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ere’s an easy trick for cranking up the disease-fighting power of your peanuts: Roast them.
Peanuts already pack a solid protein, fiber, and fatty-acid punch. But a new study suggests that dark roasting your peanuts will release more disease-fighting phenolic compounds from the nuts’ cellular structures.
Fire Up Those Antioxidants
Phenolic compounds are antioxidants that [...]

Get more nutrition from your blueberries by tossing them into a steamy bowl of oatmeal instead of cold cereal and milk.
Why? Because a recent study revealed that combining blueberries and milk in the same meal could block your body’s absorption of the antioxidant goodness in the berries.
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eep your skeleton strong and fracture-free by serving that calcium supplement with a salad on the side.
Salad? Yep, salad. A 4-year study found that older adults with the highest intakes of carotenoids — think tomatoes, carrots, and leafy greens for major sources — retained more bone mineral density than folks eating fewer [...]

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Fruit, veggies, exercise — they all make the heart-healthy list. And now, according to a new study, so does this breakfast staple: cereal.
But we’re not talking about Cocoa Puffs. We’re talking about whole-grain cereals — like steel-cut oats, shredded wheat, or muesli. Men in a study who noshed at least once a week [...]

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For blood sugar as balanced as a Russian gymnast, try adding lentils to your diet.
According to Jonny Bowden, PhD, author ofThe 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, these earthy little legumes are chock-full of soluble fiber — one of nature’s niftiest gifts for keeping blood sugar in check.
A Slow, Steady Drip
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Kick your holiday fat suit to the curb permanently by adding this food to your diet: yogurt.
Several studies suggest that extra calcium in the diet (and yogurt’s got lots) may inhibit fat absorption in the small intestine. And that means having less of it to store around your hips, thighs, and belly.
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From the land of olives and gyros comes the key to sidestepping a low mood.
Eating a Mediterranean-style diet appears to help lower the risk of depression by about 30 percent, thanks to a high concentration of good-for-you-fats and B vitamins.
Opa!
Olives, fresh seafood, hummus served with crisp veggies — items [...]

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Alas, the fresh fruits of summer are a distant memory for many right now. But chin up! You might be able to get just as much nutrition with this winter alternative: freeze-dried.
A recent study showed that, ounce for ounce, freeze-dried black raspberries contain even more cancer-fighting anthocyanins than fresh berries do. And [...]

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The average person passes gas about 14 times a day, and normally it doesn’t smell bad. But what about when it does?
Here’s one tip. Go easy on eggs, meat, beer, beans, and cauliflower. They all release nose-assaulting hydrogen sulfide when broken down by bacteria in the gut.
Sulfur Solution
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Getting older is inevitable. But how fast you get there is almost completely in your hands. So start putting on the brakes by eating more of these: nuts and berries.
Research shows that foods high in vitamin E (like almonds) and vitamin C (like strawberries) may help slow aging on a cellular level.
How [...]