Goji: A Miracle Health Drink?

Are you familiar with Himalayan Goji Juice? I have heard many health claims, including strong anti-aging effects for goji berries.

Goji berries seem to be the continuing rage among those who think a single food can accomplish nutritional miracles. The health claims being made for them and their juice are wide-ranging: anti-aging effects; implied benefits in the prevention and treatment of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, digestive problems; and, of course, weight loss, always a sure-fire way to attract customers. Although promoters mention "studies" that supposedly support these effects, to my knowledge no scientific studies investigating specific actions against disease have been published in peer-reviewed journals. Read more...

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Detox Your Liver with These Natural Herbs

(NaturalNews) Maybe you have a childhood memory of forgetting to clean your fish tank's filter. After all, it's easy to forget a fish tank even has a filter until it's so clogged up it starts to malfunction. Eventually, the tank is covered in slime and the health of your fish begins to fail. This scenario is much like the way we view our liver today. We often overlook the importance of the liver until it begins to adversely affect our health. However, this organ plays a vital role in cleansing, detoxifying and purification on a daily basis. The liver is also where many important nutrients are metabolized. Without a healthy liver, we cannot be healthy. Read more...

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Body Burden Testing for Toxins?

Body burden tests measure levels of environmental toxins accumulating in our bodies via analysis of blood, urine, breast milk and other fluids and tissues. Also called bio-monitoring, the tests can tell us something about the extent of our exposure to various substances, but not necessarily what the effects of this "burden," if any, will be.



The tests became a hot topic in October 2007, after CNN ran a report on a family in California that had them performed back in 2004. Results showed than the two children, then 18 months and five years old, had seven times the exposure to contaminants including the flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE's) of their parents. PDBEs are known to cause thyroid dysfunction in lab rats. So far, no problems have surfaced in the children, Read more...

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