Natural Health

Can beer be a health food?
Apparently so, when taken in moderation. A new study published by the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture reveals that the hops in beer contain dietary silicone. Silicone is essential to the the connective tissues of our bones, tendons, arteries and lungs, and helps prevent osteoporosis.
According to [...]

Another reason to drink your purple grape juice has just surfaced.
A few weeks ago I wrote about studies showing that the resveratrol found in grape juice has powerful anti-oxidant properties that switch on your immune system and keep your blood flowing smoothly. Grape seed is also a component in natural remedies for improving eyesight.
Now [...]

“Let your food be your first medicine”
– Hippocrates, 460-377 BC
More and more often these days I walk through the grocery store and think I’m seeing poison.
All the preservatives and additives in food just can’t be good for us. I, for one, am allergic to quite a few of the things that look so good [...]

You’ve heard it forever: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” And it is probably true, depending upon where you got that apple.
Apples are filled with pectin and polyphenols that may prevent colon cancer, according to a study published in Nutrition magazine.Then, in a Cornell University study, scientists discovered that when mice ate the [...]

Corn has been getting a lot of bad press lately – mainly because of products like high fructose corn syrup. But that commercial sweetener isn’t corn as in the corn on the cob that so many feel is a significant joy of summer.
Corn does not have the nutrient benefits that some other summer produce delivers, [...]

Children with ADHD are a trial to their parents, and to themselves. And when the problem carries into adulthood, it can be a serious barrier to financial and social success.
Of course you can buy pills to tame it, but since those carry harmful side-effects, it’s a good idea to experiment with natural treatments that can [...]