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Curry spice helps pervent heart disease and inflammation...Scientists have discovered that turmeric, the yellow ingredient in the common curry spice, curcumin, has some impressive antioxidant properties. Some of its published benefits include cardiovascular support, and reduced inflammation.
Do vitamins extend lifespan...In a 1992 UCLA report it was announced that men who took 800 mg a day of vitamin C lived six years longer than those who consumed the FDA's recommended daily allowance of only 60 mg a day. The study, which evaluated 11,348 participants over a ten year period of time, showed that high vitamin C intake extended average life span and reduced mortality from cardiovascular disease by 42%. (Published in the journal Epidemiology, 1992; 3:3, pp 194-202).
In another study involving 11,178 participants (published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, August 1996) those who took vitamin C and E supplements combined experienced a 42% reduction in overall mortality.
Is your antiperspirant killing you...For years the link between breast cancer and antiperspirants has been scoffed at and regarded as an urban myth due to a lack of evidence. That was until British researchers found chemicals used in antiperspirants and other cosmetic products in breast tumours. Read more...
Extracts from purple berries promote weight loss...Scientists have published new evidence that natural pigments of blue/purple/reddish found in certain fruits and vegetables may help prevent obesity and improve other health markers. However, they found that eating the extract of blueberry was more effective at promoting weight loss than eating the whole fruit.
In the new study, researchers found that mice fed a high-fat diet for 8 weeks plus drinking water with purified anthocyanins from blueberries and strawberries gained less weight and had lower body fat levels than a control group. "Anthocyanins fed as the whole blueberry did not prevent and may have actually increased obesity," the study reported. "However, feeding purified anthocyanins from blueberries or strawberries reduced obesity."
What does this mean to someone interested in losing weight? The study gives evidence to the health and weight-loss benefits of taking fruit extracts from blueberries, grapes, etc.
Prestigious medical journal recommends adults take supplements to prevent disease...It wasn’t that long ago that the Journal of the American Medical Association startled the medical world with the recommendation that, in addition to a healthy lifestyle, adults take a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement for the prevention of chronic life-threatening diseases. This was an astonishing admission, since for decades mainstream medicine would not budge from its insistence that one can get all the nutrition needed from a balanced diet. However, with mounting evidence and solid science behind the use of higher levels of vitamins and minerals, modern medicine was forced to do an about-face. So, follow your doctor’s orders—with that apple a day, don’t forget your supplements.
