Basic Pursuits

A recent study suggests that the best way to cook vegetables is to
microwave them. Researchers measured the free-radical eating
anti-oxidants before and after various methods of cooking. Vegies
cooked in the microwave retained the most anti-oxidants.

I've tried this with broccoli and it works pretty good. Put your broccoli in
a microwavable dish with a little water and you have very green
broccoli with a nice texture.

The American Dietetic Association recently offered up 10 diet and lifestyle recommendations to cut the risk of your developing cancer.

Here are four secrets to living longer.

Here's a list of really good chow.

• Beans
• Blueberries
• Broccoli
• Oats
• Oranges
• Pumpkin
• Salmon
• Soy
• Spinach
• Tea (green or black)
• Tomatoes
• Turkey
• Walnuts
• Yogurt

Make these foods the basis of your diet and soon you'll be among the healthiest people on the planet.

'Superfoods' Everyone Needs

The headlines are raging about the dangers of tomatoes. A bacterial infection has sickened about 100 people and the FDA is frantically auditing the nation's tomatoes.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans continue to gorge on food that will eventually kill them after a long and expensive illness. Why aren't the dangers of sugar-coated doughnuts in the headlines?
Most people with a bacterial stomach infection will recover in a couple of days.

In what can be described as a quickie study, British researchers determined that eating lots of tomato paste did two great things for the skin: first, it enhanced the skin's protection against sunburn by 33%, the equivalent of a low factor sunscreen; second, it promoted a much higher level of procollagen, a molecule that gives the skin its structure and keeps it firm.

I'm forever seeking ways to eat whole grains (yep, I want to live longer). I eat a lot and really can't get enough calories eating just protein, fruits and vegetables. I've got to eat grains. There are a lot of good reasons to eat whole grains.

My three staples are oatmeal, bread and brown rice.

People have thought for a while that omega3 fatty acids are good for the brain. Now according to Science Daily, researchers have proved it.

UCLA scientists have confirmed that fish oil is indeed a deterrent
against Alzheimer's, and they have identified the reasons why.

Specifically,

More good news for flaxseed eaters. Researchers at Duke say that the little jewels "stunt the growth of prostate tumors."

Earlier studies showed that men who took flaxseeds along with a low fat diet experienced shrinkage in prostate tumors. This study demonstrated that taking the flaxseeds alone shrunk the tumors. Therefore, it's the flax. Just the flax, ma'am.

This is interesting.
A recent study reported in the American Heart Journal suggests that wine drinkers, particularly wine drinkers with coronary hearty disease (CDC), tended to have higher levels of Omega3s in their blood than non-drinkers.
The abstract of the study concluded: