifts over the […]