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Body health and nutrition
Everyone knows spinach powered Popeye, but have you ever heard of a spinach powered battery? Some researchers found that using spinach actually increased battery power! They picked spinach because of its high iron and nitrogen content, and have been “surprised”…
Yes, you read that headline right. Splenda has a higher glycemic index than table sugar does! I was floored when I found this out. Table sugar has a glycemic index of 65, while Splenda has a glycemic index of 80!…
A study done in 2008 shows that green and black teas may lower folic acid absorption in the body, by anywhere between 17% to 39%. What is Folic Acid? Folic Acid is a B vitamin that is needed for the…
Green tea has some superb and unbelievable health benefits!
What’s that you say? Never heard of Overnight Oats? Well neither had I until I heard a co-worker mention them. Turns out I had been missing out on this unusual way of preparing oats. Overnight Oats are oats that have…
Some bloggers claim that studies that show vegetarians outlive their omnivores are invalid because vegetarians are often healthy in other areas as well. They claim we should throw out the data for omnivores that are “like obesity, diabetes“. The point…
