My wife and I are headed off to South Africa for a few weeks, so I won’t be able to post anything for that time. I have several things in the queue to post when I return. Even though it’s not related to antioxidants, I might post a few pics too.
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My personal feeling has been that eating a food, as close to nature as possible, is better than taking a pill of concentrated essence of whatever. The article below lends credence to that view. CTV.ca | Antioxidant pills don’t prevent heart disease The study, done at Brigham & Women’s hospital, followed 8,171 women with three [...] According to the research cited in the article below, we look like our friends. Our best friend has even more influence on our weight than our spouse! Distance doesn’t even matter. Hmm… I guess we should choose our friends carefully. They say if you want to get rich, associate with rich people. I guess if [...] I came across another blog with some interesting info regarding Omega 3 fatty acids. Take a look. http://mdonly.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/exploring-alpha-lipoic-acid-as-anti-aging-compound-4/ Here’s a link to the speaker abstracts from the most recent Diet and Optimum Health Conference at the Linus Pauling Institute to which the blog refers. The Institute has some excellent reference information on diet and nutrition. [...] Nutrition & Metabolism | Full text | Chocolate and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review I came across the study above a while ago, but am just getting around to mentioning it in this blog. This study is not primary research, but rather a review of all MEDLINE publications from 1966 through January 2005 [...] Sounds kinda gross. And wow, would the sand ever stick to you at the beach! Not really:-) This article says the preliminary results of a German study show that eating chocolate rich in cocoa solids and flavonoids (in other words, dark chocolate) can fight skin cancer. Subjects were given cocoa to drink. Half the group [...] Norman Hollenberg, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School says that epicatechin, one of the flavonoids in cacao, has such powerful health benefits, it “may rival penicillin and anaesthesia in terms of importance to public health.” He thinks it is so important it should be considered a vitamin. He has spent years studying the [...] I subscribe to a newsletter from Harvard Medical School. The most recent issue reminds us that inflammation, while an important part of our body’s healing system, can be dangerous, if there is too much of it. Inflammation is involved in atherosclerosis, heart disease, strokes and even some types of dementia. Below is a link to [...] Recently I found an article on RealAge that lists the 10 top veggies for phytochemical and antioxidant content. You can find the article at the link below. Top 10 Veggies List – RealAge Tip of the Day From a list of the most widely consumed vegetables, the order was: Broccoli Spinach Yellow onions Red peppers [...] A Japanese study, whose results were printed in the journal Nutrition, Volume 23, Issue 4, pp 351-355 concludes that “dietary supplementation with CLPr can dose-dependently prevent the development of hyperglycemia in diabetic obese mice. The dietary intake of food or drinks produced from cacao beans might be beneficial in preventing the onset of type 2 [...] |
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