Source: How a 3-Day Fast Resets Your Immune System by Dr. Edward Group The benefits of fasting are many and various. Fasting supports good health by promoting a healthy body weight, encouraging normal cognitive function, and even facilitating detoxification. Now, research has also shown that fasting may help reset the immune system. How Does Fasting Reset the Immune … Continue reading How a 3-Day Fast Resets Your Immune System
The Importance of Healthy Fats for Nutrient Absorption
Source: The Importance of Healthy Fats for Nutrient Absorption by Dr. Edward Group Since the 1960s, Americans have been obsessed with cutting all fat out of our diets. In that same time frame, rates of obesity and diabetes skyrocketed across all socioeconomic groups. How is it possible that reducing fat intake coincided with a 300% rise … Continue reading The Importance of Healthy Fats for Nutrient Absorption
10 Exciting Facts About Cayenne Pepper
Source: 10 Exciting Facts About Cayenne Pepper by Dr. Edward Group Cayenne pepper is a hot chilli pepper named from the Cayenne region of French Guiana. Whether to complete cajun food or to add some heat to vegetarian chili, cayenne pepper is one of my favorite peppers for spicing up a dish. The heat is from a phytochemical known … Continue reading 10 Exciting Facts About Cayenne Pepper
Study Finds Organic Food Is Higher in Antioxidants
Source: Study Finds Organic Food Is Higher in Antioxidants by Dr. Edward Group Chalk up another win for organic whole foods. New research has found that organic food contains more antioxidants than conventionally-grown food and may be one of the most potent ways to fight aging, reduce oxidative stress, and support energy. Organic Food Contains More Antioxidants … Continue reading Study Finds Organic Food Is Higher in Antioxidants
Incredibly Nutritious Fruit – Durian
“The King of Fruits”, the nickname for durian fruit, is not a coincidence. Durian fruit is incredibly nutritious in comparison with most other fruits. Growing in tropical parts of the world, this fruit can mainly be found in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Taste It has a rather distinguished flavor like no other tropical fruits we … Continue reading Incredibly Nutritious Fruit – Durian
5 Food Companies That Don’t Use BPA
Source: 5 Food Companies That Don’t Use BPA by Dr. Edward Group Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a dangerous, toxic compound used in the lining of food packaging. BPA contaminates food and makes its way into the body to wreak havoc. The brain, endocrine system, and hormones are all affected by BPA, and research shows that this compound is … Continue reading 5 Food Companies That Don’t Use BPA
Four amazing research-proven reasons you should be consuming resveratrol
Resveratrol is a polyphenol compound found in some plants, including the skins of dark colored grapes, the source of resveratrol in red wine. Resveratrol is also found in cranberries or cranberry juice, cacao or dark chocolate and peanuts. But the best source of resveratrol is Japanese or Chinese knotweed, used in supplements. [1] The knotweed … Continue reading Four amazing research-proven reasons you should be consuming resveratrol
What Are Coenzymes and How Are They Vital to Your Health?
Source: What Are Coenzymes and How Are They Vital to Your Health? by Dr. Edward Group Coenzymes are required in many enzymatic and metabolic processes in your body, in plants, and in animals. Without coenzymes, inactive enzymes would be unable to convert into their active forms to catalyze reactions, such as breaking down food for energy. … Continue reading What Are Coenzymes and How Are They Vital to Your Health?
Study Links Prenatal Exposure to Chemicals to a Higher BMI in Toddlers
The other day, a colleague of mine sent me over the results from a recent study that shows a link between higher body mass index (BMI) in toddlers, and the mothers’ prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants, such as pesticides found on the foods we eat [1]. The study, conducted by the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, … Continue reading Study Links Prenatal Exposure to Chemicals to a Higher BMI in Toddlers
Does It Matter How Late We Eat?
Source: Does It Matter How Late We Eat? by Dr. Edward Group Some may reason that it shouldn’t matter how late we eat just as long as the calories we consume are within range of what our bodies need. However, eating late affects the body in a different way than eating a larger meal at mid-day. … Continue reading Does It Matter How Late We Eat?
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 