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nutrition

Study Suggests Westernized Diet Leads To Obesity Via Gut Microbes

November 12, 2009

Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD
From: Medical News Today.com
US researchers who transplanted human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice and then switched their diet from a low-fat plant-based one to a more Westernized diet, high in fat and sugars, found that within one day obesity-linked microbes were thriving in the gut and the mice eventually became obese.
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Get the Most Nutrition from Your Veggies…with a little FAT!

October 27, 2009

by Allison Abrey
From NPR.org
Tomatoes are certainly nutritious — a good source of the antioxidants lycopene and beta-carotene. But consider this: if you eat a tomato without adding a little fat — say a drizzle of olive oil — your body is unlikely to absorb all these nutrients.
Scientists at Iowa State University figured this out a [...]

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Holistic nutrition and wellness with Dr. Samuel Shay

December 5, 2008

If eating is so natural, how can nutrition be so mind-boggling? Answer those nagging nutritional questions that have been bugging you for months at a program featuring holistic nutrition expert Dr. Samuel Shay on Friday, Dec. 12.
Dr. Shay is a graduate of Parker College of Chiropractic. He ran a successful natural nutrition co-op in California [...]

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