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[7 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 12 views]
Helpful Benefits of Green Tea

Green tea can boost your health in some pretty amazing ways. First of all, you need to know that it comes well recommended. The Chinese have been drinking this beverage for thousands of years — giving it a long and proven history as a health remedy.
Modern research too has shown that drinking green tea is beneficial to your health.
Here’s a list of seven health benefits of this tried and true brew:
1. Weight loss
Drinking this beverage helps you feel full, so it can curb your appetite. It may also help you …

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[10 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 8 views]
Passive Smoking Leads to Cancer?

According to Agency for analysis for cancer, the secondhand smoking or passive smoking is one in every of the worst killer diseases within the world.
Passive smoking
Passive smoking or secondhand smoking is one in every of worst known human carcinogen, cancer-causing agent as per the agency for analysis on cancer. There are a minimum of seven thousand toxic chemicals in secondhand smoking, out of those seven thousand and should be to a small degree a lot of, there are quite seventy, which can cause cancer.
the children exposed to passive smoking …

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[8 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 10 views]
Black Tea  Benefits of Black Tea

Like green tea, black tea is made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. The leaves are dried and fermented, which gives the tea a darker color and richer flavor than green tea (which does not undergo the fermentation process).
Black Tea and Caffeine
Depending on how strong it’s brewed, black tea contains about 50 mg of caffeine per cup. (In comparison, green tea contains 8 to 30 mg per cup, while coffee contains 100 to 350 mg.)
Black Tea and Antioxidants
Black tea contains a number of antioxidants, which are compounds that …

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[30 Jul 2011 | No Comment | 39 views]
The 10 Health Benefits of Rice

Rice is an excellent food to help keep your body healthy. Health benefits of rice can be found in more than forty thousand varieties of this cereal available in the world. The two main categories include whole grain rice and white rice. Whole grain rice is not processed much, therefore it is high in nutritional value, whereas white rice is processed so that the bran or outer covering is removed and it has less nutritional value.A Rice has the following nutritional benefits:
1. Great Energy Source
As rice is rich in carbohydrates, …

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[8 May 2011 | No Comment | 61 views]
20 Health Benefits of Turmeric

The medicinal properties of this spice have been slowly revealing themselves over the centuries. Long known for its anti-inflammatory properties, recent research has revealed that turmeric is a natural wonder, proving beneficial in the treatment of many different health conditions from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.
Here are 20 reasons to add turmeric to your diet:
1. It is a natural antiseptic and antibacterial agent, useful in disinfecting cuts and burns.
2. When combined with cauliflower, it has shown to prevent prostate cancer and stop the growth of existing prostate cancer.
3. Prevented breast cancer …

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[5 May 2011 | No Comment | 89 views]
Health Benefits of Almonds

The health benefits of almonds include getting relief from constipation, respiratory disorders, cough, hearth disorders, anemia, impotency, and diabetes. It also helps in hair care, skin care (psoriasis), and dental care.
It is a rich source of vitamin E, calcium, phosphorous, iron and magnesium. It also contains zinc, selenium, copper and niacin. Almonds contain the most nutrients in comparison to all other nuts.
Both sweet and bitter almonds are available. Usually, sweet almonds are edible and bitter almonds are used to make almond oil, which is used to add flavor to food. …

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[16 Feb 2011 | No Comment | 27 views]
Mesothelioma

What is Mesothelioma:
Mesothelioma is a rare from of lung cancer which arises in the cells lining the chest area around the lungs and can also affect organs in the abdomen.
Pleural mesothelioma is the most common one which involves the chest area. Peritoneal mesothelioma affects organs in the abdomen. In rare cases the disease can affect the heart.

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[28 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 88 views]
Two cups of tea a day cuts the risk of cancer

The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found, in a study of 60,000 women, that drinking at least two cups of tea a day halved the risk of ovarian cancer.
In two separate American studies, drinking two daily cuppas was also shown to cut the risk of skin cancer, while three cups a day cut the risk of breast cancer by a third.
It’s the catechin – a type of flavonoid – in tea that makes it such a powerful ally against cancer but experts can’t agree which tea gives the most protection.
Black tea …

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[21 Nov 2010 | No Comment | 289 views]
Diabetes drugs may help control lung cancer

Commonly used diabetes drugs such as metformin may help control lung cancer, and may help prevent it, U.S. researchers reported.
Patients who had taken the drugs to control diabetes were much less likely to have lung cancer spread — which is when it becomes most deadly — the researchers told a meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians. Metformin, an older and cheaper drug available generically, had a more powerful effect than newer drugs called thiazolidinediones, TZDs or glitazones, the researchers said.
“Our study, as …

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[22 Oct 2010 | No Comment | 244 views]
Eat Curry and Boost Your Memory

Curcumin, a key constituent of the curry spice turmeric, may boost memory, according to new research.
A laboratory study at the Agha Khan ­University Medical College, Karachi, found animals with dementia performed better in memory tests after being given the spice.
Meanwhile, a separate study at the U.S. ­Salk Institute found curcumin appeared to protect nerve cells and suggested it could be a key ­compound for the future treatment of disorders involving the brain and memory function.
Scientists have yet to understand exactly why this is …