Fried foods not a heart health risk if you use the right oils, say researchers
by Tara Green

(NaturalNews) A common dietary fallacy among many people, resulting from misinformation in media outlets, is fear of fats. If you still harbor lingering anxieties about consuming any type of oil for fear you will have a heart attack, fear no more. A recent study in Spain found that eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil does not cause heart disease.
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Acai diet pill promoters settle over alleged fake news stories
By Matt Stevens

Marketers of acai berry weight-loss pills used fake news stories to attract customers, according to complaints by the Federal Trade Commission. (www.herbalextractsplus.com) Online promoters of swift weight loss from acai berry diet pills have agreed to a multimillion dollar settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
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High blood sugar level makes you look older

There’s mounting evidence that you age more quickly if you have a high blood sugar level. The latest indication comes from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and will be published soon in Age. According to the article, the higher your glucose level, the older your face looks.
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Red beets and beet juice top the list of healing antioxidants due to polyphenol and betalain concentration
by Donna Earnest Pravel

(NaturalNews) One ingredient found in many of today’s green super-food formulas is red beet root powder, which is made from dehydrated beets and then ground into a powder. Although the benefits of beets are not often shouted through the rooftops, red beet roots and beet juice have a storehouse of plant-sourced nutrients and a tremendous amount of healing potential. Beets are a very good source of dietary fiber, potassium, manganese, and folate.
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Intermittent fasting and high intensity fitness boost HGH
by Dr. David Jockers

(NaturalNews) The human body was designed very efficiently for times of scarcity and stress. Food scarcity was a common reality and the body has developed specific pathways to be very efficient in times of fasting. In times of stress, for survival purposes we adapted a fight or flight mode that forces us to work our bodies at a very high-intensity for a relatively short period of time. The combination of intermittent fasting and high intensity exercise promotes hormones that improve tissue healing and metabolic processes.
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3 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda
By Leah Zerbe

Soda—it’s actually grosser than you thought. You already know it’s not good for you, but these three facts could help you quit soda—cold turkey. By now, it’s probably fair to say that most Americans know soda isn’t a health-promoting drink. Over the years, the carbonated beverage has been blamed for the obesity epidemic and rising healthcare costs. Some public health experts have even called for a soda tax to help deter people from drinking so much of it. While love handles and diabetes are obvious problems associated with soda, drinking the sweet carbonated beverages harbors hidden threats, too.
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Fact: 80 percent of U.S. pharmaceuticals made with overseas ingredients, nearly half produced in foreign facilities never inspected by FDA
by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Big Pharma advocates (the few that exist outside the corrupt government structure and the drug industry itself) regularly defend the industry with claims that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains strict regulatory protocols that ensure safety. But a new report reveals that not only are most drug ingredients sourced from unregulated foreign sources, but nearly half of all drug production facilities are located overseas, most of which have never been inspected by FDA.
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Why Coffee Drinking Reduces the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

ScienceDaily — Why do heavy coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease on the increase around the world that can lead to serious health problems? Scientists are offering a new solution to that long-standing mystery in a report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry.
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SOPA and PIPA bills could threaten natural health websites with government-ordered shutdown
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

(NaturalNews) On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, NaturalNews.com went “dark” to protest SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act” that is actually a thinly-veiled government censorship effort. We are also protesting PIPA, the “Protect IP Act,” which is similarly destructive in its effects. You may have arrived at this page from our mock “seizure” index page which depicts what might happen if SOPA becomes law.
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Intermittent, low-carbohydrate diets – more effective than standard diets
by Michelle Bosmier

(NaturalNews) A new study coming from a team of scientists at the Genesis Prevention Center, University Hospital in South Manchester, England reveals that intermittent, low-carb diets are more efficient in reducing weight and insulin blood levels than regular diets. High levels of insulin are directly linked to the risk of developing cancer and other diseases. The results were presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, which was held December 6-10, 2011.
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Seaweed fibers boost weight loss
by Michelle Bosmier

(NaturalNews) A team of scientists at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark has discovered evidence that seaweed fibers have a high corrective impact on obesity.
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Marijuana smoking better for lungs than cigarettes
by Tara Green

(NaturalNews) Marijuana smoking, at least at moderate levels, does not harm lungs but actually improves airflow rates and lung capacity. That’s the finding of a recent study published in the January 11, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Endurance Exercise Linked to Damage in Right Ventricle of Heart

ScienceDaily — Researchers have found the first evidence that some athletes who take part in extreme endurance exercise such as marathons, endurance triathlons, alpine cycling or ultra triathlons may incur damage to the right ventricles of their hearts — one of the four chambers in the heart involved in pumping blood around the body.
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New study: nicotine dramatically improves and normalizes failing memory in elders
by S. L. Baker, features writer

(NaturalNews) Tobacco is some kind of “devil weed,” only good for making chemical-laden products like cigarettes, known to promote cancer. At least, that’s the current take on this plant. But that’s certainly not the whole truth about tobacco, which has been used historically by many cultures both in religious rituals and also as a natural therapy for various ailments from colds to tuberculosis.
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Natural cranberry juice more effective than pills for fighting infections
by Michelle Bosmier

(NaturalNews) A new study from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts confirms that natural cranberry juice is more effective in fighting infections than pills containing concentrated doses of the flavonoids found in cranberries. The study published in the Food Science and Biotechnology journal was led by Dr. Terri Camesano, professor of chemical engineering.
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