Not a Sure Shot for Health

MonaVie is one of the hottest nutritional products right now, and it comes with health claims that are as numerous as its many neighborhood distributors. But this product could not only drain your wallet, it could harm your health.

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A Crispy Way to Protect Your DNA

Preventing DNA damage and boosting the body’s antioxidant defenses at the cellular level may help lessen aging and reduce the risk of some cancers. And now it appears you can get that protection just by eating watercress.

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A High-Fat Fruit for Detox

Beets and grapefruit juice both help protect your liver and aid in detoxification. Now you can add avocados to your liver-defending list. Researchers at Shizuoka University in Japan fed 22 different fruits to a group of rats. The rats had liver damage caused by galactosamine, a powerful liver toxin. The researchers then measured the changes…

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Drink This to Protect Against Parkinson’s

Current treatments for Parkinson’s disease, like most pharmaceuticals, are associated with serious side effects. But researchers at State Key Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Science in Beijing have found a safe and promising alternative: green tea. In a new study published in Biological Psychiatry , researchers investigated the effects of green tea polyphenols in an…

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