Better Nutrition
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Articles in March 2006 issue of Better Nutrition
- Milk thistle: your liver is your body's detox center. Keeping it healthy is the key reason to reach for this herb
by Amber Ackerson - Why did your last diet fall? It could be pre-menopausal or menopausal weight gain. So if you're over 35 … and gaining weight in places you've never gained weight before … you're not alone! But researchers may have just discovered the solution!
- Neem: this living pharmacy could help you ward off nasty bugsand cancer
by Sheryll Alexander - Love your lotion: nourish the skin you're in with natural alternatives to conventional moisturizers
by Anna Soref - Zinc: this hard-working mineral is essential for health. Read on to determine who should be taking it
by Maureen Meyers Farrar - Special ingredient: licorice root: this sweet-tasting root benefits your body in many ways
by Carey Rossi - The super seed: the benefits of flaxseed are too abundant to pass up. Here's the lowdown on this healthful hero
by Christi Hanson - Gaining control: after years of migraine suffering, one woman faces her needle fears and challenges her spiky headaches
by Gretchen Roberts - The best herbs you've never heard of: Andrographis, guggul, passionflower and vinpocetine are lurking at a health food store near you. Here's why you should pick them up
by Kimberly J. Retzlaff - Ready, set, shop: fill your basket with our March picks
- Finding your center: yoga can help you form a better relationship with your body and improve you health, flexibility and tranquilityif you find the right class and instructor. Here's how
by Lisa Palmer - Asparagus: these succulent stalks seduced a king. Here's how to serve them up in royal fashion
by Suzanne Hall - A common mistake that prevents most people from losing weight… and how to avoid it! Have you ever felt tired, bloated and had trouble losing weight? This simple and often overlooked "first step" can help you successfully lose weight and be
- Mushrooms: from buttons to shiitakes, these umbrella-shaped fungi should sprout up in your grocery cart
by Monica Bhide - The healing kitchen: today, we hear a lot about foods that may ward off disease. Here, BN examines four of them and gives you delicious ways to put them to work for you
by Gretchen Roberts - Think faster!
- Buy herbs: use these 5 tips to shop for these fragrant cooking helpers
by Kim Colwyn - Pomegranate juice: the BN staff puts pomegranate's popularity to the test and finds some juicy ways to get this superfruit's disease-fighting benefits
by Cristina Carrilo - Smells like spring
by Carey Rossi - Pick a nut, any nut: these bona fide functional foods are chock-full of nutrients … now you just have to choose your favorite
by Heidi Hoff