Many people do not know a lot about salt

Many people do not seem to know how much salt is put in different foods and what health hazards they could form.

Of the 2000 parents who were questioned only a small part of them knew that sweet products often contain a lot more salt than savory foods. Some brands that make blueberry muffins contain more salt than a bag of chips.

Also more than half of them did not know that one gram of sodium (Na) is equal to 2.5 grams of salt. On some labels the salt content is listed as sodium, so it is important that people know that that is a different value than the salt content.

The British scientists also saw that many people are not aware of the dangers of salt. They often did know that there is a risk for high blood pressure. But they did not know that a structural high salt intake can lead to stomach cancer, asthma and osteoporosis.

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Curcuma ‘kills cancer cells’

It has been shown before that curcuma or turmeric is good for losing weight and it’s beneficial for your memory. Now it is supposed that curcuma also has the power to kill cancer cells.

Scientists of the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland have discovered that the Indian yellowroot is capable of breaking down cancer cells.

The team under the lead of Sharon McKenna found that cancer cells started to die 24 hours after they had come into contact with curcuma. Furthermore it was shown that cancer cells started to dissolve themselves after this.

Previous studies have shown that curcuma reduces the growth of fat cells, making you gain less weight. Other scientific research has shown that curcuma also protects against dementia as well.

All studies were laboratory studies. Further research needs to shown if curcuma has the same beneficial effects in humans.

Curcuma, turmeric or Indian yellowroot is a much used spice in the Indian kitchen. It has a yellow color and a slightly bitter taste.

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Sunlight helps with cancer prevention

A frequent exposure to UV light helps with the prevention of breast and prostate cancer.

This is shown by scientific research of the Hage hospital in the Hague and the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam both in the Netherlands. The known effects of exposure to UV rays are staying behind with the latest scientific knowledge about this area.

Dutch scientists have published about this in the European Journal for Cancer Prevention.

Research has shown that a moderate exposure to sunlight has a positive effect on health. In contrast to all the negative reports about the risks of UV radiation exposure, all the positive aspects of UV radiation are talked about in this publication. The Dutch team of researchers have studied and evaluated all the the available scientific publications about exposure to UV light by the sun or solarium.

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