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People who drink alcohol every now and then are more happy than people who do not drink any alcohol at all. This are some of the first results of the long running research of the Erasmus University into happiness.
On average participants in this study scored a 7.5 on the happiness scale in response to the […]

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Increase libido with red wine -

Drinking two glasses of red wine daily is good for the female libido.
This was discovered by Italian scientists at the University of Florence.
In the research 800 women were subdivided into three groups. The first group contained women that drank one or two glasses of red wine daily. The second group drank less than one glass […]

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Mediterranean diet good for cholesterol -

People with a mediterranean food pattern have more good cholesterol in their blood. This is the result of a research done by Marieke Bos at the University of Wageningen
Olive oil, grain products, nuts, fish and a glass of red wine every day are typical characteristics of the mediterranean diet. It was already known that mediterranean […]

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Aspirin can prevent possible liver damage -

A dosage of aspirin can possibly help to prevent liver damage that is caused by paracetamol or alcohol. At least this effect was measured in mice by researchers at Yale University.
The researchers discovered that the damage that paracetamol and alcohol can do to the liver can cause different inflammatory reactions. The infections make the liver […]

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White wine also protects heart -

Whoever wants to minimize the amount of damage to the heart due to a heart attack, should drink one or two glasses of red wine daily. This is what many doctors say these days. Red wine is made from unpeeled grapes, so the skin of the grape is also used. The grape skin contains resveratrol, […]

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Stay winter proof with vitamines -

If you want to stay in shape during the winter months, then make sure you get enough vitamins by taking healthy foods and supplements. Know what to take and why.
When the snowflakes start to fall outside, there are lots of changes taking place in your body, which change your needs for certain vitamins. The influenza […]

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Vitamin B12 shortage shrinks brain -

Scientists have discovered that people who have a shortage of vitamin B12 have a six times higher chance of that their brain will shrink.
This correlation was discovered by scientists at the University of Oxford. 107 People between the ages of 61 and 87 were physically examined for this research. They also underwent memory tests […]

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Protect yourself against prostate cancer -

Prostate cancer mostly occurs among men of 60 years and older. But what can we do to prevent it? Having regular sex can help according to researchers at the Australian Cancer Council. They showed that men who ejaculated at least once a day between their twenties and fifties, reduced their chance of getting prostate cancer […]

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Drink alcohol to reduce heart disease -

People who do not drink alcohol at all would do well to start drinking at least a little bit alcohol. This is the conclusion of an American study. Men of medium age can reduce their risk of heart disease by 38 percent by drinking a little bit of alcohol. Those who started drinking wine had […]

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Five healthiest foods -

The American Agricultural Research Service investigated 277 foods for the capacity the bind free radicals. The top 5 is:

Unpeeled Red Delicious apples
Pure chocolate
Dried plums
Red wine
Cooked artichokes

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