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03/01/2025

Lycopene is a natural food nutrient that has been recognized as being beneficial for good prostate gland health. However, did you know that this plant nutrient, the source of the red in red tomato sauce, has a number of other valuable uses in the body? These benefits include "improved heart health, sunburn prevention, and protection against certain cancers." Make sure you have some lycopene in your diet, or take lycopene-containing supplements. Your body will thank you.

Lycopene is an antioxidant found in red and pink fruits that has been linked to various beneficial effects. This article looks at the health benefits and top food sources of lycopene.

01/19/2025

I have been constantly touting the benefits of taking Vitamin D supplements. Here is another benefit... reduction of dementia.

It's "associated with significantly longer dementia-free survival," scientists say.

01/18/2025

Bacillus spores... they are not killed by heat. When I am overseas I always double boil water... let it boil, then cool for two hours then boil again. I can then cook... or brush my teeth!... with water in safety. With pasta, even here in the US, mix in your tomato sauce with the pasta immediately after cooking. My grandparents and parents always did this, but my guess is they did it due to family tradition, not knowing exactly why. The scientific reason to do this is that the acid in the tomato sauce inhibits bacillus sporulation! I guess this is natural selection in progress. The general rule with starchy foods like pasta or rice: don't let them sit at room temperature, rather cook and serve. Quickly refrigerate any unconsumed portions. And do not forget to add your tomato sauce to your pasta as a free, safe, preservative!
See video for more on this:

7637 likes, 290 comments. “Don’t let your body get fried by fried rice syndrome”

01/12/2025

I planted a couple of bald cypress trees and gingko trees on my property about thirty years ago. I was anticipating the arrival of Dutch Elm Disease that could kill the five American Elms I had on my property. Sure enough the disease hit and all my elms had to be removed. Then the emerald ash borers hit and killed my massive ash tree, which I then replaced with a tulip tree, but thank goodness I had planned ahead with the bald cypress trees or my little forest would be barren. Here is an article on bald cypress trees. You should consider planting this tree up north in Illinois, especially in wet areas and elsewhere even if the spot is not perfect. They are absolutely beautiful and majestic. Don't forget, you plant trees for future generations, but you can enjoy them as well!

Lessons learned: Bald cypress is a tree to know Don’t you wish you knew then what you know now? Speaking from experience, when I first began studying plants, people

11/20/2024

Good news for coffee drinkers. Coffee is good for your good bacteria, meaning it is good for you too!. "Indeed, this new study reinforced their belief and showed significant yield of “good” bacteria for the belly." https://www.thehealthy.com/digestive-health/news-coffee-gut-health-study-italy-november-2024/?

Italian and Harvard researchers found "the strongest link between an individual food or drink, and a specific bacteria, ever identified."

11/18/2024

This is a very interesting advance in potentially arresting the advance of prostate cancer.

Our study involving both prostate cancer murine models and patients elucidates the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which white button mushroom nutraceutical intervention modulates the immune res...

10/08/2024

Intetesting connection betweed reducing inflammation and slowing the ageing process. ... use of the anti-rejection drug rapamycin.

A drug used to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant patients is being touted for potentially slowing down aging. Experts comment on the potential benefits and the need for more research.

10/05/2024

Here is another good reason to take zinc supplements (but do not over do it)... Zinc blocks some bacteria from obtaining the genes that make them resistant to antibiotics.

Genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can spread from microbe to microbe through circular genetic material called plasmids, and this lateral transfer occurs in the gut. In Applied and Environmental Microbiology, researchers in Iowa report that the transmission of some AMR plasmids may...

09/05/2024

All of a sudden my Facebook shows nothing but ads and videos. No updates from friends at all. Zero!

08/15/2024

To Carol Chappell Nahrstadt.... Facebook will not let me contact you (don't know why) so send me a note at my regular email. Thanks.

06/14/2024

I have been touting the benefits of vitamin D for quite a few years. This includes the taking of vitamin D as a means of improving the odds of surviving a Covid 19 infection. Now here is some positive information that vitamin D extends your life expectancy as well.

Vitamin D extended the lifespan of killifish, a recent study found, suggesting the vitamin could have similar effects in humans.

05/22/2024

Cousins in town!