Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food. ...Hippocrates

Daily RDA for Vitamin D and Food Sources High in Vitamin D

List of food sources high in vitamin D content and the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D.

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Diabetes: the Relationship between Vitamin D, Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Type II

Researchers report that vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher risk of insulin resistance, type 2 (II) diabetes.

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Spicing up your love life possible, study finds

Looking to spice up your sex life? Try adding ginseng and saffron to your diet. Both are proven performance boosters, according to a new scientific review of natural aphrodisiacs conducted by University of Guelph researchers.

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Use of Chinese Medicine by Cancer Patients: A Review of Surveys

Chinese medicine has been used to treat a variety of cancer-related conditions. This study aims to examine the prevalence and patterns of Chinese medicine usage by cancer patients.

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Why Were Starvation Diets Promoted for Diabetes in the Pre-insulin Period?

In the decade before the discovery of insulin, the prominent American physicians Frederick Allen and Elliott Joslin advocated severe fasting and undernutrition to prolong the lives of diabetic patients.

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HERBS AND HEALTH

Health Benefits of Garlic: A Review

Garlic has been widely recognized as an agent for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases, atherosclerosis, hypertension and diabetes. Read more...

NUTRITION IN DEPTH

Nutrition and Cancer: A Review of The Evidence for An Anti-cancer Diet

It has been estimated that 30–40 percent of all cancers can be prevented by lifestyle and dietary measures alone. Read more...
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