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A gastroenterologist reports on healthy digestion and nutrition for positive health and disease prevention
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Fish type, mercury and heart benefits
Fish, omega-3 fatty acids and heart: Fish contain high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid) which have been proven to be cardioprotective, i.e. good for heart. They prevent heart attacks. Studies suggest tha...
Right diet for child's sex: son or daughter?
Boy? Girl? Would-be mother’s diet, i.e. preconception diet, can help make the choice. This comes from a study titled, You are what your mother ate”, published in the journal Proc Biol Sci in 2008. If son is the choice, the......
Nurses smell stool for diarrhea cause: nursing nose makes odiferous diagnosis
Can nurses smell the diagnosis better than doctors and tests? Especially by smelling stool for cause of diarrhea? Nurses have long been contributing to astute observations that have stood the test of time. A shining example is Sister Mary Joseph's......
Apple a day, keeps colon cancer away
Does apple help health or is it a myth? Can it help against cancer? Do apple pectin and juice extract produce anticarcinogens during the fermentation in the colon? The answer seems to be yes. Dr. Waldecker and colleagues in the......
Organic food heals Crohn’s disease
Organic food—expensive! Should we eat this expensive organic food for better health in Crohn’s? Would organic diet be better for healing Crohn’s? Gasche and colleagues from Austria tested the hypothesis that organic diet is better for treating ...
