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Rainbow Recipes – Cooking with flax
Here are two Rainbow Recipes using the health benefits of Flaxseed – it’s fibre and short-chain omega-3 – Flaxseed Cookies and Flaxseed Green Tea Muffins. Barbara Cox, the Rainbow Chef, is passionate about food and the benefits people get from eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and here she looks at how you can use Flaxseed, an important source of fibre…
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Olive oil can lengthen your life
Olive oil, a key component of theMediterranean diet, increases longevity particularly when coupled with other healthy oils like fish oil DHA, a healthy microbiome and exercise. First, Spanish researchers (1) analysing calorie intake and olive oil intake data taken from dietary questionnaires provided by 40,622 men and women aged 29 to 69 and living in Spain, recruited into the Europe-wide ´European…
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Fish oils linked (again) to anti-aging
Taking approximately 2 gm of omega-3 fish oil supplements a day increases the presence of telomeres in white blood cells and results in a boost to the immune system and increased longevity. A research study by Ohio State University researchers (1) found that overweight but healthy middle-aged and older adults who took a substantial amount (either 2.5 grams or 1.25 grams)…
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