And when we looked at that data, it was really so clear: The Adventists who consumed nuts at least five times a week had about half the risk of heart disease of those who didn’t.

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“Why is that?” I asked. “It’s vitamin S,” he said. “You smile in the morning and it fortifies you all day

Turmeric is one-fifth as powerful as cisplatin, which is one of the most powerful drugs in chemotherapy. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer.

Eating a lot of tomatoes also seemed to have an effect on reducing prostate cancer for men.”

We’re more likely to die the year we retire than we are during our last year of work.

men who drank five or six glasses of water a day had a substantial reduction in the risk of a fatal heart attack—60, 70 percent less—compared to those who drank considerably less water.

On average, an American has only two close friends he or she can count on, recently down from three, which may contribute to an increasing sense of stress.

“We learned that nonvegetarian Adventists had about twice the risk of heart disease as vegetarian Adventists,” Fraser said, “particularly men but also younger and middle-aged women.”