TRAVEL: A TOUCH OF PARADISE Helmer, Jodi
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Helmer recalls his recent travel to the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean. At just 37 square miles, Saint Martin is the smallest island in the world to be ruled by two sovereign powers. The ...Netherlands Antilles rules the southern part of the island called Sint Maarten, and France rules the north, Saint Martin. Although the island is small, both northern and southern regions have their own distinct vibe. The French side is home to secluded white sand beaches and expanses of farmland tucked into the mountainside, while upscale resorts and bathing suit-clad tourists dominate the beaches and boardwalks of the Dutch side.
"There are a lot of misconceptions about saturated fats," explains Bruce Fife, CN, ND, director of the Coconut Research Center and author of The Coconut Oil Miracle and Cooking with Coconut Flour. ...Coconut oil ran be substituted for butter, shortening, margarine and vegetable oil in recipes ranging from cookies to stir-fried vegetables.
Chinese research published in the European journal of Pharmacology in June 2003 and Life Sciences in March 2005 showed that goji berries can promote immune response and may prevent cancer cells from ...spreading.
especially for kids Helmer, Jodi
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Jane Guiltinan, a Seattle-based ND and president of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, notes that poor appetites and erratic eating habits often prevent children from getting the ...proper vitamins and minerals from their diets.
Recent research published in the September 25, 2005 issue of the World Journal of Urology found that men with mild symptoms of bladder outlet obstruction, commonly caused by BPH, who took saw ...palmetto were able to halt the symptoms' progression.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston concluded that long-term use of multivitamins containing folic acid could reduce the risk of colon cancer in women, according to a study in the October ...1, 1998 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. The scientists concluded in the January 2001 issue of the Annals of Epidemiology that male non-drinkers who had diets high in folate, as well as methionine (an amino acid found in meat, fish and dairy products), were at lower risk for colon cancer. Earlier research had equated low levels of vitamin B12 and folic acid with high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that has been linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke and dementia.
