News tagged with beneficial compounds
Can an apple a day really keep the doctor away?
Studies of the bioactive compounds found in apples aim to uncover compounds that have an ability to prevent or alter the risk of serious ailments such as diabetes and heart disease.
Health
Mar 26, 2013 |
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3 Questions: MIT biologist on new resveratrol study
In the early 1990s, MIT professor Leonard Guarente discovered that sirtuins, a class of proteins found in nearly all animals, protect against the effects of aging in yeast; similar effects have since been ...
Medical research
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Antioxidant cookies made possible by grape seeds, study finds
A new study in the December issue of the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), found that it is possible to create cookies enriched with antioxidants from grape seeds that taste ...
Health
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Scientists scrutinise the European diet
Italian risotto, Spanish paella and the British traditional Sunday roast (consisting of roasted meat, roast potatoes and vegetables). - these are only a small sample of foods which symbolise individual countries ...
Health
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Short-term exposure to essential oils lowers blood pressure and heart rate
The scents which permeate our health spas from aromatic essential oils may provide more benefits than just a sense of rest and well-being.
Cardiology
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Does moderate wine consumption improve lung function?
A research team from the Netherlands assessed the impact of wine and resveratrol (a natural polyphenol found in high quantities in red wine) on lung function. It also looked at genetic factors and mechanisms by which resveratrol ...
Health
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Potentially important new mechanisms found anti-aging effects of resveratrol
A well-conducted experimental study in mice has provided potentially important new insights into the association of the intake of resveratrol and like compounds with health benefits. Resveratrol is a constituent of red wine ...
Medical research
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Potatoes lower blood pressure in people with obesity and hypertension without increasing weight
The first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes (Purple Majesty) a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing ...
Health
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Mechanism discovered for health benefit of green tea, new approach to autoimmune disease
One of the beneficial compounds found in green tea has a powerful ability to increase the number of "regulatory T cells" that play a key role in immune function and suppression of autoimmune disease, according to new research ...
Medical research
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Coffee may reduce risk of lethal prostate cancer in men
Men who regularly drink coffee appear to have a lower risk of developing a lethal form of prostate cancer, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. What's more, the lower risk was ...
Cancer
May 17, 2011 |
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