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Radicchio has been in existence since ancient times and Pliny the Elder, the ancient Roman philosopher, praised radicchio for its medicinal properties, claiming that it was useful as a blood purifier and an aid for insomniacs. He was definitely on to something because Royal Rose radicchio was officially certified a superfood based on a laboratory analysis of its nutritional breakdown! Read the full article to know all the benefits of this veggie.

Ashwagandha, one of the most powerful herbs in Ayurvedic healing, has been used since ancient times for a wide variety of conditions. In Sanskrit Ashwagandha means “the smell of a horse,” indicating that the herb imparts the vigor ...

Ashwagandha, one of the most powerful herbs in Ayurvedic healing, has been used since ancient times for a wide variety of conditions. In Sanskrit Ashwagandha means “the smell of a horse,” indicating that the herb imparts the vigor ...

Conclusion We demonstrated that the VDRE in the CAMP gene originated from the exaptation of an AluSx SINE in the lineage leading to humans, apes, OWMs and NWMs and remained under purifying selection for the last 55-60 million years. We present convincing evidence of an evolutionarily fixed, Alu-mediated divergence in steroid hormone nuclear receptor gene regulation between humans/primates and other mammals. Evolutionary selection to place the primate CAMP gene under regulation of the vitamin D pathway potentiates the innate immune response and may counter the anti-inflammatory properties of vitamin D. Exaptation of an ancient Alu short interspersed element provides a highly conserved vitamin D-mediated innate immune response in humans and primates. Gombart AF, Saito T, Koeffler HP. BMC Genomics. 2009 Jul 16;10:321. PMID: 19607716 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-321

Quinoa is classified as one of the oldest cereals in the world. It comes from South America, and people started to cultivate it in the area of Andes. The ancient civilization Inka knew about this food and used it.

Ginger is being used as medicine since ancient times. It is the widely cultivated herb across the globe. Ginger is used in different forms such as food, drinks, beauty products etc. In Ayurveda ginger is known as a god gift and has many health benefits. Ginger contains chromium, magnesium and zinc used for maintaining healthy and normal blood flow, morning sickness, increase metabolism, decrease pain etc.

"Susceptible strains of rodents fed high-fat diets overeat, gain fat and become profoundly insulin resistant. Dr. Jianping Ye's group recently published a paper showing that the harmful metabolic effects of a high-fat diet (lard and soybean oil) on mice can be prevented, and even reversed, using a short-chain saturated fatty acid called butyric acid (hereafter, butyrate). The butyrate-fed mice remained lean and avoided metabolic problems. Butyrate increased their energy expenditure by increasing body heat production and modestly increasing physical activity. It also massively increased the function of their mitochondria, the tiny power plants of the cell."

"NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An herb used since ancient times to treat liver ailments may help reduce the liver damage caused by some cancer drugs, a study published Monday suggests. In a study of 50 children undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), researchers found that an herb called milk thistle appeared to reduce treatment-related liver inflammation. The study, published online in the journal Cancer, is the first clinical trial to test the herb in children undergoing chemotherapy, and the investigators caution that more research is still needed. However, the findings are "promising" -- particularly since there is currently no way to help protect the liver from chemotherapy-induced damage, said senior researcher Dr. Kara M. Kelly, a pediatric oncologist at Columbia University Medical Center in New York."

"COLLEGE STATION - Mango. If you know little about this fruit, understand this: It's been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the lab. That's according to a new study by Texas AgriLife Research food scientists, who examined the five varieties most common in the U.S.: Kent, Francine, Ataulfo, Tommy/Atkins and Haden. Though the mango is an ancient fruit heavily consumed in many parts of the world, little has been known about its health aspects. The National Mango Board commissioned a variety of studies with several U.S. researchers to help determine its nutritional value. "If you look at what people currently perceive as a superfood, people think of high antioxidant capacity, and mango is not quite there," said Dr. Susanne Talcott, who with her husband, Dr. Steve Talcott, conducted the study on cancer cells. "In comparison with antioxidants in blueberry, acai and pomegranate, it's not even close." But the team checked mango against cancer cells anyway, and found it prevented or stopped cancer growth in certain breast and colon cell lines, Susanne Talcott noted. "It has about four to five times less antioxidant capacity than an average wine grape, and it still holds up fairly well in anticancer activity. If you look at it from the physiological and nutritional standpoint, taking everything together, it would be a high-ranking super food," she said. "It would be good to include mangoes as part of the regular diet." The Talcotts tested mango polyphenol extracts in vitro on colon, breast, lung, leukemia and prostate cancers. Polyphenols are natural substances in plants and are associated with a variety of compounds known to promote good health."

