Quinoa: The Super Grain (Kind of)
It is one of our most repeated mantras: avoid grains like wheat and corn. They are one of the worst things to eat in the Standard American Diet. However, we can’t stop singing praise about quinoa. Quinoa is a seed and a great alternative to grain. It is high in complete protein, has great fiber, is gluten-free and loaded with essential nutrients.
Quinoa is now on center stage, and restaurants …
Forget sour. The news about the health value of grapes just keeps getting sweeter.
Researchers at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York published a paper in 2008 that suggests grape seed extract might well slow down the onset and degenerative effects of Alzheimer’s disease. Certain polyphenol compounds in grape seed extract thought to prevent plaque buildup in cells that otherwise leads to the brain impairment of Alzhemer’s.
The Mt. Sinai scientists used a grape seed extract product …
This is part 3 and conclusion to Dr. Saunder’s series on vitamins.
Read part 1 here: Vitamins – Too Much of a Good Thing?
Read part 2 here: Vitamins and Mineral Absorption.
Part 3 is about antioxidant vitamins. Antioxidants offer a number of health benefits, and they have been touted as a possible preventative of diseases, ranging from cancer to Alzheimer’s. Here is why.
Free-radicals On The LooseThis is hopefully a lesson you remember from highschool: …
Earlier this week, Dr. Saunders shared about vitamins and other nutrients that are required for life and health. Because it’s easy to become anxious about which ones to take, are Vitamins too much of a good thing?
Dr. Saunders now addresses Part 2 in this 3 part vitamin series: inhibiting mineral absorption.
Mineral AbsorptionSupplements may interfere with each other by interacting and inhibiting other nutrients in the body. This is especially problematic if we take large doses …
Dr. Saunders writes about everything you always wanted to know about vitamins and supplements (but were afraid to ask).
Too much of a good thing…Hilda is an 80+ year old woman has a clean bill of health, free of major diseases. She came into my office with a list 2 pages long of vitamins and supplements she was taking. She gets a magazine – or should I say catalog – with promising advertising for long health if you …
