Watering tomatoes with seawater can boost their content of antioxidants and may lead to healthier salads, appetizers, and other tomato-based foods, scientists in Italy report.
In the new study, Riccardo Izzo and colleagues grew cherry tomatoes in both freshwater and in a dilute solution of 12 percent seawater. They found that ripe tomatoes grown in the [...]

Grape skins could be a natural solution to stop complications in people with diabetes, according to research at the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter.
The skins contain high levels of a compound called resveratrol, which is also found in seeds, peanuts and red wine.
The Peninsula Medical School (PMS) research shows it protects against damage to blood [...]

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter believe that eating blueberries daily can reverse memory. They believe that the fruit’s high levels of antioxidants, called flavanoids, which help fight disease and have been shown to stimulate regeneration within brain cells, may be the key.
Volunteers who ate 300g of blueberries a day, in addition to [...]

In controlled experiments fruit-eating birds actively chose berries with the highest concentrations of antioxidants – compounds that help them maintain a healthy immune system.
Published in the British Ecological Society’s Functional Ecology, the study claims to be the first to prove the connection between flavonoid consumption and stronger immune systems.
Researchers were able to show for the [...]