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Oregano oil against salmonella
2007-11-29 17:05:00 A study done at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands shows that oregano oil is a very effective inhibitor of bacteria. Bacteria like salmonella and E.coli are killed by adding the oil to chicken fillets for example. Researcher Sara Burt discovered the active component carvacrol which has a detrimental effect on such bacteria which can cause ... More About: Salmonella , Oregano
Coffee as sunscreen
2007-11-01 18:47:00 A study done at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, shows that caffeine in combination with exercise gives protection agains UVB. This is the radiation in sun light that can cause skin cancer. The Americans gave hairless mice (which are very sensitive to skin cancer) water with caffeine, or a wheel to run in or ... More About: Fitness , Cancer , Coffee , Sunscreen , Cree
Bread crusts are healthier than the bread
2007-11-01 17:45:00 Even though bread and its crust are made of the same stuff, flower, water, yeast and salt, the crust turns out to be healthier than the bread. German researchers found out that bread crusts contain the antioxidant pronyl-lysine. This antioxidant helps the body make so-called phase II enzymes. These enzymes play a very important role ... More About: Cancer , Bread , Heal
Healthy lifestyle can prevent cancer
2007-10-31 13:05:00 In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the results of a big worldwide research into the connection between lifestyle and cancer have been presented. Scientists have reviewed thousands of studies about prevention and causes of cancer. In the presented report are advises to reduce the risk of cancer. Vegetables, fruits, exercise and low alcohol consumption are recommended. Consuming ... More About: News , Lifestyle , Cancer , Healthy , Heal
Vitamins can prevent hearing damage
2007-10-25 17:15:00 Scientist who fed guinea pigs with magnesium and vitamins A, C and E noticed that the animals were insensitive to hearing damage. The guinea pigs who did not get the supplements suffered a great loss in hearing. In the research, published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, it is said these nutrients help reduce the ... More About: Vitamins , Minerals , Body , Hearing , Damage
Hemp is healthy if you eat it
2007-10-25 16:48:00 You shouldn’t smoke them cause they will give you a headache and worse, they are 5 times as dangerous as cigarettes for your lungs. But if you eat hemp seeds they are quite healthy. The seeds contain more protein than meat or fish, six grams per spoon! They are also full of alpha linolenic acid ... More About: Nutrition , Healthy , Hemp , Heal
Less salt, less chance of heart disease
2007-10-25 16:34:00 Researchers from Harvard University have discovered that by eating less salt you can prevent heart diseases. In the research conducted with 3000 individuals, they asked half the people to restrict their salt intake to one half teaspoon, about 1,15 grams of sodium. Fifteen years later there is 30% less heart disease among this group. High ... More About: Chance , Nutrition , Heart , Disease , Salt
Avoid diesel fumes
2007-10-25 16:23:00 More news on the fumes front. Particles in the exhaust fumes of diesel engines react with fatty acids in the bad LDL cholesterol in the blood. They activate the genes that cause inflammation processes in the blood. Because of this, lumps can start to form in the blood vessels which can cause problems like heart ... More About: News , Diesel , Heart , Avoid , Dies
The dangers of watching television
2007-10-25 16:13:00 Although watching television is not dangerous for your eyes, it is dangerous for the rest of your body. This is the result of an American study. The number one reason is that you eat 71% more when you watch tv. And of course you watch tv sitting down and not being physically active. Also prolonged ... More About: News , Television , Body , Diabetes , Watching
Printer fumes as dangerous as tobacco smoke
2007-10-25 15:37:00 The tiny toner particles that most laser printers put into the air are as dangerous for your lungs as tobacco smoke. This is a result of an investigation done by a Australian University. 17 out of the 62 investigated printers put dangerous amounts of fine particles into the air. Possible consequences of exposure to these ... More About: News , Smoke , Printer , Tobacco , Dangerous
Fatty foods do not make you fat
2007-10-24 20:51:00 More and more doctors and scientists adhere to the opinion that eating fatty foods doesn’t make you fat even though a lot of dieticians still cling to the opposite. ‘It’s the misunderstanding of the century’, wrote renowned science journalist Gary Taubes not long ago in the New York Times. Research shows for two centuries already that we get fat from consuming too much energy. Someone who eats a lot of fat and protein feels satiated sooner and longer and consumes significantly less energy than someone who eats a lot of carbohydrates. More About: Foods , Make , Fatty
Steam your cabbage, preserve the nutrients
2007-10-24 18:34:00 Broccoli, brussel sprouts and other members of the cabbage family contain glucosinolates, powerful cancer fighting nutrients. The down side is that these nutrients are partly lost by cooking the food. With cooked broccoli 23 percent is lost, with sprouts 42 percent and with colliflower 25 percent. If you want to preserve the glucosinolates it is better to steam, stir fry or cook to the food in the microwave. This way the nutrients are not lost. More About: Cabbage , Steam , Reserve , Trie , Serve
Athletes sensitive to vitamin B shortage
2007-10-18 18:26:00 Athletes, who use a lot of vitamin B, are very sensitive to a shortage of these vitamins. This is the result of a large literature study into the subject published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. A shortage of vitamin B has an immediate negative impact on athletic performance, recovery capacity and the immune ... More About: Fitness , Vitamins , Vitamin , Vitamin B , Athletes
Food is getting more and more sweet
2007-10-18 18:02:00 British researchers are concerned about the fact our food is getting more and more sweet. By adding big amounts of sugar to our food they are no longer as healthy as they were 30 years ago. Especially breakfast cereals, whole wheat bread and soups have been make a lot sweeter. In some cases the sugar ... More About: Food , Sweet , Nutrition
Slimming down with nuts
