Four Tomatoes A Day May Reduce Kidney Cancer Risk
Women who eat more tomatoes or other lycopene-containing fruits and vegetables may have a lower risk of developing kidney cancer, a study suggests.05/28/2017 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - May 28, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Antioxidants and lung cancer risk
An epidemiological study published in Frontiers in Oncology suggests that a diet high in carotenoids and vitamin C may protect against lung cancer. The study authors found that vitamin C appears to reduce the risk of lung cancer in heavy smokers while beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, and lycopene play the same role in male heavy smokers. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - March 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Antioxidants and lung cancer risk
(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) An epidemiological study published in Frontiers in Oncology suggests that a diet high in carotenoids and vitamin C may protect against lung cancer. The study authors found that vitamin C appears to reduce the risk of lung cancer in heavy smokers while beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, and lycopene play the same role in male heavy smokers. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 8, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
13 ways to keep free radicals away, and why it's so important
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tomatoes are high in antioxidant that can project against harmful UV radiation
The fruit is rich in an antioxidant called lycopene that helps shield the body from harmful UV radiation. A German study found it isn't a substitute for sunscreen but offers an important line of defence. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why You Need to Stop Eating Egg Whites
Scan the “healthy” section of a brunch menu and there you’ll find it: the world’s saddest order, the egg white omelet. This time will be different, you think, these things aren’t so bad, but then you stare down at the flat, pale pancake of liquid protein and think to yourself: Why do I do this to myself?
You do it because you were told to. We all were. Until just recently, experts warned that dietary cholesterol causes spikes in blood cholesterol, which in turn clogs arteries and hurts the heart. Cholesterol is found in the yellows, not the whites, so down the drain went the yolks.
Left behi...
Source: TIME: Top Science and Health Stories - October 25, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Mandy Oaklander Tags: Uncategorized cholesterol Diet/Nutrition egg egg white egg whites egg whites 24/7 egg yolk egg yolks smoking lutein Source Type: news
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month -- Educating All Men On Reducing Their Risk
This study only looked at the effect of dietary or food sources of zinc and not at zinc supplements. Some dietary sources of zinc include the following:
• Beef steak - 3 oz contains 4.9 mg
• Oysters - 3 oz contains 67 mg
• Shrimp - 3 oz contains 1.5 mg
• Pork chop - 3 oz contains 2.8 mg
• Yogurt - 1 cup contains 2.2 mg
• Enriched cereal - ¾ cup contains 15 mg
• Red kidney beans - ½ cup contains 2 mg
Zinc coming from meat sources is more readily bioavailable than zinc from vegetarian sources. Legumes and whole grains contain phytic acid inhibiting zinc's bioavailability.
Consult with your doctor for their ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I ON BEAUTY Chapter 21: BEST FOODS FOR AN ANTI-AGING DIET
PHOTO COURTESY OF IRENE MICHAELS
Diet is a necessary component in both physical and mental health. It is what determines how physically and mentally fit you are for coping with the daily challenges of life. All of us want to feel (and look) young forever. While that may not be exactly possible, these age-defying foods will help you preserve energy levels and look younger.
Olive Oil:
Almost four decades ago, a group of researchers from Seven Countries Study stated that the monounsaturated fats found in olive oils were extremely beneficial for individuals suffering from heart diseases and cancer. Today, it is widely known...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Collagen pills are 'useless' but vitamin C does protect the skin, experts say
Collagen pills do not survive the digestion process and so have no effect on reducing wrinkles when swallowed, UK-based dermatologists warned. But lycopene and vitamin C do protect skin. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In the Raw: To Cook or Not to Cook?
Imagine never again savoring the smell of baking cakes or charbroiled steak.
Could you? Why would you?
Yet some people worldwide are turning away not only from meat and processed food, but also from cooking.
Welcome to the raw food diet.
As the Standard American Diet becomes more fat-laden, sugar-sated, and processed, the prevalence of metabolic disorders, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are soaring.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity now affects nearly 35 percent of the population of the United States, over 29 million people have been diagnosed with t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Win-Win Strategy for Watermelon Season
One of the best things to enjoy on a warm summer day is a cold watermelon. Sweet, hydrating, crisp, refreshing, red (what a beautiful color!) and nutritious -- what could be better? Here are a few things that can make your watermelon experience more complete.
1. My 'no guarantee' tips for picking a winner
Have you seen those square watermelons? Well, these tips won't work for those space-saving fruit, but for your ordinary rounded watermelon these come in handy:Tapping: Tap the watermelon with the pads of your fingers. A winning watermelon will typically have a slightly hollow sound, like the so...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Well: Ask Well: Is Watermelon Good for You?
Watermelon is rich in nutrients like lycopene, which may have benefits for the heart, and a lower sugar content, gram for gram, than many other fruits. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RONI CARYN RABIN Tags: Blood Pressure Cancer Diet and Nutrition Heart Stroke Watermelons Ask Well Eat Featured Live Source Type: news
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Complementary and Integrative Approaches
Research results on complementary and integrative health approaches benign prostatic hyperplasia, including acupuncture, lycopene, Pygeum africanum, saw palmetto, and urtica dioica. For health care providers. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 16, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
How tomatoes could help older men spend a penny
Experts believe the chemical lycopene, which gives tomatoes their red colour, can reduce the expansion of the prostate and help ease bladder problems in older men. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