"Should you eat low carbohydrate and high saturated fat, or high carbohydrate and low fat, that is the question? This question is causing a tremendous back and forth in the medical and nutrition industry. It is unbelievable that the medical profession has not at least thoroughly tested the question. How is it that a magnificent experiment had been going on for 2.5 million years, the hunter gatherer Paleolithic life. This continued up to and until about about 10,000 years ago, with the advent of agriculture. After that time is when the diseases of the metabolic syndrome started to appear. This information is a matter of history. If a layman like me can recognize the validity of an experiment that continued for 2,5 million years, and produced healthy individuals, relative to the diseases of the metabolic syndrome, such as: obesity, diabetes type 2, cardiovascular disease and stroke, and some cancers to name just a few, then how is it, that the consensus opinion of the medical profession and nutritionists think that the hunter gatherer lifestyle of our ancient ancestors is unhealthful or dangerous? The consensus opinion says that low fat (trim all visible fat from the animal protein) and high carbohydrate food is the "healthy eating" choice for us. I personally know that instead of being healthy,it is unhealthy, because by following my doctors advice over the last 50 years many of the above mentioned diseases started to appear on my charts. "

"Grains might have been an important part of human diets much further back in our history than previous research has suggested. Although cupcakes and crumpets were still a long way off during the Middle Stone Age, new evidence suggests that at least some humans of that time period were eating starchy, cereal-based snacks as early as 105,000 years ago. The findings, gleaned from grass seed residue found on ancient African stone tools, are detailed online Thursday in Science. Researchers have assumed that humans were foraging for fruits, nuts and roots long before 100,000 years ago, but cereal grains are quite a new addition to the early prehistoric gastronomic picture. "This broadens the timeline for the use of grass seeds by our species," Julio Mercader, an assistant professor at University of Calgary's Department of Archeology and author of the paper, said in a prepared statement. "

When I wrote the Overcoming the Curse of the Mummies chapter in Protein Power, I wrote mainly about the evidence of disease found in the mummies of ancient Egyptians and correlated this disease with their high-carbohydrate diet. Along with all the material on mummies, which is the part everyone seems to remember, I wrote about a study done in the United States in the 1970s that persuasively demonstrated the superiority of the hunter diet as compared to an agricultural diet, which no one seems to remember. I came across that study a couple of days ago and decided to present it in a little more detail than I was able to in Protein Power. The anthropological record of early man clearly shows health took a nosedive when populations made the switch from hunting and gathering to agriculture. It takes a physical anthropologist about two seconds to look at a skeleton unearthed from an archeological site to tell if the owner of that skeleton was a hunter-gatherer or an agriculturist.

Berberine, a natural product, induces G1-phase cell cycle arrest and caspase-3-dependent apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells. Mantena SK, Sharma SD, Katiyar SK. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006 Feb;5(2):296-308. PMID: 16505103 doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-05-0448 The effectiveness of berberine in checking the growth of androgen-insensitive, as well as androgen-sensitive, prostate cancer cells without affecting the growth of normal prostate epithelial cells indicates that it may be a promising candidate for prostate cancer therapy. The evaluation of ancient herbal medicines may indicate novel strategies for the treatment of prostate cancer, which remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American men (1). In our present investigation, we show that a naturally occurring isoquinoline alkaloid, berberine, significantly inhibits the proliferation and reduces the viability of DU145 and PC-3 as well as LNCaP cells (Fig. 1), which suggests that berberine may be an effective chemotherapeutic agent against both androgen-sensitive and androgen-insensitive prostate cancer cells. Importantly, we found that berberine did not exhibit toxicity to nonneoplastic human prostate epithelial cells under the conditions used, except for a moderate reduction in cell viability at higher concentrations when cells were treated in vitro for an extended period of time. In conclusion, the results of the present study indicate that berberine inhibits proliferation and induces G1-phase arrest and apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells but not in normal human prostate epithelial cells. In addition, we provide mechanistic evidence that berberine-induced apoptosis in prostate carcinoma cells, particularly hormone-refractory prostate carcinoma cells, is mediated through enhanced expression of Bax, disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential, and activation of caspase-3.

Litchi is one of the fruits available in summers. Litchi not only tastes good but also provides immense health benefits. Read about the health benefits of litchi and find tips for buying and storing litchi the right way.
Litchi, or lychee, is a frequently used ingredient in a number of Asian preparations. In the United States, it is normally used in canned form. Litchi has a delicate, rose-like flavour and forms an excellent accompaniment for desserts and salads along with pineapples, bananas and mangoes.

Benefits of Litchi for Women during Pregnancy

According to experience of the ancients, litchi is a sweet fruit and it also makes look become more beautiful. However, pregnant women shouldn't eat comfortably because of this reason because litchi has high content of sugar. So, it isn't good for pregnant women that used to catch diabetes as well as overweight. Moreover, pregnant women need to limit this fruit and don't provide for body a lot because it has hot feature.

Litchi is great source of vitamin C which is very necessary for building collagen for the healthy skin in the growing baby. It is also required to build bones, cartilages, tendons and etc of the infant thus very beneficial for the pregnant women.

B group vitamins found in it keeps pregnant women all time energetic and active thus helps in alleviating pregnancy related symptoms like nausea.

