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Eating a variety of fruits cuts lung cancer risk

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health Benefits Of Fruits, Health News | Tags : , ,

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

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Fruits and vegetables Prevent Cancer? Not So Much, It Turns Out

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health News | Tags : , , ,

Remember the government’s advice to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day to lower your risk of cancer? Well, times change. 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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Trans fat limits lead to healthier foods

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health News | Tags : ,

Holy fish sticks! Scientists finally have some good news about fat in our foods. Contrary to fears, most food manufacturers and restaurants did not just swap one bad ingredient for another when they trimmed artery-clogging trans fats from products and menus, an analysis finds. Even the french fry, a longtime ... more

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Love red meat? Cutting back just a bit helps heart

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health News, Heart Related News | Tags : , , ,

Eating too much red meat has long been a no-no for people with high cholesterol and other risk factors for heart disease. But it hasn’t always been clear how much is too much. Now, a new study suggests that you don’t have to cut out red meat altogether to improve ... more

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Study Finds Eating Nuts Helps Cholesterol

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health News | Tags : ,

Eating about two and a half airplane snacks’ worth of nuts every day helps lower total cholesterol and “bad” LDL cholesterol, and improves the ratio of total cholesterol to “good” HDL cholesterol, a study reports. Researchers pooled the results of 25 clinical trials that involved 583 participants over all. The ... more

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Eating organic food ‘won’t make you healthier’

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health News | Tags : ,

“Organic food is not healthier,” The Daily Telegraph advises. The news is based on a review of a large number of studies comparing the health effects of organic foods to conventional foods. While there is no internationally agreed definition of “organic”, most people understand it to mean: foods grown without ... more

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Is Sugar Dangerous for You?

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health News | Tags : ,

How many times have you resolved to be good and healthy, watch what you eat, only to ruin the whole thing with some crazy binge? You could have followed healthy diet basics longer, if it weren’t for those uncontrollable cravings for sweets. [Read: How to give up Sweets] About Sweet Tooth ... more

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Its not what you eat, it’s when you eat claim

By: Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | | Category: Food news, Health News | Tags : ,

The Daily Telegraph tells us “why dieting is all in the timing”. Sticking to strict mealtimes is apparently the key, rather than snacking on healthy food. Sadly for those of us who enjoy a daily dose of high-fat fast food, the true story behind the headlines is a little more ... more

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