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Written by badar
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Saturday, 24 April 2010 13:27 |
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The content of the apple, has a lot of research revealed that apple, rich in fiber, phytochemicals, and flavonoids. Only, according to the National Cancer Institute of the United States, most apples contain flavonoids compared with other fruits.
This substance, according to the report, can reduce the risk of illness from lung cancer up to 50 percent. There was also good news for men. Mayo Clinic research results in the United States in 2001 proved that quacertin, a type of flavonoids contained in apples, may help prevent prostate cancer cell growth.
Phytochemicals in the apple will work sebagal antioxidants fight bad cholesterol (LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein), potentially clogging the blood vessels. Antioxidants prevent damage to tissue cells or blood vessels. At the same time, the antioxidant will increase good cholesterol (HDL, High Density Lipoprotein), which is useful for preventing heart disease and blood vessels.
Not only that, the content of pectin (soluble fiber contained in fruits and vegetables), have been investigated and proven to lower cholesterol in the blood. In spesilik at an early research, proved that in apple found in D-glucaric acid which berinanfaat regulate cholesterol levels. Mentioned in the study, this type of acid can reduce cholesterol up to 35 percent.
Cholesterol levels are maintained and the antioxidants will protect against heart attack and stroke. This was evident in a study in Finland in 1996, that people who diet containing phytochemicals, a low risk for heart disease. Other studies, as cited by the British Medical Journal revealed that apples also prevent the occurrence of stroke.
Phytochemical substances found on the apple skin, according to a study at Cornell University in the United States, beneficial inhibit colon cancer cell growth by 43 percent. Phytochemicals and flavonoids are reported together also reduces the number of lung cancer incidence.
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Written by Ririn Sjafriani
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Saturday, 10 April 2010 01:34 |
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Consuming a multivitamin as a nutritional supplement intake is recommended. However, what happens when a multivitamin consumed every day? This question which then provoke the investigators to find out.
Research results published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition mention of women who drank a multivitamin every day to prevent disease, it can increase the risk of developing breast cancer.
Researchers also found that middle-aged women and older who regularly consumed a multivitamin supplement, nearly 20 percent more likely to develop tumors. Even worse multivitamin supplements can trigger tumor growth by increasing the density of breast tissue which is known as a risk factor for cancer.
Research results also showed that supplements containing vitamins and minerals can increase breast tissue more than 5 percent. Researchers believe that folic acid may be found in a multivitamin pill can also be a factor, and according to research high-dose folic acid can enhance tumor growth.
In the UK, approximately 40,000 women annually diagnosed with breast cancer or equal to more than 100 days. Of that number, every woman in the country has one of the nine opportunities to develop the disease in some point in his life.
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Written by badar
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Thursday, 08 April 2010 09:55 |
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Walking is one of the everyday activities seemed normal. In fact, walking is one way to avoid the deadly stroke, especially for women. , A new study reveals.
Women who said they walked faster, had a 37 percent lower risk of having a stroke than those who did not work. Women who reported walking at least two hours per day each week with varying speeds successfully reduced the risk of stroke by 30 percent, says a study published online in the journal American Heart Association stroke.
Meanwhile, a physical activity lowers the risk of stroke, other studies focus to examine what types of exercise might be most beneficial for women. "The study really reveals, to walk with a certain time and in particular to walk fast," said study leader from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, USA.
What is meant by walking fast is when one walks, so he is still unable to speak. "However, do not sing," he added.
The study involved 39,000 women workers in good health aged 45 years or older. They are regularly asked about physical activity. During 12 years, a total of 579 women suffered a stroke.
Besides walking, the researchers also observed the activities such as running, swimming and cycling. However, the researchers found no link between these activities by reducing the risk of stroke.
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