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The Role of Plant-Based Diets in Asthma Prevention and Treatment

By Safiyyah Bazemore New Research Cites Benefits of Plant-Based Diets For Asthma Treatment and Prevention Asthma, the chronic disease of the lungs caused by inflamed and narrowed airways, is characterized by symptoms including shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, and chest tightness. The respiratory condition affects over 300 million people around the world, and many suffer …

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Before Humans, There Was Horopito: A Hot Shrub That’s Kept Predators and Unwanted Conditions at Bay

By Sandra Nomoto Known to Alleviate Multiple Conditions, Horopito Could be One of the World’s Oldest and Most Beneficial Plants Horopito, or Pseudowintera colorata is one of the world’s earliest evolved flowering plants. It is also known as mountain horopito, peppertree, pepperwood, or ramarama. A small two to three metre tree or evergreen shrub that …

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