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How To Use Green Tea for Better Health

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How To Use Supplements for Heart Health

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How To Use Herbs and Supplements to Ease Menopausal Symptoms

Elizabeth69 — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:13:37 -0500

Menopause is a time of great change, with many women experiencing uncomfortable physical and emotional symptoms. There are a number of ways to ease the symptoms of menopause, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT), stress reduction techniques, healthy diet and exercise, and the use of herbs and dietary supplements. Many women find some relief from herbs and supplements, which are generally considered safe if used wisely.

How To Understand the Health Benefits of Green Barley

Staff468 — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:23:00 -0500

If green barley sounds like something you would only feed a hamster or guinea pig, think again. As one of the many substances traditionally found in Asian cuisine, but now emerging into greater global consumption, green barley has many vital nutrients and you may find yourself supplementing with it soon.

What is green barley? For the uninitiated, green barley as a supplement can be taken in pill, powder or liquid form. You might also see it referred to as barley grass. All green barley supplements, regardless of form, are derived from the leaves of young barley plants. Be wary of added and unnecessary ingredients that may be undesirable in the juice form (such as sugar).

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How To Use Herbs and Supplements To Fight Alzheimer's

Lisa339 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:07:00 -0500

Only a few year ago, "Alzheimer's disease" was a catch-all diagnosis applied to anyone with significant impairment due to memory loss, personality changes and loss of normal function. Today, thanks to a better understanding of this devastating disease, even non-specialized physicians can diagnosis Alzheimer's disease with an accuracy rating approaching 90 percent.

If you've been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, or you're caring for someone who has, there are a number of herbal products and nutritional supplements that are showing great promise in the fight for a better quality of life for Alzheimer's patients. The three most promising herbal and nutritional supplements for Alzheimer's disease are:

How To Understand the Health Benefits of White Tea

Staff468 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:51:00 -0600

Get ready for the next big thing in the tea world: white tea.

White tea has been a relative mystery outside of Asia, the fancy of occasional tea aficionados (and then perhaps only due to its smooth, delicate character). Though the Chinese have recognized the health benefits of white tea for centuries, only recently has the news spread across the globe. Just why is the popularity of white tea going to grow?

What is white tea? Black, green and white teas all come from the same plant - Camellia sinensis (not the same as the ornamental camellias many of us have in our backyards). You might wonder how certain teas can bring greater benefit to your health. What makes some tea green, some black and some white?

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How To Improve Health With Green Tea

Staff468 — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:23:00 -0600

Do you feel soothed by that warm, subtle cup of green tea? Does it seem to summon a clearer, more relaxed attitude? Your body might be trying to convey its gratitude that you have decided to feed it this nutritious drink! If you're more familiar with green tea ice cream, now is the time to wake up to the health benefits of green tea. This is no fad.

We are very fortunate that green tea is so rich in flavonoids. What are flavonoids, you ask? They are a set of pigment compounds in plants, but in our bodies they act as powerful antioxidants. Green tea happens to contain a veritable bounty of flavonoids - especially catechins, which belong to the flavan-3-ol subcategory. One such catechin, Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (thankfully abbreviated to EGCG), is abundant in green tea but thus far can't be found anywhere else.

How To Understand the Health Benefits of Chocolate

Staff468 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:18:00 -0600

As teenagers, many of us became familiar with the common refrain from our mothers: "Stop eating that junk food! It's just going to make those pimples worse!" But more recently, the entire medical community seemed to converge on the notion that chocolate might be more beneficial than detrimental after all. Was Nestle behind all those news reports, or does chocolate carry significant health benefit?

Reach for the dark chocolate. To answer the previous question, the health benefits of chocolate depend on the kind of chocolate you're eating as well as the amount. Milk chocolate will be fattier and less healthy, because it has more dairy and less cocoa. The health benefits of chocolate are all locked up in the cocoa, so go for the darkest bar you can find and read on.

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How To Benefit from Goji

Staff468 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:19:00 -0600

Goji (a westernization of the Chinese word for "wolfberry") has been used medicinally in China for almost two millennia, though legend traces their cultivation back much further in time. The little, bright-red goji berries continue to be the revered subject of a festival every August in a region of China. Let's explore why goji gained its powerful reputation in Asia throughout the centuries, and why its ranks of proponents continue to grow and stretch into the U.S. and Europe. The health benefits of goji are present whether we consume the fruit as goji juice or as dried berries.

Polysaccharides. Goji is an amazing source of polysaccharides, which act as antioxidants protecting our bodies from the cancerous damage of free radicals. For its antioxidant power, goji has become known as a cancer-fighting and age-defying fruit.

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How To Choose SAM-e Supplements

Staff468 — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:54:00 -0600

Creator of neurotransmitters, mother of antioxidants, strengthener of cells - it's hard to believe that one amino acid is capable of so many physiological feats. S-Adenosyl methionine - or "Sam-e," as it's affectionately called - has been shown benefit for those suffering from a variety of conditions, such as depression, osteoarthritis and liver disease. But there are some guidelines you should know before you decide to take SAM-e. Consult our other article to learn more about the benefits of taking SAM-e, as well as some of the risks. Read on for tips on choosing an effective SAM-e supplement and properly planning your supplement routine.

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