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Drinking Beetroot Juice Significantly Lowers Blood Pressure
Posted by SoundHealth on Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The vegetable beetroot has many powerful health benefits. It is a powerful cancer-fighter and also helps to reduce inflammation, due to the beneficial pigments it contains, which also give beetroot its rich, red color. ...
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Vitamin K Lowers Cancer Risk
Posted by SoundHealth on Friday, April 30, 2010
Vitamin K is an often overlooked nutrient but not only is it essential for many bodily functions, it also has an impressive array of benefits, including lowering the risk of cancer. Two new studies have found that vit ...
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Brown Rice Offers Cardiovascular Protection
Posted by SoundHealth on Friday, April 30, 2010
Rice is naturally high in fiber and other healthful nutrients so is generally a healthful addition to the diet. However, not all rice is equally nutritious, and brown rice or whole grain rice is nutritionally superior to ...
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Sauerkraut Is A Health Food Packed with Cancer-Fighting Compounds
Posted by SoundHealth on Friday, April 30, 2010
Fermented cabbage - otherwise known as sauerkraut - offers remarkable health benefits. When foods such as cabbage are fermented, their digestibility and vitamin levels are enhanced. They produce useful enzymes as well as ...
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The Amazing Health Benefits of Himalayan Crystal Salt - the Purest Salt on Earth
Posted by SoundHealth on Friday, April 23, 2010
Salt is an essential mineral for good health - the body cannot live without it. However, there are enormous differences between standard, refined table salt and cooking salt commonly available and natural health-promotin ...
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Millet: An Easily Digested Healthy Whole Grain
Posted by SoundHealth on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Millet is a delicious cereal grain that is much-ignored but has many valuable health benefits. Although it is a common ingredient in bird seed, it has much more benefits for human health. This high-quality, protein-rich ...
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Broccoli Is Packed with Nutrients and Is a Potent Cancer-Fighter
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, April 15, 2010
Broccoli is a versatile, highly nutritious vegetable; in fact it tops the list of common vegetables for nutrient content. It is high in many valuable vitamins and minerals, and like all vegetables from the cruciferous fa ...
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The Many Health Benefits of Garlic
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, April 12, 2010
Garlic is one of the most impressive and potent of natural foods, with its powerful antibiotic, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal properties, garlic is one food that you should be eating every day. The sulfur- ...
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Vitamin C: An Amazing Super-Nutrient With Powerful Healing Properties
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, April 01, 2010
Vitamin C in a wonder nutrient that has powerful antioxidant properties. It naturally protects every cell in the body from damage caused by free radicals that are by-products of pollution and other chemical processes. Am ...
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Phytonutrients Explained
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, April 01, 2010
Phytochemicals or phytonutrients are chemical compounds that naturally occur in plants, and have protective, disease-preventing properties. A variety of these beneficial compounds have been identified by researchers i ...
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Green Beans Are Packed with Valuable Fitness-Building Nutrients
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, March 29, 2010
Green beans, also called string beans, are a variety of legume, and the relative of peas, peanuts, lentils and other varieties of dried beans. They are one of only a few varieties of beans that can be eaten fresh. Unlike ...
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Vitamin D: The Super-Nutrient That Is Essential For Good Health
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, March 25, 2010
It's becoming increasingly clear from all the new research is that vitamin D deficiency may be the root cause behind many degenerative diseases. Insufficient vitamin D is linked to virtually every age-related disorder in ...
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Coconut Oil For Beautiful Skin and Hair
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, March 15, 2010
Coconut oil is a natural and highly beneficial oil for healthy, youthful, disease-free skin and hair. When coconut oil is applied topically or taken internally, it helps to keep the skin soft and smooth and gives hair a ...
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Eat a Variety of Vegetables for Better Health
Posted by SoundHealth on Friday, March 12, 2010
Almost every vegetable that that has been studied has been found to contain substances that benefit health, from the heart and blood, to countering the formation of tumors. Fresh vegetables, when cooked correctly and eat ...
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The Amazing Benefits of Coconut Oil As A Food and Medicine
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Coconut oil possesses remarkable healing properties and has been used as both a food and medicine around the world for centuries. Modern research has confirmed the effectiveness of this amazing oil for a wide range of he ...
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Eggs Are A Superfood
Posted by SoundHealth on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Scientists have found that eggs are one of the most nutrient-dense foods available, and they should be considered a superfood, due to their ability to boost health and even help tackle obesity, according to researchers b ...
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Enzymes in Food Provide Health and Longevity
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, March 08, 2010
Enzymes are complex proteins that act as catalysts in almost every biochemical process that takes place in the body. Their activity depends on the presence of adequate levels of vitamins and minerals, particularly magnes ...
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Vitamin A Is a Powerful Antioxidant and All-Important Nutrient
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, March 08, 2010
Vitamin A is an all-important nutrient on which many chemical processes in the body depend. Without adequate levels of vitamin A, proteins, minerals and water-soluble vitamins cannot be utilized by the body. This pow ...
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Vitamin E: One Of the Most Powerful Natural Antioxidants
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, February 25, 2010
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that is found in a wide selection of foods, but many people do not get sufficient amounts from their diet. Generally, the body builds up its own stores of fat-soluble vitamins, but vita ...
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Why the Sweetener Aspartame Is a Deadly Toxin
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, February 25, 2010
Aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in diet sodas and other sugar-free foods, is one of the most toxic substances that is added to food. This sweetener, commonly marketed under brand names like [i]NutraSweet[/i] or ...

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