May 11, 2023

The Cancer-Fighting Impact of Black Tea

Preclinical data show that black tea theaflavins block cancer development and progression. Human studies are urgently needed to evaluate these findings in the clinical setting. It has been observed that people with higher intake of black tea have reduced rates of cancers.1 That may be due to a compound found in black tea called theaflavins. In cell culture and animal models, theaflavins have demonstrated anti-cancer effects, working in multiple ways to slow the spread and progression of many types of cancer.1-5 One group of scientists has dubbed black tea “the future panacea for cancer.”2 Systemic Effects of Theaflavins When green tea leaves are fermented to make black tea, compounds called theaflavins are formed.6 These black […]
July 30, 2022

What is a FoodTrient?

The inspiration for my empowering FoodTrients program—this website, the cookbook, my board of advisors—really came from my father.  He was a physician and he had a way of looking at food as though it could heal us.  He understood the value of the vitamins and minerals found in fresh foods and how those elements could influence our health.  Foods like organic fruits and vegetables, wild fish, and humanely raised animals have so many good things in it: antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, anti-inflammatory agents, fiber, and anti-bacterial compounds.  I needed to come up with a term to encompass the […]
May 31, 2016

Age Beautifully with Every Bite!

… The Age Beautifully Cookbook: Easy and Exotic Longevity Secrets from Around the World has received multiple awards from: Independent Publishers Book Award (2016), Gold Living Now Book Award (2016), Gold International Book Award (2017), finalist, International Cookbook Category Gourmand World Cookbook Award (2017), National and International “Best in World” Awards for Innovation Grace O’s award winning Age Beautifully Cookbook, is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other book-selling sites. We don’t have a choice when it comes to aging, but we can choose HOW we will age – the foods we eat, exercise, and healthy habits can have dramatically […]
January 20, 2016

Age Gracefully Cookbook Delivers Dishes With Benefits

Buy the Book Here:     . Award winning cookbook Age GRACEfully Cookbook: The Power of Foodtrients® to Promote Health and Well-being for a Joyful and Sustainable Life, received the Independent Publishers Book Award (2013), Gold Living Now Book Award (2013), Gold FoodTrients is a unique approach to fresh, nutritional, and age-defying foods, which was originated by Grace O. FoodTrients is her name for the natural anti-aging properties of food. Delicious foods and rejuvenating nutrients combine to create the award winning, Age GRACEfully Cookbook: The Power of Foodtrients® to Promote Health and Well-being for a Joyful and Sustainable Life, a collection of […]
June 16, 2015

Curcumin Shows Promise For Beating Breast Cancer

Studies from National Taiwan Normal University Yield New Information about Breast Cancer (Curcumin-induced Aurora-A suppression not only causes mitotic defect and cell cycle arrest but also alters chemosensitivity to anticancer drugs) By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week — Investigators publish new report on Oncology. According to news reporting out of Taipei, Taiwan, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Overexpression of oncoprotein Aurora-A increases drug resistance and promotes lung metastasis of breast cancer cells. Curcumin is an active anticancer compound in turmeric and curry.” Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Taiwan Normal University, “Here we observed that Aurora-A […]
March 28, 2011

Getting Started with FoodTrients

Whether you’re 21 or over 50, your health is important. And what supports a healthy body more—inside and out—than the foods you eat? The recipes in The Age Beautifully and  The Age GRACEfully Cookbook are designed to make good food that is loaded with anti-aging ingredients a joy to eat. Here’s a primer to help you maximize your enjoyment with your FoodTrients cookbooks. What Is a FoodTrient? Wholesome foods have nutrients our bodies need to maintain optimum function. The recipes in the cookbook and on the website are presented around an organizing principle I call FoodTrients— the powerful nutrients that promote health, […]
March 28, 2011

FoodTrients Cookbooks

Defy aging with every bite of Grace O’s recipes from FoodTrients. From exotic ingredients from around the world to familiar food favorites, Grace O’s recipe for aging beautifully offers the benefits of disease-preventing nutrients, anti-inflammatories, antioxidants, immune-boosting foods, more mental agility, AND beautiful skin. Within weeks of incorporating the nutrient-rich and research-based recipes provided in both of Grace O’s cookbooks