Cranberries are not just rich in vitamin C, they also help fight bacterial infections, particularly in the bladder.

While searching for recipes, I’ve come across a website that sounds remarkably similar to mine: Fabulous Foods. A fabulous website, with fabulous resources and articles! Back to recipes, though, here are some cranberry sauce recipes you can try. The tangerine-apricot-cranberry combo makes me salivate! And when Thanksgiving is over, you may try these other cranberry recipes, too!

Of course, for those that are culinarily-challenged like me, you can also get ready made sauces, chutneys, and even port wine spiked varieties.

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Cranberry Sauce for Thanksgiving

A minimum of four cups of tea a day will contribute to your daily fluid intake, the antioxidants tea contains can be beneficial for heart health, and the small amount of caffeine tea contains can help increase concentration, according to the latest research – all news that should have commuters heading straight for the kettle when they arrive in the office.

Aside from promoting heart health, tea has also been demonstrated to help cope with stress, cut death risks (due to chronic disease), and reduce the risks of developing gall stones and contracting gall bladder cancer.

That tea is a healthy drink is not a surprise. That Londoners need convincing is what makes me confused. Isn’t tea the ultimate panacea for the Brits? “Boyfriend left you for another? Another man? Here, have a cup of tea. It’ll do you good…”

Anyway, should you feel like reading scientific bases for tea’s health benefits, see the UK Tea Council’s Tea4Health, which compiles the latest research on tea and health.

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Four Cups of Tea a Day For Your Health

So how do you know which fish types to avoid, which ones are good for you, and how many servings can you safely eat of a certain type of fish or seafood?

OceansAlive has a list of the best and worst seafood choices. You can even download a pocket guide (pdf file) you can take with you when you go shopping. If you have any other questions on the safety of eating fish or taking fish supplements, you might find the answers here.

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Which Fish is Safe to Eat?

In what they claim to be the “single most comprehensive analysis to date of fish and health”, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) reviewed the evidences of major health effects of omega-3 fatty acids, major health risks of mercury, and major health risks of PCBs and dioxins in both adults and infants/young children.

The conclusion:

“…the benefits of eating one to two servings of fish a week (primarily reduced risk of death due to coronary heart disease risks and overall mortality) greatly outweigh the risks among adults and, except for a few species of fish, women of child-bearing age.”

Optimal consumption is placed at about 3 ounces of farmed salmon or 6 ounces of mackerel.

Read the detailed feature report from HSPH, or see the manuscript published in the Journal of the American medical Association.

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Health Benefits of Fish Consumption Outweigh Risks

The study showed that resveratrol increases levels of an enzyme in the brain — heme oxygenase — that was already known to shield nerve cells from damage.

Dore said the beneficial effects associated with drinking a moderate amount of red wine could be explained by the fact the wine turns on the heme oxygenase anti-oxidant system.

What does ‘moderate’ mean?

They say about 2 glasses a day, although another study says 1 glass may be enough to reduce the overall risk of stroke and the risk of ischemic stroke in men and greater consumption does not increase the benefit.

Of course, resveratrol capsules are also sold as a nutritional supplement. However, as the Clinical Cases and Images Blog points, out, these dietary supplements are not FDA regulated, so who knows if they are what they claim to be at all? And besides, there has been very few data linking resveratrol and human health. Most studies on this compound have been conducted on animal models.

For more information this polyphenolic compound, refer to Linus Pauling Institute’s well-documented piece on resveratrol.

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Resveratol in Red Wine Can Prevent Strokes

“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food “

That’s the focus of this blog. Functional foods. Nutraceuticals. Medicinal Foods. Healing Foods. I hope that Eating Fabulous can help in making people appreciate food, not only for its nutritional value, or for its ability to satisfy primal needs, but also for its abilities to promote health and even cure illnesses.

And no, I’m not solely looking at those traditionally branded as “healthy food” or “nutritious foods”. Heck, some functional foods are not that nutritious, and some will wreck your weight-loss plans. Take a look at my previous posts on chocolate, spiced wines, and even chocolate chip cookes. But they confer medicinal properties, which is what earned them a place in this blog.

This blog is the baby in Science and Health Channel of b5media. I’ve got lots to learn, lots to share and lots to, er, eat. Help me improve Eating Fabulous. What do you like about EatingFab? What do you like to see more of? Do you believe in the power of nutrition to heal? Leave me a comment below or send me an email!

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Let Food Be Your Medicine