Organic Coffee Is Healthier Than You May Realize
Coffee probably provides a far more healthy antioxidants than fruit and vegetables, showed the research of American scientists who measure the antioxidant content of more than 100 different kinds of food including vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, spices, oils and beverages. The results were combined with the U.S. Ministry of Agriculture data on how much each ingredient is present in ordinary daily consumption of food in average American diet. The result showed that the coffee is the largest source of antioxidants per meals and by the level of consumption. Right after coffee are the black tea, bananas, bean and corn. “Americans get more antioxidant through coffee than other food – nothing else can even approach,” said Joe Vinson Professor Department of Chemistry University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.
Antioxidants help the body to remove harmful free radicals, abusive molecules that damage cells and DNA. Antioxidants have good influence on health, including protection against heart disease and cancer. Studies connect drinking coffee with a reduction in risk of liver cancer and colon, type two diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease.
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Doctors Using Magnets To Reconnect The Brain And Interrupt The Destructive Influence Of Depression
U.S. medical community hopes that the new, experimental therapy, to help over 19 million Americans who suffer from depression. Like millions of Americans, Martha has depression, but loathe to talk about her illness. She asked for her identity to remain secret. “Definitely I think that those who suffer from it judge themselves,” said Marta … explaining that because depression she wasn’t able to function. When medicines and therapies have not made any result, she decided to try a kind of deep brain stimulation. Sarah Lisanby, M.Di, of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, used a process known as repetitivetranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
“We are in a very interesting stage of psychiatry. Looking at the possibilities of that brain stimulation as a way of treatment, I think we only just scratched the surface” says Sarah Lisanby.
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How To Stop Snoring
The person who snores, makes a noise between 60 and 80 dB, (as much as traffic on the highway). Doctors usually tell you to pay attention to elements that cause airway muscles to relax which causes snoring.
These elements are alcohol, sleeping pills, anti-cold medications (containing antihistamines), and even the way you are lying in bed, or the excessive use of pillows that push you head forward.
A significant factor can be a change in the “architecture” of airways due to a nose break, tonsillitis, and excess weight. Smoking, which causes chronic irritation overproduction of mucous, significantly increases snoring.
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DNA Testing For Longer Life And Better Health Plans
In future these tests could show exposure of certain persons to cancer, diabetes and other medical problems. Companies that offer the tests, say that the proposed diet plans they give you after the test, can reduce the risk of the disease.
Andrew Baterman who is focused on living longer and healthier life is now thinking about taking one of these DNA tests. He says he read the add for the test that offers a diet based on the state of your cardiovascular system, metabolism and bone health.
You send your DNA sample to the laboratory in Seattle where a computer analysis the variations and changes in 19 specific genes. Gelex company representative says that based on the analysis they can propose the changes you should make in your life.
For example, VDR gene variations indicate congenitally calcium and vitamin D deficiency which could be repaired with diet. Apparently the genetic code helps the scientists to design a Healthy diet for each person. The test costs about 400 dollars, but nutritionists claim that you’ll be throwing your money away.
Doctor Steven H. Zeisel says that this kind of genetic research is not fully developed to be applied in practice. He and other critics say that these tests often do not give any results, because testing of just 19 out of 20,000 genes that influence the probability of various disease development is an illusionary science.
Professor James C. Fleet, Ph.D. of the Purdue University says that it’s naive to believe that only few genes influence the development of diseases. Nobody specifies what amount of vitamins one should take, or in which way certain vitamin supplements improve health.
The very idea of a healthy diet plan based on your genetic code is not bad. Nutritionist say – it is promising but it needs to be tested thoroughly and that in their words will take at least 5 to 10 years.
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Alcohol Abuse Effects Are More Harmful To Women Than To Men
Alcohol leads to brain damage in women and men, but according to the German scientists the damage is much more severe in women. Brain scans have shown that women are particularly subject to harmful effects of large amounts of alcohol, reports the DPA. Humanitarian organization “Alcohol concern” pointed out that these foundlings are alarming, considering that drinking is an increasing problems in female population in Britain. Read more
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A few extra pounds can prolong life, doctors claim
The recent study, published in the American Journal of Public Health says that few extra pounds doctors often claim to be dangerous to the health, can actually prolong your life.
