Ginger is a flowering plant whose root is widely used as a spice, and, in many cultures, as a traditional medicine. Ginger’s scientific name is Zingiber officinale. Ginger has been in use as a food since at least 1,500 BC, and was first recorded as a medicinal...
Whether drinking, gargling or swallowing an extract in a capsule, green tea is effective at warding off influenza and other upper respiratory tract illnesses. These are the findings of a new meta-analysis that included a review of the effectiveness of tea gargling and...
Children who eat a diet that includes regular fruit and vegetables have better mental well-being, a new UK study has found. The research, published in September in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, found eating more fruit and veggies was linked to improved...
A new study has once again demonstrated that a diet rich in flavonoid foods will help improve blood pressure, but this study comes with a twist: It found the blood pressure improvements were more significant when test subjects had a healthy gut microbiome. Flavonoids...
You probably know the antioxidants in fruits and vegetables are powerful immune building nutrients, but did you know they are also a powerful antidote for stress? These are the findings of researchers from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. The university has...
Research on green tea is not difficult to find. Since green tea has been used medicinally for hundreds of years, both scientific and observational studies abound. 2020 is no different, with a number of new studies seeing publication in scientific journals. A number of...