Its richness in potassium mineral helps her to get relieve from the fatigue, weakness, muscle cramps, heart problems, heartburn, constipation, arrhythmia and etc common symptoms during pregnancy.

Benefits of Litchi juice for Kids
It is very beneficial for the growing age kids as it is rich in vitamins and mineral which is very necessary for the health of bone, skin and hair.
Its high quality phytonutrients and flavonoids help kids to grow better by getting all the required healthy nutrients.
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Litchi is sweet and a very fragrant fruit, which is usually available in the summer. This fruit originated in China but today is found in most of the South East Asian countries. It is the member of soapberry family, Sapindaceae. There are three sub-species of Litchi. It has rough skin outside while contains juicy and creamy white flesh inside. Litchi has a wonderful taste and in modern times it has found its niche in desserts, juices and ice creams.

Litchi is a small fruit packed with loads of healthy nutrients. Litchi is considered an exotic fruit and has a very short shelf life. This is why it is available for a very limited time even during its season. In ancient China, Litchi was the favored fruit in the imperial corridors finding its greatest fans amongst the Kings and queens; who would get these beautiful fruit transported to capital at a great cost to the Kingdom.

Nutritional Value of Litchi
Litchi has a high level of vitamin C in it and meets about 86% of the body's daily requirement of this vitamin. It is a little high on sugar and has reasonable amount of dietary fiber. It is a rich source of Polyphenols that make it a strong and highly recommended anti-oxidant. The composition of minerals make it a great fuel for the electrolyte balance in our body.

PET Bottles: Litchi Dash 200 ml
Nutrition Facts of Litchi Dash per 100 ml
Energy: 60 Kcal
Fat: 0 gm
Carbohydrate: 14.8 gm
Protein: 0 gm
Sugar: 12.5 g
Dietary fiber: 1.3 gms
Vitamin B1: 0.011 mg
Vitamin B2: 0.065 mg
Vitamin B3: 0.603 mg
Vitamin B6: 0.10 mg
Vitamin C: 71.5 mg
Calcium: 5 mg
Magnesium: 10 mg
Manganese: 0.055 mg
Phosphorus: 31 mg
Potassium: 171 mg

Health Benefits
It contains a healthy blend of nutrients that promote health. So, know the amazing health benefits of Litchi that can make a lot of difference t

The litchi benefits have been tried and proven in countries such as China and India and have also been well documented in ancient Chinese books. They contain many nutrients and vitamins that help to fight against various diseases as well as being a treatment for skin care, child growth and strengthening the body.
Tetra Pak Juice of Litchi fruit contains 66 calories per 100 g, comparable to that in the table-grapes. It has no saturated fats or cholesterol, but composes of good amounts of dietary fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants.
Oligonol is a low molecular weight polyphenol found abundantly in litchi fruit. Oligonol has several anti-oxidant and anti-influenza virus actions. It also helps to improve blood circulation, reduces weight and protects the skin from harmful UVA rays.
Litchi, like citrus fruits, is an excellent source of vitamin C; 100 g fresh fruits provide 71.5 mg or 119% of daily-recommended value. Studies suggest that consumption of fruits rich in vitamin C helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals.
Litchi is a very good source of B-complex vitamins such as thiamin, niacin, and folates. These vitamins are essential since they function by acting as co-factors to help the body metabolize carbohydrates, protein, and fats.
Litchi also carries a very good amount of minerals like potassium and copper. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids help control heart rate and blood pressure; thus, it offers protection against stroke and coronary heart diseases. Copper is required in the production of red blood cells.some Health Benefits Of Litchi are
Cancer, Heart Disease, Aids digestion, Maintains healthy bones, Vitamin C, Oligonol, Vitamin B, Weight loss, Improves skin conditions.

Low and behold - a new super grain is hitting the mainstream and it's freakishly good for you. Freekeh really isn't new at all. This ancient grain, one of the It Foods of 2014, is common to the Middle East and is just wheat that's harvested when still green.

Sage is a herb Belong to family «Lamiaceae», Evergreen with woody stems, Grow much in the Mediterranean region and is Used by the ancient Romans because is contain much health... Health benefits of sage

Food combining is a topic which has gained increasing awareness it is not more than a decade in 1800's people came across to. But Ayurveda, an ancient holistic science of healing, have determined Food combining diet based upon the elements of an individual's constitution for more than 5000 years ago.

Honey is one of the most precious gifts the nature has given us. Health benefits of honey are really amazing and numerous, however some of those are discussed in this article. Since the ancient times honey has been hot favorite of humans due to its numerous health benefits.

SURELY, you all know this one kind of vegetable. Typical form wrinkled make the vegetables are so easy to remember Broccoli has a Latin name Brassica oleracea. Broccoli is a vegetable belonging to the tribe of cabbage (Brassicaceae). By the ancient Greeks, plants from the middle east region has been long cultivated.