Fight stress and depression with five nutrient-buffed snacks
Sorry, ice cream isn’t on the list! But the following foods do have nutrients that can help fight stress and depression, says Elizabeth Somer, RD, author of Eat Your Way to Happiness.
Food: Oranges, lemons and other citrus fruits
Mood-Boosting Ingredient: Vitamin C
This vitamin helps you cope better in stressful [...]
A single dose of H1N1 flu vaccine produced a robust immune response in healthy pregnant women, according to initial results from a National Institutes of Health study. A preliminary analysis of blood samples taken 21 days after vaccination from 50 of the 120 women in the study found the vaccine is likely to elicit a [...]
Licorice: (What is it?)
Licorice is a botanical, a shrub native to southern Europe and Asia, the roots of which have two primary desirable qualities: first, some varieties of licorice root are fifty times sweeter than sugar and may be chewed or eaten as a sweet and making it a useful component of candies and flavorings; [...]
