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Tag: "diet" at medical news

Beer guards against Colon Cancer

... Yokohama, Japan, said that researchers fed rats a diet that contained either water, hops, malt or beer --... felt that nearly 80 % of the15 rats given a water diet developed tumors when compared with about 50 % of the 15 rats that had beer or beer products in thei...

Important substance in curry conciliate Inflamed Colon

...e using a chemical and immediately gave the mice a diet containing 1% to 2% curcumin for a week. The mice .... The researchers also gave some of the mice a 2% diet of curcumin before the colitis was induced, in order to see whether the compound had a preventive ef...

Fructose cause digestive problems

...nal problem - but, in the meantime, a low fructose diet may provide relief for patients with IBS-type symptoms....

Role of Diet in Oral Cancer

...veals certain foods incorporated// into a person's diet may reduce their risk of mouth cancer. Mouth canc...to determine if any particular aspect of the Greek diet could explain the low incidence of mouth cancer in the population. Researchers recruited more than ...

Vitamin C maintains healthy lungs

...ing the decline in lung function as time passes, a diet containing lots of foods rich in vitamin C may low...ose with lower levels of intake. She added that a diet rich in food supplying these nutrients appears to be beneficial to lung health. She recommended gett...

Protection mechanism of fatty acids for Cancer

...hich produce excess levels of PKCbII, were given a diet high in omega-3s. This measure was found to decrease the risk of these highly prone mice to that of normal animals. This new insight into how omega-3 fatty acids interfere with the mechanism of cancer could well lead to the development of effective p...

Adequate intake of Vitamin D is essentia

...and wearing a hat. So it's vital to look to your diet and maybe even supplements to get enough vitamin D. Choose milk and cereals fortified with the vitamin. Liver, egg yolk and fish are good sources too. A supplement of 400 international units (IU) of vitamin D may improve bone health for women in thei...

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

... things being equal including one's genes eating a diet rich in fish appears to be healthier for the heart...n eating a vegetarian diet. The findings suggest a diet high in fish helps the body control blood levels of leptin,// a substance secreted by fat tissue. Hi...

Functional foods reduce cholesterol

..., they can add 10 to 25 grams of fat to a person's diet without providing other nutrients. Researchers finally observed that the supplemented lean ground beef used in the study has considerably less fat and is more nutritious than the phytosterol spreads presently procurable....

Heart attack risk starts at 20

...k and stroke include maintaining a healthy overall diet and healthy weight and getting at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise on most, if not all, days....

Apples keep lung disease away

...hampton, UK, have carried out the first study into diet and COPD in smokers. They find that those who eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables are at reduced risk. Specifically, those who ate more than three apple...

Skin specialist advise on cellulite

...pproaches for treating cellulite: creams, massage, diet and exercise. Cellulite creams can contain a wide ...ction is found beneficial by some women. As far as diet is concerned, no one diet or food really has an impact on cellulite. Toning exercises can be helpful...

Low potassium intake may elevate stroke risk

...gested that reduced quantities of potassium in the diet increase the risk of death from stroke. //The focus on potassium is, perhaps, a new one - for most of us hear more about keeping sodium or salt intake low to avoid stroke. But sodium and potassium chemistry in the body are intimately related. Good so...

Gene block keeps mice from increasing weight

...at mice lacking a specific gene can eat a high-fat diet without either putting on weight or developing dia...lacks SCD-1. Such animals can eat a rich, high-fat diet but do not put on weight. Nor do they develop high blood sugar and insulin resistance, which would p...

Poor diet among smokers

... smoker or work in a smoky environment - a healthy diet might offset some of the negative effects. Researchers at California State University, showed in their new survey, that many people living with smokers are compounding the problem of passive smoking by eating a poor diet. Nonsmoking men living with...

Diet combined to Alzheimer's disease

...earch has shown that mice and rats on a restricted diet tend to live longer. //Researchers feel this is because of fewer destructive molecules formed during the breakdown of food and oxygen. These destructive molecules, known as free radicals also damage cells and may increase the damage done by particles...

Almonds Improve Cholesterol

...ients to eat almonds as part of a healthy balanced diet as long as they are natural or "dry roasted" without added oils or salts. Researchers say the key is for people to substitute nuts, and not add them, to their diet; otherwise the positive effects could be negated because of the additional calories....

Diet and Lung Function

...none from the news media is the connection between diet and respiratory health. A study of over 2,000 children aged 11-19// in southern California was done to examine this issue. The study appeared in the January 15, 2002 edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Low magnesium and potassium inta...

Air Pollution and Heart Attacks

...erweight, smoke cigarettes, people who have a poor diet particularly high in fat and people who know they have high blood pressure. It would be prudent for people who understand that they have a high risk for a heart attack, even in the absence of this air pollution association, to try to avoid excessi...

Vitamin E supports Female Hearts

...e and blood levels before recommending a change in diet or vitamin E supplements for their patients....

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