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Mint tea 'as effective as aspirin' scientists find
Written by Gabriel MacSharry  
A cup of mint tea could be as effective as an aspirin for pain relief, according to scientists.
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breaking news
Massage Eases Anxiety, But No Better Than Simple Relaxation Does
A new randomized trial shows that on average, three months after receiving a series of 10 massage sessions, patients had half the symptoms of anxiety. This improvement resembles that previously reported ...
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British Fertility Society Issues New Guidelines On The Use Of Acupuncture And Chinese Herbal Medicine In Fertility Treatment, UK
The British Fertility Society has issued new guidelines in the journal Human Fertility on the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in fertility treatment. The guidelines found that there ...
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Green Tea for Glaucoma?

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Bilberry May Lower Blood Sugar Levels

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Healthy Nutrition
"Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food"

(Hippocrates)


The Benefits Of Saturated Fats
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saturated fat
The much-maligned saturated fats-which generally people are advised to avoid-are not the cause of our modern diseases. In fact, they play many important roles in the body chemistry
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Why cholesterol is important for optimal health
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cholesterol
Cholesterol gets such a bad rap these days - but lets take a look at what the scientific literature says about the benifits of having a good supply of cholesterol
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Cod Liver Oil - The super food
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Cod Liver Oil
Cod Liver Oil is natures richest source of vitamin A and a primary source of Vitamin D - it can also contain amounts of Vitamin K - these fat soluble vitamins are essential to optimal health and are very hard to obtain from the modern diet.
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Dietary Guidlines
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Dietary Guidlines
The diets of healthy traditional and nonindustrialized peoples contain no refined or denatured foods
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The Dangers Of Polyunsaturated Fats
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Polyunsaturated Fats
The public has been fed a great deal of misinformation about the relative virtues of saturated fats versus polyunsaturated oils.
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What is a Nutritionist?
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Nutiriton
The use of appropriate foods and other dietary factors as therapy are fundamental to the practice of Nutrition. Quite a common question i get asked here in Ireland is "So what exactly is a Nutritionist?"
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Finally the issue of Vitamin D deficiency in Ireland is highlighted
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Vitamin D
Vitamin D is involved in calcium metabolism and is necessary for good bone health,it plays a role in the prevention of serious chronic diseases which affect the Irish population.
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Coca Cola banned by most of the Country
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coke posion
The most widely drank beverage in the world has been banned by most states in India due to unacceptable levels of toxic chemicals
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Why we say NO to GM foods
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GM Food
If you have often wondered what this Geneticaly Modified (GM)food thing is all about, please take time to watch this great film "The Future of Food" here in this article. It will answer all your questions related to the issue
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Reasons to avoid Processed Foods
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processed food
I tell everyone i see at the clinic to avoid processed foods. For me its ok because I’ve been at it for years, but for the average Irish person today its not the easiest of tasks.
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Cholseterol is NOT the cause of Heart Disease
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cholesterol
Allot of people are worried today about having high cholesterol and wondering should they go on medication to treat it or not.
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Metabolic Typing
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Metabolic Typing
Each of us is unique and very different in every way at every level - physically, genetically, biochemically and psychologically. We therefore have very different nutritional needs. Despite this, conventional nutrition teaches us that we should all eat the same way and take the same supplements. But there exists no one diet to meet every persons unique nutritional needs.
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monosodium glutamate (MSG)
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MSG
A silent killer that’s worse than alcohol, nicotine, and drugs is likely lurking in your kitchen cabinets and even your child’s school canteen
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What Happens to Your Body Within an Hour of Drinking a Coke?
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soft drinks
The average American drinks more than 60 gallons of soft drinks each year, but before you grab that next can of soda, consider this: one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites.
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Pepsi Raw - a new health danger with a different name
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pepsi posion
The soft drink industry is trying to change face in the midst of the rising health epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes that it is causing. Coke is launching a new coke with vitamins added and Pepsi is now launching a beverage with some natural ingredients. But are they any better that before?
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Aspartame poison
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Aspartame
Excellent documentary showing how dangerous artificial sweetner Aspartame is. Its a potent Neurotoxin / Excitotoxin
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The safety and many health benefits of unpasteurized Milk
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milk
The following is my response to the letter below sent to the Sligo Weekender from Dr Thomas Quigley of safeFood regarding an article I wrote on unpasteurised milk that appeared in the health column on 17th June 2008.
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Paratuberculosis And Crohn's Disease: Got Milk?
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milk
Microbial foodborne illness is the largest class of emerging infectious diseases. In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released the latest figures on the incidence of US foodborne illness considered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be the most complete estimate ever compiled
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The dangers of breakfast cereal
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bad cereal
Read how children's breakfast cereals are contributing to the obesity and diabetes epidemic in Ireland
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How High Carbohydrate Foods Can Raise Risk For Heart Problems
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healthy heart
Doctors have known for decades that too much carbohydrate-laden foods like white bread and corn flakes can be detrimental to cardiac health. In a landmark study, new research from Tel Aviv University now shows exactly how these high carb foods increase the risk for heart problems
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Weight Loss
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Weight Loss
Weight loss is a big area, with high commercial interest and therefore a lot of fad diets and dubious claims. Read on to here the truth
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Saturated Fat is Good for You?
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saturated fat
How come that still today saturated fat is seen as a menace to health? What is the evidence? The truth is that there is none!
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