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B Vitamin Supplementatoin Saves Money and Lives

...mputer model to estimate the benefit of fortifying bread and cereal with folic acid, along with any additional benefits from taking supplements of folic acid and cyanocobalamin, in preventing heart disease. It was found that grain fortification alone reduced the number of heart attacks and the other heart...

Flaxseed fights cancer risk

...- the fibres to make linen and the ground seeds in bread and cereal.The seeds are rich in lignans, which resemble the female hormone oestrogen.// High levels of oestrogen are linked to breast cancer and lignans may lower levels by blocking oestrogen synthesis. Researchers at the University of Minnesota h...

Grains do good

...e equivalent of two to three slices of whole-grain bread each day were 30% to 40% less likely to have an ischemic (blocked artery)or stroke than women who ate the equivalent of less than half a slice each day.//Out of a group of 34,000 adults, those who ate the most whole grains had a 23% lower risk of dyi...

For healthy lungs

...itamins - C and E - was better than average.Eating bread was also associated with improved lung health.// Scientists believe this effect is due to antioxidant properties of the vitamins, which help protect the tissues of the lung from damage. The two vitamins are found abundantly in certain fruit and veg...

Sniff out flatulence

...ts. The beans, along with broccoli, cabbage, nuts, bread and beer, are difficult to digest and are well-known for producing hydrogen sulphide, the substance which puts the sting into flatulence. It was described as giving a rotten egg smell by the scientists while dimethyl, another gas isolated in tests, h...

Importance of Fatty food In Hypercholestrolemia

...up ate a low-fat meal of cereal with low-fat milk, bread with low-fat spreads and fruits (totalling six fat grams). Nestel relied on ultrasound imaging to track the arteries. While the blood vessels were unaffected by the low-fat meal, arteries in people who ate the high fat meal stiffened within three to...

Pulses and grains protect the heart

...e equivalent of two to three slices of whole-grain bread each day were 30% to 40% less likely to have an ischemic (blocked artery)or stroke than women who ate the equivalent of less than half a slice each day.Out of a group of 34,000 adults, those who ate the most whole grains had a 23% lower risk of dying...

Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...e long demonized simple carbs. Foods such as white bread and some breakfast cereals break down in a flash, while some sweet things, like apples and pears, take their time. In general, starchy foods like refined grain products and potatoes have a high GI -- 50 percent higher than table sugar. Unprocessed g...

The Causes Of Acid Reflux Questioned

...id reflux. Regular consumption of high fiber brown bread and 30 minutes of strenuous exercise at least once a week both cut in half the risk of developing acid reflux. Heavy coffee drinkers (around seven cups a day) were also about 40-percent less likely to develop acid reflux than those who drank one cup ...

Less Sleep Could Lead To Weight Gain

...ed with weight gain: cookies, sweets, chips, nuts, bread and pasta. In conclusion researchers say that sleep loss due to voluntary curtailment of time in bed has become a hallmark of modern society, and they believe that their findings indicate a need for greater attention to sleep ....

Diet and exercise to improve vascular function

...erranean type of diet includes fruits, vegetables, bread and other forms of cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts and seeds. Olive oil serves as an important source of fat. The diet also includes low to moderate amounts of dairy, fish and poultry. The diet must be matched with physical activities suited to the r...

Weighty problem: Protein is the solution?

...roducts with the lean versions, and possibly white bread and pasta with lean meat, without reducing the intakes of fruit, vegetables and whole-grain products," said Astrup. "Perhaps now is the time to consider the economic and environmental consequences of increasing the population's intake of protein," ...

Vitamin Supplements During Pregnancy to Boost Fetal Development

...study support the need for intake of foods such as bread and cereals with folic acid during pregnancy. So much emphasis is being laid on folic acid supplementation during pregnancy that government itself has taken steps to include folic acid in foods meant for pregnant women. Since the fortification progr...

Nutrient Profiling System Launched By Food Officials in UK

...h no added sugar, low-fat fruit yoghurt, wholemeal bread and milk (irrespective of its fat content). Those underlined as high in saturated fat, salt or sugar included cornflakes, confectionery, and a range of takeaway foods, crisps and salted peanuts. The FSA says the model is expected to be significantl...

Making Fortification Mandatory In Order To Reduce Birth Defects

...r increasing intake of the vitamin, as well as the bread and cereal products that are already enriched with...However researchers say to compare whether milk or bread would be a more effective source of the vitamin, a comparative study would be required. Links fr...

Finding The Key To Weight Loss!

...roducts with the lean versions, and possibly white bread and pasta with lean meat, without reducing the intakes of fruit, vegetables and whole-grain products. According to a recent survey it was found that private spending in America on obesity-related health care increased tenfold between 1987 and 2002,...

Consuming Vinegar Before A Meal Found To Help Dieters Eat Less

...s and their glucose and insulin responses to white bread was observed. For the study, volunteers were give...water in combination with a portion of white wheat bread containing 50g available carbohydrates after an overnight fast. Bread served without vinegar was use...

New Diet Sensation Insists That Carbs Are Good For Health

...o launch her diet plan, which recommends eating of bread to reduce weight, in US and other parts of the wor... carbohydrates -- and is a two-part program. The bread is not a gimmick. Rather it is a real weight loss mechanism because it is eaten in such a way that i...

Scientists Have Found A Way To Make Junk Food Healthier

... sources of fibre are fruits and vegetables, brown bread and cereals like bran flakes....

Fungal spores in the pillows can trigger an asthma attack

...pecies of fungus in the pillows, which ranged from bread and vine moulds and also fungus which habitats damp walls were also present. Asthma: Asthma occurs due to a hyper responsive reaction to a stimuli or trigger leading to narrowing or blocking of the lung airways. An asthma attack leads to lung i...

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