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Dark Chocolate Possible Medicine for Blood Pressure

...as more antioxidants per gram than red wine, green tea or berries. A new study published in the July 4 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that to have a small blood pressure lowering effect, you may only need a tiny piece of dark chocolate daily for a couple of weeks, if...

Functional Food What is That, Ask First

...cabbage-like vegetables, citrus fruits, cranberry, tea and red wine could all deliver impressive health benefits. The problem was that considerable quantities of these would have to be consumed daily to achieve maximum effect and hence the shortcuts. Researchers warn that the medicinal effects of som...

Ships to the Rescue of Medically Deprived Assamese

... and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and some local tea gardens have come forward with funds. The National Rural Health Mission has also shown keen interest in the project. "We are also getting cooperation from the district administrations of all the districts where we are working," Hazarika said. But...

Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

... massively cut down by the British to make way for tea plantations. In Ethiopia, soil degradation worsened the drought problem. But environmental abuse was only one factor. Food shortages were worsened by the destruction of human, social and financial capital, which is vital for keeping agriculture g...

McDonald's to Start Coffee Chain in Japan

...tatement. Japan, traditionally a nation of green tea drinkers, has seen a rapid rise in coffeeshops since US giant Starbucks opened the chain's first store outside of North America in Tokyo in 1996. Several coffeeshop chains are now competing in Japan including Starbucks, fellow Seattle company Tully...

Tea Pill, Tea Cola Hitting Markets Soon

...e is in a hurry but still in the mood for a cup of tea , just pop a tea pill and get refreshed. Indian scientists who have developed the exotic health drink and the pill ...

Ahmedabads Graveyard Eatery, a Popular Joint for Hundreds

...well-known painter Maqbool Fida Husain, a frequent tea drinker at this bustling restaurant. Every morni...we serve. And, this eatery, is just famous for the tea and it has been lucky for me. The restaurant offers about 90 vegetarian food items, and is most p...

Aspartame Probe Call Rejected by FDA

...inks but is also sold in packets to use in coffee, tea or on food. "People can easily avoid products using Nutrasweet or Equal and keep these products away from kids," Jacobson added. The researchers tested on 4,000 rats. The animals were fed on high doses of the sweetener for its lifetime. It was found...

Intake of Polyphenol Speeds Up Fatty Acid Catabolism

...various polyphenols, particularly those from green tea stimulated the activity of isolated SIRT1. The quercetin molecule also did this, but an important human quercetin metabolite had the opposite effect. Therefore in intestinal cells, quercetin had no effect on the activity of SIRT1. In experiments wi...

Adding Milk to Black Tea Wont Ruin Its Antioxidant Effects

... has found that adding a spot of milk to the black tea will not spoil the antioxidants effects of polyphe...s over similar timescales. They then tested the tea that produced the most polyphenols on a group of nine healthy young men, who were given a cup or two...

Green Tea may Protect the Bladder from Becoming Inflamed

...liminary study that looked at the ability of green tea to protect bladder cells from inflammation. The...in Anaheim, Calif., found that components of green tea protected bladder cells from damage in culture. The study is Abstract 299 in the AUA proceedings. ...

Drinking Three or More Cups of Tea a Day Reduces Heart Attack Risk

Sipping tea is far better than drinking water, researchers sai...ounds to suggest that taking three or more cups of tea can reduce the risk of heart attacks. According to researcher Dr Carrie Ruxton from King's Colleg...

Drinking Oolong Tea can Help Fight Obesity

...f the study also noted that among black tea, green tea and Oolong tea, it was the third kind that was the...t fighting obesity, reports China Daily. Oolong tea is one of the lesser-known teas in the West. Of the total amount of tea produced and consumed in ...

Now, a Kettle That Will Give a Cup of Tea in Just Three Seconds

...ecent breakthrough by scientists has made a cup of tea possible in just three seconds. Researchers hav...ot, it is not quite at boiling point. As a result, tea lovers may find it doesnt draw as much savour from a tea bag. Likewise, the water might not be qui...

Japanese Flower Art Helps Calm a Frantic Moscow

...he ancient arts. Most days she ends a class with a tea ceremony in a room that whisks its visitors to Japan with its simple decor and traditional Tatamis floor covering. She leads the women, in light summer kimonos, in silence through each gesture of the ritual, filling her small corner of the Russian...

Green Tea Compound may Be a Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

A new study suggests that a compound in green tea may provide therapeutic benefits to people with rh...th rheumatoid arthritis. The compound from green tea also was found to suppress the inflammatory products in the connective tissue of people with rheumat...

Dangerous Side Effects of Tea Exposed

...r shown that antioxidant properties found in green tea could help prevent coronary artery disease. They had also said that drinking tea could help fight against autoimmune disease - when the immune system attacks itself by mistake. So...

Drinking Tea Could Protect Your Skin

Drinking at least two cups of tea daily can protect you from developing skin cancer,...who did not have cancer. They found that regular tea drinkers were 65 percent less likely to have squamous cell carcinoma and almost 80 percent less at r...

Autoimmune Diseases can Be Prevented by Green Tea

...r shown that antioxidant properties found in green tea could help prevent atherosclerosis, particularly c...alivary gland damage in a group treated with green tea extract, suggesting a reduction of the Sjogren's symptom commonly referred to as dry mouth. Dry mout...

Fluids Could Aid in Weight Loss

...r and fruit juice. Consumption of coffee and black tea should be kept at moderate levels - no more than two to three cups a day. Beer lovers need not fully strike the beverage from their evening diet, but beer is a poor thirst quencher and contains a lot of calories. Source-IANS/V...

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