Category: Food as Medicine

Black Seed Oil Evaluated for COVID-19

Black seed oil has been used for its therapeutic benefits for thousands of years. Since the pandemic began, researchers have been evaluating the effect it may have on COVID-19. The seeds come from the Nigella sativa (N. sativa) plant that grows in Southern Europe, Southwest Asia, and the Middle East. Traditional medicine healers have used…


Shiitake Mushrooms Proven to Benefit Dozens of Diseases

If you’re looking for a superfood to support your immune system health and act as an overall health tonic, shiitake mushrooms are a top choice. As a bonus, they impart a savory umami flavor to virtually any meal they touch. Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinus edodes) have been prized for their anticancer and immunomodulating properties since ancient times…


Maximize Your Probiotics for Immune Health

Recent concerns about immune health have prompted many people to want to know how to boost their immune systems in the best ways possible. One of those ways is with good bacteria, or probiotics—but not just any probiotics. The big questions are: How effective are probiotics for immune health, and how can you be sure…


​​​​​​​How Your Gut Health Impacts Your Disease Risk

More attention than ever is being put on your gut health, and understandably so, considering a significant proportion of your immune system resides in your gastrointestinal tract. As such, optimizing your gut microbiome is a worthwhile pursuit that will have far-reaching effects on your physical health and emotional well-being. Mounting scientific evidence also continues to…


How Your Gut Health Impacts Your Disease Risk

More attention than ever is being put on your gut health, and understandably so, considering a significant proportion of your immune system resides in your gastrointestinal tract. As such, optimizing your gut microbiome is a worthwhile pursuit that will have far-reaching effects on your physical health and emotional well-being. Mounting scientific evidence also continues to…


Top 5 Longevity Foods to Postpone Aging

As I was researching my newest book “Radical Longevity,” I took a good hard look at the longest living populations from Okinawa, Japan, and Sardinia, Italy, to Costa Rica, Greece, Loma Linda, California, and the Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe. What were they doing differently? Was it just good genes? Apparently not, because, according to…


The Birch Tree Fungus That Boosts Your Immune System

06A bitter mushroom that acts as a parasite on birch trees is revered for its medicinal properties, including immunity boosting, antiviral, and anti-diabetes effects. Chaga mushrooms aren’t the most attractive fungi on the block, and they’re not the tastiest either, but when it comes to medicinal value, chaga mushrooms are king. Typically consumed in tea…


Top 5 Healthy Fruits That You Should Include Daily in Your Diet

By Paola Sasso Fruits, in addition to being delicious, are fundamental foods in our daily diet, as they favor our health and keep us away from cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer. Although it is advisable to eat the fruits that we like the most, there are some perfect ones to achieve and maintain…


Top Natural Remedies for Kidney Stones

Kidney stones are a familiar condition involving crystals forming within the kidneys, affecting some 12 percent of the global population. They have affected humans since at least 4,000 B.C., surfacing as the most common disease of the urinary tract. Recurring stone formation has been linked to a number of chronic diseases, including end-stage renal failure, heart…


Is the Fountain of Youth Living in Your Gut?

The bacterial population in your gut—called the microbiome—gets a lot of attention. It’s linked with overall health, mood, digestion, inflammation, and more. And now it’s being linked with longevity. New research published in Cell Reports suggests that advancing age changes the makeup of the microbiome in the intestine. It infers that if we can potentially…