News tagged with leafy greens

Gene discovery reveals importance of eating your greens

(Medical Xpress)—Eating your greens may be even more important that previously thought, with the discovery that an immune cell population essential for intestinal health could be controlled by leafy greens ...

Immunology Mar 04, 2013 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0 |

Diet, 'anti-aging' supplements may help reverse blood vessel abnormality

A diet low in grains, beans and certain vegetables—combined with "anti-aging" supplements—improved blood vessel function, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular ...

Cardiology May 01, 2013 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

You can help reduce your colon cancer risk, expert says

(HealthDay)—Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but there are ways you can help prevent it, an expert says.

Cancer Mar 08, 2013 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Dietary inorganic nitrate may reduce heart dysfunction caused by powerful anti-cancer drug

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that nutrient supplementation, like the kind that is found in leafy greens, spinach and lettuce, may reduce the damage to the heart caused by a powerful anti-cancer ...

Cardiology May 19, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches

(AP) -- Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do?

Health Nov 15, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 3

Drinking cup of beetroot juice daily may help lower blood pressure

A cup of beetroot juice a day may help reduce your blood pressure, according to a small study in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

Health Apr 15, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0