Health Benefit Of Green Tea: Mechanism Discovered, New Approach To Autoimmune Disease

One of the beneficial compounds found in green tea has a powerful ability to increase the number of “regulatory T cells” that play a key role in immune function and suppression of autoimmune disease, according to new research in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University…

Walnuts are top nut for heart-healthy antioxidants

A new scientific study positions walnuts in the number one slot among a family of foods that lay claim to being among Mother Nature’s most nearly perfect packaged foods: Tree and ground nuts. A new analysis shows that walnuts have a combination of more healthful antioxidants and higher quality antioxidants than any other nut.

Fruit And Vegetable Concentrate Decreases Number Of Days With Severe Cold Symptoms

University Medicine Berlin were the first to show that a specific food supplement made from fruit and vegetable juice concentrates significantly reduced the number of days with severe cold symptoms. The report published in the British Journal of Nutrition sees the potential benefits of the product in a reduced number of sick days and correspondingly lower expenditure on cold medicines…

Planning Your Success Is Best Way For New Year’s Resolution To Last

Breaking down your New Year’s weight loss resolutions into small, manageable tasks you can work on every day is the best road to success. “Instead of making the number on the scale the focus, look for other ways to find to measure success,” said Stefanie C.

Fast Food And Sweets Advertised When Children Watch Television

Children in Sweden are exposed to a huge number of TV advertisements. Food adverts – primarily for fast food and sweets – dominate the advertisements shown during children’s viewing times. Research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that Sweden is no different from other countries when it comes to the number of adverts that children are exposed to…

Chefs And Consumers Urged To Thoroughly Cook Chicken Livers, UK

Over the last two years the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has noticed an increase in the number of outbreaks of campylobacter infections associated with the consumption of poultry liver pate/parfait at a number of catering establishments. Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in Britain and there were almost 60,000 cases last year…

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