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Increase cartenoid intake by adding fatty acids -

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.
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Tomato special: vitamin P aka flavonoids -

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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Liposuction does not reduce hart disease risk -

When you remove fat from the body through liposuction your risk of heart disease does not diminish. According to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes is not reduced after liposuction. With liposuction only local fat is removed that is located […]

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The dangers of eating too much salt -

Every adult has about 250 grams of salt is his body. That’s about 3 to 4 salt shakers. Salt is necessary in the body to transfer nerve impulses, among other things. To stay healthy we need to ingest about 1 to 2 grams of salt per day. But research shows we eat a lot more, […]

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Lower blood pressure with pomegranate juice -

In the Middle East pomegranate juice has been drunk for decades already and the western countries are just catching on. Pomegranate juice is full of powerful antioxidants. Drinking 60ml of pomegranate juice per day for a year is enough to make your systolic blood pressure drop by 21% and improve the blood flow in the […]

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Fresh brew coffee machines bad for cholesterol levels -

In coffee there is a substance called cafestol that naturally occurres in coffee beans. Is has been known for quite some time that cafestol increases cholesterol levels and thus increases the risk of a heart attack. At home people mostly drink filter coffee. Filtered coffee contains a lot less cafestol than coffee from fresh brew […]

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Less salt, less chance of heart disease -

Researchers from Harvard University have discovered that by eating less salt you can prevent heart diseases. In the research conducted with 3000 individuals, they asked half the people to restrict their salt intake to one half teaspoon, about 1,15 grams of sodium. Fifteen years later there is 30% less heart disease among this group. High […]

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Avoid diesel fumes -

More news on the fumes front. Particles in the exhaust fumes of diesel engines react with fatty acids in the bad LDL cholesterol in the blood. They activate the genes that cause inflammation processes in the blood. Because of this, lumps can start to form in the blood vessels which can cause problems like heart […]

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What color food is good for what -

Red fruits and vegetables, like red peppers, carrots and strawberries:
These have a positive influence on the heart and the blood. They work preventive against cancer.
Green fruits and vegetables, like spinach, lettuce and kiwis:
They are good for the nervous system, bones, teeth and eyesight.
White fruits and vegetables, like chicory, cauliflower and union:
They have a positive effect […]

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Healthy fish -

It’s the omega 3 fatty acids in fish that make them healthy for you to eat. That’s why it is recommended to eat fish at least twice a week of which one should be of the fatty sort, like salmon, mackerel or eel. Fatty fish contains primarily the EPA and DHA fatty acids. It are […]

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