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" For women, eating just two handfuls of nuts a week may extend their lives as much as by jogging four hours a week. "
Michael Greger
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" Among identical twins who have the exact same genes, one may die early of a heart attack and the other may live a long, healthy life - depending on their lifestyle and what they eat. "
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" People tend to eat poorly because it's convenient; it's what's around them. But you can make the switch. I think the way to do that is to just make fruits and vegetables as convenient as possible to eat. "
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" Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human. "
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" When any fat is heated to frying temperatures, toxic volatile chemicals that can cause genetic mutations are released into the air. "
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" Nitric oxide is a key biological messenger within the body. When released by the cells lining your arteries, it makes the walls of the arteries relax, allowing more blood to flow. "
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" Don't forget that fruit can be cooked - think of baked apples, poached pears and grilled pineapple. But if you like drinking fruit, blending will preserve more nutrition and fibre than juicing. "
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" Scientists suggest that the link between consuming poultry and cancer spread may be due to carcinogens in cooked meat. For unknown reasons, these carcinogens build up more in the muscles of chickens and turkeys than in those of other animals. "
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" Women with a higher intake of berries appeared to have delayed cognitive aging by 2.5 years. So it's like your brain is 2.5 years younger if you're eating berries. "
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" A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta with tomato sauce can be tweaked to whole-grain pasta with added vegetables. "
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" Remove all the junk from one's house. Then one doesn't have to deal with the temptation. If you get hungry enough, you will eat that apple. "
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" You can actually take people with these precancerous lesions, and basically paint black raspberries on them, and they nearly vanish. "
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" Tobacco smoke contains chemicals that weaken the body's immune system, making it more susceptible to disease and handicapping its ability to destroy cancer cells. "
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" In my clinical practice, the one diagnosis I always dreaded giving was Alzheimer's. Billions have been spent on research, but there's still neither a cure nor an effective treatment. "
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" In nature, disease-causing strains of avian influenza rarely spread far because the birds sicken and die before they can fly to spread it to others. "
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" Milk contains growth hormones designed by Mother Nature to put a few hundred pounds on a baby calf within a few months. "
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" About a quarter of lung cancer cases occur in people who have never smoked. One cause may be another potential carcinogen: fumes from frying. "
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" When the FDA announced its intentions to join other countries and ban quinolone use on U.S. chicken farms, the drug manufacturer Bayer initiated legal action that successfully delayed the process for five years. "
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