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Brent Agin

Superfoods For Dummies

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  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Shredded wheat, toasted oat rings, and puffed wheat bran flakes are all excellent choices.
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    Dress them up with berries, sliced bananas, raisins, or peaches. Still need a little more sweetness? Add just one teaspoon of sugar or honey, or a little sucralose (known best as Splenda).
  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Treating anxiety: Pumpkin seeds are rich in tryptophan, an amino acid that’s important for the production of brain chemicals that affect your mood. The Canadian Journal of Physiology and
  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Pharmacology reported on a small study in 2007 that discovered that tryptophan in seeds helped to relieve symptoms of social anxiety disorder. Tryptophan is also used as a sleep aid.
  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Protecting your prostate: Eating pumpkin seeds may help to reduce the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia. According to research published in 2006 in The Journal of Medicinal Foods, pumpkin seed oil reduces prostate hyperplasia in rats by inhibiting testosterone.
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    Providing marvelous melatonin and more
    Walnuts are one of the few foods rich in melatonin, a hormone that protects the cells in your body. As you age, your body makes less melatonin and you lose some of that protection. Melatonin also helps you have normal sleep cycles, which are often disturbed as the body’s natural levels of melatonin fall with age.
  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Flaxseed oil contains the omega-3 fatty acids, but it doesn’t contain the lignins or the fiber. Only buy flaxseed oil that’s sold in opaque bottles that have been kept in the refrigerator case to keep the delicate oils from spoiling.
  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Milled flax seeds and flaxseed oil lose their healthful properties more quickly than whole flax seeds, so if you buy oil or milled seeds, buy them in small amounts and keep them refrigerated
  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Milled flax seeds and flaxseed oil lose their healthful properties more quickly than whole flax seeds, so if you buy oil or milled seeds, buy them in small amounts and keep them refrigerated.
  • Mark Onghas quoted8 years ago
    Pecans are another nut rich in monounsaturated fats, which lower LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol). They contain other nutrients and phytochemicals that improve your health as well.
    We suggest you eat 1 ounce of pecans (about 19 nuts) at least once a week as one of your daily servings of nuts.
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