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A Simple Cancer Prevention Recipe

With the high prevalence of cancer, the medical profession has made efforts to conduct research in this area. They have found that fucoidan, an extract from brown seaweed, can inhibit the growth of cancer cells and reduce its recurrence. The study also confirmed the usefulness of fucoidan in Chinese medicine as an additional treatment to ...

David Jirard

A seaweed salad.

Eating Daikon in Winter to Fight Cancer and Reduce Weight

Daikon is to the Chinese what apples are to Westerners — eating them every day keeps the doctor away. Daikon is known as the “common man’s ginseng.” This winter produce is natural, healthy, and very affordable. Modern research has found that daikon contains the typical nutrients needed by the human body. It has significant effects ...

Mikel Davis

Daikon radish on a cutting board next to slices of daikon and a pile of shredded daikon.

The Yin-Yang of Foods

It is important to understand the yin-yang of foods. In an earlier article on food for health and wellness, you learned about the Japanese dish yuki nabe, or “snow” hot pot, made with daikon and tofu. This article is about why a dish of fish and burdock root, known as gobo in Japanese, is a ...

Raven Montmorency