Cabbage soup diet: Can it help with weight loss?
Hoping for quick weight loss? Is cabbage soup the answer? (Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - January 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Controlling the Menopause at Christmas
Controlling the menopause at Christmas is something that all women of a certain age may need to consider. Diet can play a large part in how menopausal women cope with the changes the body goes through during this time. Good nutrition can help reduce certain health conditions that may develop as a result of the menopause, such as osteoporosis and heart disease. With the festive season upon us once again, implementing these dietary changes may seem unrealistic. The good news is that with careful planning and monitoring, it is still possible to enjoy many foods during the Christmas period to enjoy a healthier and happier meno...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - December 19, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health menopause Source Type: news
Controlling the Menopause at Christmas
Controlling the menopause at Christmas is something that all women of a certain age may need to consider. Diet can play a large part in how menopausal women cope with the changes the body goes through during this time. Good nutrition can help reduce certain health conditions that may develop as a result of the menopause, such as osteoporosis and heart disease. With the festive season upon us once again, implementing these dietary changes may seem unrealistic. The good news is that with careful planning and monitoring, it is still possible to enjoy many foods during the Christmas period to enjoy a healthier and happier meno...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - December 19, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health menopause Source Type: news
Controlling the Menopause at Christmas
Controlling the menopause at Christmas is something that all women of a certain age may need to consider. Diet can play a large part in how menopausal women cope with the changes the body goes through during this time. Good nutrition can help reduce certain health conditions that may develop as a result of the menopause, such as osteoporosis and heart disease. With the festive season upon us once again, implementing these dietary changes may seem unrealistic. The good news is that with careful planning and monitoring, it is still possible to enjoy many foods during the Christmas period to enjoy a healthier and happier meno...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - December 19, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: menopause Christmas menopause supplements menopause symptoms Source Type: news
Controlling the Menopause at Christmas
Controlling the menopause at Christmas is something that all women of a certain age may need to consider. Diet can play a large part in how menopausal women cope with the changes the body goes through during this time. Good nutrition can help reduce certain health conditions that may develop as a result of the menopause, such as osteoporosis and heart disease. With the festive season upon us once again, implementing these dietary changes may seem unrealistic. The good news is that with careful planning and monitoring, it is still possible to enjoy many foods during the Christmas period to enjoy a healthier and happier meno...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - December 19, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health menopause Source Type: news
Uganda: Should Breastfeeding Mums Avoid Some Foods?
[Observer]It has been said that breastfeeding mothers need to avoid foods such as soda, beans, cabbage and broccoli among others because they worsen colic in newborns. The aforementioned foods have been said to increase gas in a baby and should the baby be colicky, the resultant gas from foods such as soda, cabbage and broccoli will make the situation worse. And you know how babies cry when they are colicky. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Kale and Red Cabbage Slaw With Walnuts
A briny slaw that gets its crunch from red cabbage and walnuts. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 9, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Nuts Recipes Medicine and Health Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Mashed Potato and Cabbage Pancakes
Vegetable pancakes with a sweet and comforting flavor. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 25, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Recipes Potatoes Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Researchers maximize broccoli's cancer-fighting potential
Spraying a plant hormone on broccoli - already one of the planet's most nutritious foods - boosts its cancer-fighting potential, and researchers say they have new insights on how that works. They published their findings, which could help scientists build an even better, more healthful broccoli, in ACS' Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry. John Juvik and colleagues explain that diet is one of the most important factors influencing a person's chances of developing cancer. One of the most helpful food families includes cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, kale and cabbage... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Cabbage compound may 'protect against radiation'
Conclusion
This early stage rodent study suggests that DIM might be useful in protecting against the effects of radiation, whether exposure occurs accidentally or during medical treatment. However, the experiment was performed in rats and mice and it is uncertain whether similar effects could be achieved in humans.
It would be ethically impossible to irradiate humans so the effects of DIM could be tested, although research could be undertaken in patients undergoing radiotherapy for cancer. Far more research is required before DIM could be considered an effective agent against the effects of radiation.
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Source: NHS News Feed - October 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Medical practice Source Type: news
Cabbage compound protects healthy tissue from radiation damage
A team of US researchers has discovered that an anti-cancer compound present in cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli, also protects rodents from lethal doses of radiation. The compound, called 3,3'-diindolylmethane, and known more simply as "DIM," is already shown to be safe in humans, and so the researchers expect it could serve as a shield to protect healthy tissue in human cancer patients from damage by radiation therapy, or lessen its side effects... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
Shielding body from lethal radiation doses using compound derived from vegetables
Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say a compound derived from cruciferous vegetable such as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli protected rats and mice from lethal doses of radiation. Their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests the compound, already shown to be safe for humans, may protect normal tissues during radiation therapy for cancer treatment and prevent or mitigate sickness caused by radiation exposure. The compound, known as DIM (3,3'-diindolylmethane), previously has been found to have cancer preventive properties... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
Could cabbage protect against the effects of radiation?
Researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Washington say cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli can protect healthy tissue following radiation damage. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Compound derived from vegetables shields rodents from lethal radiation doses
(Georgetown University Medical Center) Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say a compound derived from cruciferous vegetable such as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli protected rats and mice from lethal doses of radiation. Their study, suggests the compound, already shown to be safe for humans, may protect normal tissues during radiation therapy for cancer treatment and prevent or mitigate sickness caused by radiation exposure. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Eating broccoli may help prevent osteoarthritis
New research from the UK suggests that sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and Brussels sprouts, could help fight osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis. Led by the University of East Anglia (UEA), the study used cell and tissue tests to show that sulforaphane blocked cartilage-destroying enzymes by intercepting a molecule that causes inflammation... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Arthritis / Rheumatology Source Type: news