2007-10-18 17:55:00 Nuts are very healthy, but because they also contain a lot of calories many people don’t eat them. Now Spanish research with 9000 people shows that people who ate nuts at least two times a week had 31% less chance to gain more than 5 kilos in the 28 months of the research. So nuts ... More About: Nutrition , Nuts
What color food is good for what
2007-10-18 16:43:00 Red fruits and vegetables, like red peppers, carrots and strawberries: These have a positive influence on the heart and the blood. They work preventive against cancer. Green fruits and vegetables, like spinach, lettuce and kiwis: They are good for the nervous system, bones, teeth and eyesight. White fruits and vegetables, like chicory, cauliflower and union: They have a positive effect ... More About: Food , Color , Good
Time of eating does not matter for weight loss
2007-10-17 22:28:00 Unlike what is presupposed sometimes, you do not gain weight by eating before you go to bed. Weight gain is mostly related to what and how much you eat, but not when you eat it. The energy from food is temporarily stored in a substance called glycogen. This substance is found in the muscles and ... More About: Weight Loss , Time , Matter , Loss
Healthy fish
2007-10-17 22:15:00 It’s the omega 3 fatty acids in fish that make them healthy for you to eat. That’s why it is recommended to eat fish at least twice a week of which one should be of the fatty sort, like salmon, mackerel or eel. Fatty fish contains primarily the EPA and DHA fatty acids. It are ... More About: Fish , Healthy , Heal
Get your sleep
2007-10-17 21:55:00 Researchers at the University of California at San Diego have discovered that the more often you wake up in the middle of the night, the greater your risk of stroke and heart attack later in life. More About: Body , Sleep
Red wine against colon cancer
2007-10-17 21:51:00 Your risk for colon cancer increases in your 50s and redoubles every 10 years after that. A 2006 State University of New York study found that drinking three or more glasses of red wine per week decreases your risk by 68 percent. White wine doesn’t reduce the risk. More About: Body , Wine , Cancer , Nutrition , Colon Cancer
Interval train for fat loss
2007-10-17 19:09:00 Running intervals, or sprints with intermittent rest periods, burns three times as much fat as running at slow, consistent speeds, according to new research from the University of New South Wales, in Australia. More About: Fitness , Train , Loss , TRAI , Interval
Build muscle in two days a week
2007-10-17 18:48:00 Men can build significant muscle with only two workouts a week, according to Canadian researchers. The scientists, who studied beginners doing the same total body-weight workout either 2 or 3 days a week, discovered that two sessions are as effective as three. “They’re also more manageable for people with busy schedules”, says study author Darren ... More About: Fitness , Week , Days , Build , Muscle
Quercetin increases endurance
2007-10-12 22:57:00 Quercetin, a flavonoid found in capers, lovers, apples and tea among others, increases endurance in athletes. Pepperdine University researchers found that elite cyclists taking 600 milligrams of the antioxidant daily for 6 weeks improved their 30k time trials by almost 5%. The best news: The athletes were particularly fast at the last 5 kilometers, when ... More About: Fitness , Nutrition , Endurance
Vitamin D against scars
2007-10-12 22:48:00 A new vitamin lotion may prevent scarring. University of California at San Diego researchers found that the skin surrounding a wound contains four times as much vitamin D as uninjured skin does. The may be because extra vitamin D triggers the production of an immune-system molecule that helps heal wounds faster and cleaner. Trials with ... More About: Body , Scars , Vitamin , Vitamin D
New appetite suppressing drug
2007-10-12 22:40:00 British researchers are developing a weight loss drug using a naturally occurring variant of tetrahydrocannabinol, the active substance in marijuana. Instead of making you high however this compound blocks the brains receptors that make you feel cravings for food. As a result, it may prevent you from bingeing on unhealthy snacks. The pills could be ... More About: Drug
Short intense exercise better than longer less intense
2007-10-12 22:28:00 An Australian study has shown that people who exercised for 20 minutes with high-intensity interval training for 3 days a week dropped 10% of their body fat, while those who exercised longer but on a lower intensity didn’t lose any. Ignite your weight loss by performing the study’s exercise bike routine: Sprint for 8 seconds, ... More About: Fitness , Exercise , Short
Magnesium can reduce risk of diabetes
2007-10-11 17:58:00 Eating more magnesium can reduce your risk of type-2 diabetes. Tufts University scientists found that adults consuming the most magnesium, more than 386mg daily, were less likely to have insulin resistance than those who had the lowest intake. “Insulin resistance means your cells don’t respond well to insulin, a hormone that moves sugar out of ... More About: Minerals , Diabetes , Risk , Reduce
Coffee against heart disease
2007-10-11 17:46:00 Drinking four or more cups of full-caffeine coffee a day reduces your risk of dying of heart disease by 53%. That’s what researchers at Brooklyn College discovered when they analyzed a study tracking the caffeine intake of 6500 people for 2 years. However, the finding prompted an important question: Was the effect due to the ... More About: Body , Coffee , Nutrition , Heart , Disease
Garlic good for the heart
2007-10-11 17:19:00 Eating a clove of garlic daily may help prevent heart attack according to Argentinian researchers. Credit alliinase, an enzyme found in garlic that helps improve bloodflow to the heart. The scientists also found that you can unleash higher amounts of the chemical by letting freshly chopped garlic stand for 10 minutes prior to cooking your ... More About: Body , Garlic , Nutrition , Heart , Good
Lutein against enlarged prostate
More articles from this author:2007-10-11 17:05:00 After reviewing the diets of 32000 men, John Hopkins University researchers determined that men who consume the most lutein-rich vegetables have the lowest risk of developing an enlarged prostate, a condition that leads to urination difficulties. Lutein, a pigment found in many vegetables, protects your prostate cells from growth-inducing stress, says study author Sabine Rohrman. ... More About: Body , Nutrition , Prostate , Large , Prost 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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