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Sustainable and Highly Nutritious Seaweed

Researchers in Ireland have shown that it is possible to grow three highly nutritious kinds of seaweed through sustainable industrial-scale cultivation.  They have grown Laminaria digitata (a brown seaweed "kelp")  grown “very successfully” on longlines in Roaring Water Bay, in southwestern Ireland. A three-year Irish project to grow three valuable species of seaweed with…
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Few Americans Understand Advanced Glycation Endproducts’ (AGEs) Damaging Effects

glycation on brownded barbequed foodAGEs come from foods that are processed, heated to high temperatures, sugary, or browned. When these foods are eaten too often, AGE levels increase and build up in the body. This can cause damage to the internal organs and accelerate the aging process.

The A.G.E. Foundation recently conducted a survey of Americans and discovered that 76% knew that processed food could accelerate aging. Thirty-two percent indicated that the way food was cooked had an effect on aging. However, only 11% knew that food cooked at high temperatures impacted the aging process.
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Gout Linked to Consumption of Sugary Beverages

Gout isn't just a disease that attacked historical heavyweights like Henry VIII. image via hvo.wr.usgs.gov A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association seeks to determine if sugar-laden sodas and orange juice increase the likelihood that women will develop gout.  Gout is a…
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Beet Juice Can Help Prevent Dementia, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Eye Floaters

In our practice we are great proponents of juicing and its many health benefits. One veggie that is in many of the recipes that we recommend for specific eye conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and eye floaters is the humble seeming beet.  We have known for a long time the…
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Pumpkin Seed, Macular Degeneration & BPH

Macular Degeneration:

Pumpkin seed oil is rich in zeaxanthin, which protects the retina and slow the progress of macular degeneration. In 2003, the Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton in England announced that zeaxanthin “may be far more important in preventing or stabilizing macular degeneration than previously realized.”  Learn more about zeaxanthin.
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Added sugar can increase heart attack risk

Sugar which is being added in greater amounts and with greater frequency than ever before by food manufacturers in almost all  processed foods and beverages appears to raise the risk of heart disease. Researchers took a close look at data on  nutritional intake and levels of fat in the blood…
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Sugary sodas linked to pancreatic cancer: study

A study published in 2010 which analyzed data collected for 60,524  Chinese adults in Singapore demonstrated that those people who consume two or more sugar-sweetened soft drinks weekly were at higher risk of suffering from pancreatic cancer compared with those who do not drink sugary drinks. However, the researchers did…
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New Recommendations for Daily Sugar Consumption

How much sugar can you safely eat in a day? The answer is probably less than you think. Although Americans are used to eating more than 22.2 teaspoons (or 355 calories) of added sugar a day, the recommended limit is 10 teaspoons, or 100 calories a day. A new study…
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Juicing Tips – What combinations of fruits & vegetables would be best to juice?

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Juicing Tips

We consider daily juicing of primarily organic vegetables and fruits to be an essential part of any long term healing program. Juicing provides a highly effective and efficient way for the body to be able to absorb essential nutrients into the blood and cells, taking a little as a few minutes for the body to start utilizing these nutrients.
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NaturalEyeCare™ started in 1999 to help the public and professionals learn about complementary care in eye disease treatment.

The information and recommendations we offer are based on over 30 years of peer review research and personal clinical experience which guides us in providing a valuable resource to our readers, customers and patients regarding maintaining healthy vision naturally.

We believe that vision health is intimately connected to overall mental, physical and spiritual health. Therefore we encourage people to look at their overall lifestyle and diet as part of keeping healthy vision and reducing the risk of eye disease onset. This includes diet, regular exercise, and management of daily stress. If one has health issues such as high blood pressure, a thyroid imbalance, any autoimmune disease and/or are on medication(s), these possible contributions to eye disease should considered when working with your health care professional.

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