The smoke from a cannabis cigarette (joint) carries the same cancer risk as that of 20 cigarettes. The more often someone smokes cannabis, the greater the risk for lung cancer.
That smoking cannabis is more dangerous than smoking normal tobacco was already known, but researchers in New Zealand have proved exactly how dangerous. Those test subjects […]
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Fresh and brightly colored vegetables, like the ones you often find in salsa sauce and other exotic salads, are rich in cartenoids. Cartenoids are powerful anti-oxidants which help to decrease your risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease or cataract. To fully enjoys the benefits of the cartenoids you have to combine them with some fat.
Scientists […]
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Fish is rich in the mineral selenium among others. Selenium heightens the level of thioredoxin reductase (Tr-1), an enzyme that fights cancer. At the same time broccoli is a good source of sulphoraphane, a substance in plants that stimulates Tr-1. When British researchers combined the two foods, they saw that this golden duo was 13 […]
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Besides being full of vitamins, tomatoes are also rich in flavonoids. There are about 7000 kinds of flavanoids and they used to be called vitamin P. Because of their anti-oxidative properties they would lower the chance of cancer in women. Flavonoids also sabotage the development of fat cells. This was discovered in a research by […]
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Lycopene it is called and it gives the tomato its red color. This natural pigment is also found inside other red fruits. The more red, the more lycopene. Lycopene is also used to color foods. Then the additive is called E160d in Europe. Lycopene is a powerful anti-oxidant. An anti-oxidant is a molecule that […]
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A simple vegetable broccoli. It is full of sulforafan, a substance that multiplies the natural defenses against cancer in the body. Young broccoli sprouts are even better, because they contain 50 times more sulforafan than broccoli. And if you can find it, purple broccoli, the ancestor of normal green broccoli, is even more healthier than […]
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The health benefits of tea are so numerous, that a daily cup of tea should almost be obligatory. But what kind of tea is the best? Look at the color.
Black tea helps against bad breath and high cholesterol.
White tea helps battle infections and red tea helps against allergies.
Green tea improves the immune system, protects against […]
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The taste of the açai berry is something like a mix of cherries and burrs with a hint of chocolate, but the benefits of this South American berry are even more inviting. These dark purple berries have destroyed cancer cells, which is shown in a recent study done by the University of Florida. The tests […]
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Of every two smokers, one will die of the illnesses caused by this very bad habit. And smoking makes you stink as well. So stop smoking. It will immediately give you health benefits. Twenty minutes after your last cigarette your blood pressure and heart beat are back to normal and within a few months the […]
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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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