Green tea contains healthful substances that can penetrate eye tissues, raising the possibility that the tea may protect against glaucoma and other eye diseases. Scientists have confirmed that the healthful substances found in green tea — renowned for their powerful antioxidant and disease-fighting properties — do … [Read more...] about Green Tea May Protect Against Glaucoma
Why Brown Rice is Heart-Healthy
Researchers report that brown rice is better than white rice when it comes to protecting you from high blood pressure and artherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). The two kinds of rice that may reduce the risk of heart disease by interfering with a protein (angiotensin II) linked to these health conditions are brown … [Read more...] about Why Brown Rice is Heart-Healthy
Detoxification Techniques
What Detoxification Techniques are Available? Several methods of detoxification are currently available. These include fasting, specific diets, colon therapy, vitamin therapy, chelation therapy, and hyperthermia. As a word of caution - All long-term fasts require medical supervision as well as prior assessment as to levels … [Read more...] about Detoxification Techniques
Red Yeast Rice Cuts Cholesterol
New research by Cardiologists David Becker, M.D. and Ram Gordon, M.D., published in Annals of Internal Medicine, may provide alternative treatment option for statin-intolerant patients An over-the-counter dietary supplement sold at pharmacies and health food stores may be an alternative for patients who cannot take … [Read more...] about Red Yeast Rice Cuts Cholesterol
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
Over thirty years ago, Dr. Karl Folkers, a biomedical scientist at the University of Texas in Austin, discovered that coenzyme Q10 helps to strengthen the heart muscle and energize the cardiovascular system in many heart patients. In recent years, additional studies support his findings and further add that coenzyme Q10 may … [Read more...] about Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)