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Nuts and berries fight metabolic syndrome
NaturalNews.com, January 18 2008, by David Gutierrez

A number of recent studies have indicated that nuts and berries provide great advantages in averting metabolic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms linked to heightened risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Pistachio Power: Lowers Cholesterol And Blood Sugar, Relieves Stress
NaturalNews.com, January 18 2008, by Anita Khalek

The pistachio nut, a native to the Middle East, is one of the oldest flowering nut trees with archaeological evidence of the nut dating back to 7,000 BC. Once known to be an exclusively royal food, it remains one of the least explored of the nut varieties. In recent months, researchers from the University of Toronto, Penn State University, and George Mason University in conjunction with Inova Fairfax Hospital, conducted three different studies on pistachios with stellar results for this lime-green colored kernel.

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