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Can potassium in bananas cut your stroke risk?
โMore bananas and fewer crisps can help ward off strokesโ, the Daily Mail reports, saying a study has found that people with high potassium intake have a 24% reduced risk of stroke. Researchers are also reported to say that lowering salt intake could increase benefits further. Advice to switch from ... more
Read moreDoes a daily dose of dhal dispel dementia?
The Daily Mail reported today that โeating a curry once (or twice) a week could stave off dementia.โ Sadly, this mouth-watering headline is not a good representation of the research. The study in question tested the effects of curcumin (a chemical found in the spice turmeric) on fruit flies. It ... more
Read moreIs milk from grass-fed cows more heart-healthy?
If milk does the heart good, it might do the heart better if it comes from dairy cows grazed on grass instead of on feedlots, according to a new study. Liesbeth A Smit, Ana Baylin, and Hannia Campos.Conjugated linoleic acid in adipose tissue and risk of myocardial infarctionย AJCN2010. Earlier experiments ... more
Read moreHeartburn reflux rise triggered by fatty diet
โObesity could be driving a 50% rise in people suffering acid reflux over the last decade,โ reported theย Daily Mail. In acid reflux, stomach acid is regurgitated into the oesophagus, the tube that food passes down after it is swallowed. The news comes from a study that found that the number ... more
Read moreGood vs. bad carbohydrates: Why are some carbohydrates good and others bad?
โItโs the biggest lack-of-consensus issue in the U.S. diet today,โ said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. โWe donโt have a standard method for assessing their quality.โ Carbohydrates, the most common of the three energy sources we get from food (the others are ... more
Read moreMore evidence that fibre cuts bowel cancer risk
โEating more cereals and whole grains could reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer,โ BBC News has today reported. The broadcaster says a major examination of fibre research has shown that people can cut their risk of bowel cancers by 20% by eating three portions of foods such asย wholegrain breads, ... more
Read moreEating a variety of fruits cuts lung cancer risk
Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day is one of the means that experts most frequently recommend for preventing cancer. Now, the European EPIC study carried out by researchers from 10 countries has shown that, in the case of lung cancer, the important thing is not just the ... more
Read moreFruits and vegetables Prevent Cancer? Not So Much, It Turns Out
Remember the governmentโs advice to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day to lower your risk of cancer?ย Well, times change.ย A huge nine-year study of diet and cancer, involving nearly a half-million Europeans in 10 countries, finds only a very weak association between intake of fruits and ... more
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