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Richard Aiken

Zinc and depression

Zinc is an essential trace mineral, a component of hundreds of enzymes and proteins. It is required for intracellular message...

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Whole grains for the whole brain (and other organs)

by Richard AIken MD PhD Certain wild cereals, or grasses, contain edible components in their grain, botanically a type of fruit. ...

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This device could save your life

Richard Aiken MD PhD Is your nutrition, health, longevity, limited by taste and flavor? Would you like to eat optimally but can’t...

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Recipe: Sous Vide Ratatouille Niçoise

by Richard Aiken MD, PhD @rcaiken Virtually any vegetable can be selected for sous vide cooking. Particularly excellent candidates would...

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Flaxseeds: single most important food for mental health?

by R. Aiken MD PhD @rcaiken Flaxseed helps lower cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, is anti-inflammatory, has good anti-oxidants, and...

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Saffron for depression

by Richard Aiken MD PhD According to ancient Greek mythology, Hermes and his friend Krokos were horse-playing and Hermes accidentally...

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World’s Healthiest Smoothie?

Where do you get your calories? Your phytonutrients? by Richard Aiken MD PhD Green leafy plants generally have a very high nutrient to...

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Paleo Plant Processor

Grok nutrition? No more chewing plant leaves for hours – use your arm strength, not your primitive jaw muscles, to easily and quickly...

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Toxic substances given to children rather than plant nutrition

We don’t insist that kids (or adults) eat veggies but take these hazardous “vitamins” that no studies show efficacy. All nutrition comes...

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