Category: Food as Medicine

The Health Benefits of Kombucha Tea

Kombucha has sprung up on the shelves of every big and small health food store. Don’t get me wrong, I love it; it always calms my nerves a little bit and I know it’s good for my digestion. But at $4 a bottle at most retailers it’s an expensive daily habit. And like goji berries and noni…


Honey Found To Have Potent Anti-Influenza Activity

Honey is appreciated the world over as one of Nature’s most delicious foods, but did you know it may have potent anti-flu activity as well? A fascinating new study published in the Archives of Medical Research titled, “Anti-influenza Viral Effects of Honey In Vitro: Potent High Activity of Manuka Honey,” reveals that honey may actually provide a natural…


Here’s How Prediabetes May Harm Your Brain

One of the definitions of pre-diabetes is a high rise in blood sugar after meals, and a recent study suggests that many cases of dementia are linked to these high rises in blood sugar (JAMA Netw Open, Jan 8, 2021;4(1):e2033012). This study of 3889 adults found that people who suffer from loss of mental function…


Fermented Foods Are Tasty Cancer Fighting Medicine

If you grew up eating yogurt, sauerkraut, miso, kimchi, or similar fermented foods, you’ve done your body a seriously good favor without even realizing it. And if you weren’t so fortunate to have these foods as part of your standard diet, it’s not too late to start! These naturally fermented foods have long been enjoyed…


A Little Help in Managing Inflammation

You can get plenty of information from the labels on your favorite foods. You can find out the calories, protein, fat, sugar, fiber, and sodium. But really, how much is it telling you about your overall health? Are your favorite healthy foods that good for you? That’s the question that a group of researchers tried…


Broccoli Can Stimulate Brain Regeneration, New Research Suggests

For decades it was believed that brain regeneration was not possible. But an accumulating body of research now reveals that common foods such as broccoli contain compounds capable of stimulating the repair and renewal of nerve tissue Ever since Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of neuroscience, declared “nothing may be regenerated” in the adult…


What You Can Do Now to Prevent Osteoporosis

About 60 percent of women and 40 percent of men over 50 have low bone mass, and those numbers increase with age. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that 50% of women and 25% of men over  50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture during their lifetime. Bone is constantly being broken down (by cells called osteoclasts)…


Why Local, Organic, In-Season Food Is the Right Choice

There’s more to organic gardening than just swapping one kind of input for another. It in fact requires you to change the way you think about the soil, air and water, how your choices impact your local ecosystem, and how this way of growing affects the person who eats the plant. Which is usually you and your…


Pomegranate: A Natural Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

youtu.be/2Uv-MsA38mI Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.


Lysine Therapy Interrupts Replication of Virus

Evidence suggests that lysine, an essential amino acid your body uses in the production of protein, may help prevent or treat viral infections. Virologists have also suggested lysine could help prevent or treat COVID-19. In the past months it’s become obvious that COVID-19 can no longer be called a major public health threat. The virus is now…