Cancer and Garlic
From the American Institute for Cancer Research
“The cancer-fighting phytochemicals in garlic are more active if the minced garlic is set aside, uncovered, at room temperature for 15-20 minutes before cooking.”
Archive for March, 2007
Deceptive Marketing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced settlements with marketers of four diet pills it alleged made unsubtantiated weight-loss and disease prevention claims.
Xenadrine EFX, Cortislim, TrimSpa and One-A-Day WeightSmart
The following is an excellent guide to know when a product is too good to be true.
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Weight loss of two-plus pounds a week for more than a month without diet or exercise.
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Weight loss of more than three pounds a week for more than four weeks.
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Sizeable weight loss no matter what you eat.
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Permanent weight loss.
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Blocked absorption of fat or calories.
Source: www.environmentalnutrition.com
Mercury in Drugs
This is a must read for everyone from www.mercola.com
Why do drugmakers still defend the use of mercury in their drugs? Click on the link below to read the article.
Liquid Calories
From Tufts University Americans drink almost a quarter of the calories they consume in a day and half of the liquid calories leads to added sugar in your diet. These hidden calories and sugar are not just from sodas but from fruit juice as well.
An apple is added fiber to your diet, apple juice is just the sugar from the fruit with very little nutrition.
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