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Archive for August, 2007

Pure chocolate is good -

German research shows two pieces of dark chocolate help to lower bloodpressure without weightgain.
Earlier research already showed that consumption of cacao helped to lower bloodpressure, but scientists where concerned that the added sugar, fat and calories in chocolate would negate the positive effects of cacao. The medical science wasn’t familiar yet with the effects of […]

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Tea relaxes -

Four cups of tea a day can help you get more relaxed.
This is shown by a recent study of the University College of London. In this study men drank either four cups of black tea daily or a caffeine drink. After six weeks, tea drinkers were found to have 20% lower levels of stress hormones […]

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Coffee against diabetes -

A study shows that coffee could help prevent type-2 diabetes.
This study carried out at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA, found men who drank four cups of coffee each day had 20% lower risk of type-2 diabetes than those who did not drink any coffee. Study author Dr. Wen H. Kao […]

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Eat vitamin E-rich fruit -

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, United States, have found that ex-smokers can increase their life expectancy with vitamin E-rich fruit.
In an analysis of survival rates, those with diets high in vitamin E-rich fruit had a 19% lower risk of heart disease and where 21% less likely to be effected by cancer. “Vitamin […]

Popularity: 13% [?]