Get juiced. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
Concord grape juice is as good a source of flavonoids--powerful disease-fighting antioxidants--as antioxidant supplements. That's the finding of a study by the University of California at Davis, published in the December 2002 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Participants who drank Concord grape juice reduced the ability of...

Not enough. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
Every year Americans become more aware of the importance of dietary fiber, but their consumption of it lags far behind their understanding. They consume only about half of the amount recommended for a healthy diet, a July 2002 report from the American Dietetic Association (ADA) says. Americans take in...

E for excellent. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
New studies from around the globe attest to the importance of vitamin E, found in almonds, wheat germ, turnip greens and other foods. Researchers from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain, whose study on mental activity was published in the October 2002 Journal of Nutrition, found that elderly participants...

Good--and good for you. (Scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
It may be no accident that South Asian vegetarian cuisine tastes good. It's also good for you, so Mother Nature knew what she was doing when she made it so tempting. A study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine published in the May 10, 2002 issue...

Caffeine buzz. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
The caffeine that gets into your bloodstream can take its toll on your mind and body until bedtime--and for years to come, according to a study conducted by Duke University Medical Center and reported in the July/August 2002 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. "The caffeine we drink enhances the effects...

Seasonings greetings. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
An American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) report issued in June 2002 says many natural seasonings are rich in powerful, plant-based chemicals that ward off cancer, heart disease and other ailments. Oregano, for example, protects against breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers. Turmeric slows the spread of prostate cancer cells...

Spread the news. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
A margarine spread enriched with plant sterols can help reduce "bad" cholesterol levels in children who inherit high cholesterol levels from their parents. In tests conducted by the National Hospital in Oslo, Sweden, and the Unilever Health Institute in the Netherlands, and reported in the August 2002 American Journal...

Take heart. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
By boosting their intake of fruits and vegetables to five servings per day, participants in an Oxford University study published in the June 8, 2002 issue of the British medical journal The Lancet reduced their blood pressure, which is important in warding off heart disease. Adults in the 700-participant...

Drink up. (Scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
Participants in a Japanese study who drank at least one cup of green tea per day were 42 percent less likely to suffer heart attacks than those who did not, reports a Japanese study published in the November 15, 2002 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. Green tea...

Hawthorn's happening. (Scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
In a German study, published in the May 2002 issue of the American Heart Journal, heart-attack sufferers were better able to exercise after taking hawthorn extract, a European herb whose benefits are only now being recognized by medical science. Used medicinally for two centuries in Europe, hawthorn has also...