It’s recipe day — and I want to share a second cranberry recipe I found while looking for cranberry sauce recipes the other day.  It’s for dried cranberries.  Most of the time dried fruit is counter-productive.  There is too much sugar (natural and added) to make it a good weight-loss food.  This recipe calls for…

We already know that vitamins A, C, and E are good for your eyes.  Getting them in your diet will help prevent cataracts, among other eye ills.  The nutrients lutein and zeaxanthin also are helpful.  So are the B vitamins. The B vitamins, especially riboflavin and niacin, help prevent cataracts according the sites I studied. …

Cataracts, that film that grows over the lens of the eye, gradually steals away vision.  Age is the biggest predictor of developing them.  One statistic I found, but was unable to substantiate, said that 75% of people over 60 will develop cataracts.  Yikes!  That doesn’t make our chances look very good. There is a cure,…

We’ve learned that eating foods high in vitamins A, C, and E, as well as getting plenty of  Omega 3 fats, can help with glaucoma. There are other lifestyle changes you can make that will also help. One of the main things you can do is aerobic exercise.  Several studies have proven than running significantly…

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