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Archive for December, 2007

Three easy tips to eat less -

Not only the food on your plate, but also the surroundings decide how much you will eat. Here are three easy tips for eating a bit less:

Turn off the tv while eating. When you are distracted while eating, by the tv for examaple, your brain has more trouble recognizing the signals of your body that […]

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Mushrooms enhance the immune system -

Fortify your immune system with mushrooms, they can protect you against diseases. This is the result of a research done at Tuft University in Massachusetts. Mice whose diet included champignon mushrooms had more active ‘natural killer cells’, white bloodcells which fight viruses and cancer cells. According to the author of this research report 150 grams […]

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Fish against cancer -

When you eat fish one time per week, you have 4% less risk of colon cancer. And every time more you eat fish per week, your risk goes down with another 4%. This is the result of a meta study done by the University of Wageningen in Holland. How exactly the fish protects you is […]

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Wash your apple instead of peeling it -

It’s is better to wash an apple before you eat it than to peel it, because the peel contains triterpenoids. Triterpenoids are antioxidants which have shown in laboratory tests that they slow the growth of different kinds of cancer cells. Science does not know the full potential of this substance yet, but it could be […]

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