Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Nutrition Update

White Food =Cancer Risk?
A diet of french fries and white bread is comparable to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day in raising your cancer risk, say researchers at the University Michigan Cancer Center. Their reasoning: ”What Food” is lacking in critical nutrients that your body needs ti fend off tumours- including vitamins A,B, and E, along with carotenoids, selenium, and calcium. To and insult to injuries, the body drawn on its own reserves of micronutrients in order to metabolize these foods, thereby depleting the bank further. The remedy is simple: Eat five to nine richly coloured fruits and vegetables everyday.
Sweets for Satiny Skin?
The people do in their quest for youthful skin!
Twenty four women allowed German scientists to burn small patches of their skin with sunlamps and then measure subsequent redness- the kind that roughens and dulls skin over time. After 12 weeks, during which half the women took daily 329 mg doses of flavonoids (equal to 100 gms of dark chocolate,) all were tested again. Women with the favoniod advantage had 25% less redness from a second exposure than the others. Chocolate, tea and red wine are reservoirs of flavonoids, plant compounds that act like sun blocks, prevents aging effects caused by UV rays. How? Flavonoids may work by improving blood flow to the skin, the researchers say.
The Goodness of Seeds:
Have some nuts>>
The form of vitamin E found in plant seeds but in most supplements- gammatocopherol -may slow the growth of cancer cells, according to a study at Purdue University, Researchers found that gammatocopherol inhibits human prostate and lung cancer cell division in the lab, while leaving healthy cells alone. It’s too soon to say how much gammatocopherol human need, but now there’s one more reason to much on these healthy sources: Walnuts and almonds, Natural E offers cancer protection.
Meanwhile Spanish researchers have discovered that walnuts can help recondition your vessels by making the lining of your circulatory system mote pliable and less prone to cholesterol build up. The net result, according to the researchers, is a project 11 per cent reduction in the risk of heart disease, walnuts are a powerful source of onega-3 fatty acids, which improve membrane fluidity in all cells, and L-arginine, which is the precursor molecule of nitrous oxide, a vasodilator. Have a hand full a day.

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