Category: Food as Medicine

Landmark Study Shows Sardines Help Keep Diabetes Away

Researchers found that people with prediabetes who ate two cans of sardines each week significantly lowered their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, lowered their insulin resistance, and lowered their blood pressure as well. Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic condition that’s affected by several factors, including the foods you eat and the amount of…


Why You Should Drink Moringa Tea

Moringa is a tree with a rich nutritional profile that’s native to India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. There are several different species, but the most common and widely consumed is moringa oleifera. This is sometimes referred to as “the miracle tree.” It’s also been called the “tree of life,” “mother’s milk,” “drumstick tree,” and “horseradish…


Food as Medicine: The Answer to Mounting Health Crises

Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist and professor emeritus at the University of California–San Francisco, has written a number of excellent books about health. His latest, “Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine,” goes deep into the details of how changes in our food supply have damaged our metabolic…


Protect Your Brain With These Natural Substances

Your brain is command central for nearly all your body’s normal waking functions. It’s the most complex organ in the human body, possessing around 100 billion neurons (nerve cells) and more than 100,000 miles of blood vessels. It’s responsible for controlling such functions as walking, talking, thinking, and breathing. Therefore, protecting the brain is a…


Can Fatty Acids in Foods Fight Multiple Sclerosis?

Dietary change might help treat some people with multiple sclerosis, new research suggests. According to a new study, the lack of a specific fatty acid in fat tissue can trigger the abnormal immune system response that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) by attacking and damaging the central nervous system. Fat tissue in patients diagnosed with MS…