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Archive for May, 2008

Cava against infections -

Cava, the Spanish version of champagne, helps the body fight against infections. This has been shown in a Spanish study into cava, the Spanish sparkly wine. When 20 men drank 300 ml of cava daily for a month, the amount of markers in their blood for infections dropped by 25%. Just like red wine, cava […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Magnolia against bad breath -

A new remedy against bad breath is magnolia. Chewing for half an hour on a mint with magnolia extract reduced the amount of bacteria in the mouth that cause bad breath by 60 percent. Chewing for half an hour on a ‘regular’ mint only killed about 3.6 percent of the bacteria.
Popularity: 11% [?]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Fat cells are for life -

The amount of fat cells that you have in your body is determined during puberty. The number of fat cells stay the same, irrespective of how much your weight is. This is the result of a Swedish study.
It has been known for a longer time already that fat cells increase in size when you gain […]

Popularity: 9% [?]

Being more in the sun helps against depression -

Elderly who go more often out into the sun have less chance of being depressed than elderly who stay indoors. This is the result of an investigation by the VU medical center among 1282 elderly.
Exposure of the skin to solar light increase the amount of vitamin D in the blood. This vitamin helps to reduce […]

Popularity: 24% [?]