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June 4, 2018 - Issue 4312


Best Foods for Healthy Lungs

foods for healthy lungs

June 4, 2018

Consuming high amounts of this could just extend the life of your lungs - while also slashing your risk of heart disease, boosting your memory, and improving bone health beyond calcium and vitamin D. Here's how to get more of it into your daily routine.

Cooking Tomatoes Increases Lycopene and Beneficial Bacteria

cooked tomatoes

June 4, 2018

Tomatoes are packed with beneficial nutrients like vitamin C and lycopene, the carotenoid antioxidant responsible for giving them their red color. While you may think raw tomatoes would be the healthiest, research shows cooked tomatoes not only have more disease-fighting lycopene, but they also boost your beneficial gut bacteria.

Why Fish Is the Ultimate Superfood

why should we eat more fish

June 4, 2018

A recent study landed on an interesting clinical observation: Eating more fish is linked not only to more lovemaking; it's also tied to more babies and a reduced heart attack risk. With all the rhetoric about possible chemical contamination of fish, are there extenuating conditions that make eating it worth the risk? In a word, yes.

Weekly Health Quiz: Depression, Sunscreen and Showers

week 31 health quiz

June 4, 2018

Take this week's quiz to see how well you remember what you read on Mercola.com last week.