The information came from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute. Their researchers studied influence of weight on health and the study has shown that the life of people with few extra pounds is less risky than one of a person whose weight corresponds to recommended limits.
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Plenty Of Fish Oil Supplements Reduces The Risk Of Heart Attack
Recent research has shown that Fish and omega-3 fatty acids reduce risk of coronary heart disease, and the latest research proved that it also reduces the risk of sudden death. This supported theories that fish and fish oil reduce the risk of deadly arrhythmia and uneven heart rhythm that can kill you.
The new study included 11,323 heart attack survivors who had a heart attack in past three months. They were all on Mediterranean diet (a lot of fruit, vegetables, olive oil and fish and btw. if you are interested in Best Diet Plans you can visit other good site) but some have received an extra gram of fish oil a day. It turned out that the risk of dying of people in second group was reduced by 41 percent after only three months.
“The American Heart Association recommends that people increase their intake of long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 oils from fish or directly from fish oil supplements. Healthy people should consume oily fish at least twice a week.
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Organic Coffee Caffeine Effects And Skin Cancers
Coffee, or, better put, caffeine, could become a new weapon in the fight against skin cancer. Dr. Conney, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of New Jersey, and his team conducted clinical trials using a caffeinated lotion on mice.They exposed 90 hairless mice to high dosage of UV rays twice a day, for 20 days.
Then the mice were divided into three groups. One group was treated with caffeine solution, second one was treated with epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG solution extracted from green tea, and a third group wasn’t treated at all.
With large dose of UV rays all mice suffered skin cancer. Treatment with caffeine reduced cancerous tumors by 72% and non cancerous tumors by 44%. Treatment with EGCG reduced cancerous tumors by 66%.
Unlike sunscreen of SPF, which protect the skin by absorbing UV rays, caffeine acts directly on cells. Apparently caffeine is capable of blocking the genetic changes in cells, and it seems that caffeine acts selectively, only to diseased cells. If clinical trials confirm this discovery we can freely say that a new method for skin cancer prevention is discovered.
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Cocoa For Better Brain Blood Flow
Substances in cocoa protects your health from stroke, myocardial infarction, cancer and diabetes.
Flavanoli from cocoa improve blood flow to the brain, shows study published in the magazine “Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment.”
Experts have found a beneficial cocoa effect to the flow of blood in brief and long-term tests to the brain and, and they believe that is responsible for the positive effect of antioxidant flavanoli activity.
The authors suggest that better long-term flow of blood has a positive impact on cognitive abilities, but also provides protection against dementia.
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Dark Chocolate Within Health And Diet Plans
Chocolate lovers seems to have reason to celebrate. Not only that chocolate is a proven aphrodisiac, but it has certain medicinal properties.
Paige Kollock reports. Substance named flavonoid is in many fruits, vegetables, tea and red wine. Its medicinal properties are long known to doctors, and now they found it in chocolate.
Cornelia Crystal, who likes chocolate is delighted. – I eat chocolate almost every day. Others, such as John Sutcliffe are skeptical. – I can not imagine that further consuming chocolate improves health, but I believe that it is healthy in small quantities.
This research in Italy was overseen by one American doctor. He tested only twenty patients, too little to start prescribing chocolate. Patients who ate a rib of cooking chocolate every day during the two weeks had lower blood pressure and better circulation than those who ate white chocolate, with no flavonoid.
In patients was also noted lower level of cholesterol in the blood, and proved that dark chocolate is rich in flavonoids.
The owner of the company for the production of chocolates Schakolad Sam Aboulhosn said that he has already noticed the impact of this research on his business. – When report saw daylight last week, he started selling more dark chocolate. Especially strawberry meld with this type of chocolate.
We offer them chocolate meld with milk, but people are more interested in chocolate with fruit.
However, do not overreact . Patients who participated in this study ate only one rib of chocolate a day, however, doctors also warn that, if you care about your weight and weight loss diet plan, chocolate, perhaps is not the best solution when it comes to consuming more flavonoids.
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