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Broccoli the cancer killer 2008-01-09 04:38:27 A simple vegetable broccoli. It is full of sulforafan, a substance that multiplies the natural defenses against cancer in the body. Young broccoli sprouts are even better, because they contain 50 times more sulforafan than broccoli. And if you can find it, purple broccoli, the ancestor of normal green broccoli, is even more healthier than the green one. ... Cancer

Lower blood pressure with meditation 2008-01-08 04:22:34 You can make your blood pressure go down, by just closing your eyes and meditate. The publication Archives of Internal Medicine recently published proof for this. In the study that they published, the systolic blood pressure of some people dropped by three mercury points through a meditation program. ...

The benefits of tea 2008-01-07 04:12:39 The health benefits of tea are so numerous, that a daily cup of tea should almost be obligatory. But what kind of tea is the best? Look at the color. Black tea helps against bad breath and high cholesterol. White tea helps battle infections and red tea helps against allergies. Green tea improves the immune system, protects against cancer, accelerates the healing process and helps with weight loss. ...

Lower blood pressure with pomegranate juice 2008-01-06 04:00:50 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 heart region. Pomegranate juice is also full of vitamin C. ...

Açai berry kills cancer cells 2008-01-05 04:48:12 The taste of the açai berry is something like a mix of cherries and burrs with a hint of chocolate, but the benefits of this South American berry are even more inviting. These dark purple berries have destroyed cancer cells, which is shown in a recent study done by the University of Florida. The tests were conducted in a laboratory setting and it still needs to be confirmed that is has the same effect in humans. Many supermarkets carry different brands of açai juice. ... Cancer

Health benefits of quiting smoking 2008-01-04 04:36:22 Of every two smokers, one will die of the illnesses caused by this very bad habit. And smoking makes you stink as well. So stop smoking. It will immediately give you health benefits. Twenty minutes after your last cigarette your blood pressure and heart beat are back to normal and within a few months the entire blood circulation will have improved. The benefits are even greater on the long term. A year after quiting the risk of a heart attack will have halved. En after 10 years the chance of lung cancer will have halved too. ... Health

Lose weight, have breakfast 2008-01-03 04:24:31 Breakfast is a very special meal: those who always skip breakfast, have a bigger chance of being obese. So have breakfast. But what ’s the best thing to have for breakfast? A good choice is skimmed yogurt with muesli and fresh fruit. This contains little saturated fats, lots of carbohydrates, which are good for concentration, fiber and vitamins. The energy in this breakfast is released slowly, so you can last the whole morning with it. Take a cup of coffee to wake up your brain and you have a killer breakfast! ...

Three breathing tips for relaxing 2008-01-02 07:07:29 When you are nervous or tense, people always say “keep breathing”. And it’s true that when you are nervous, tense or stressed you tend to breathe very shallow, in the top part of your chest or forget to breathe at all. Now nobody feels better or more relaxed when you are half suffocating yourself by breathing shallow or not breathing and not getting the oxygen you need. So first of all you must focus on your breathing and try to move your breathing from the top part of your chest to your belly. Try breathing by expanding and retracting your belly instead of breathing by lifting your shoulders and chest. This way you take deeper breaths, giving you more oxygen and relaxing you. Also by focusing on your breathing, you take your mind off the thing that is making you nervous, tense or stressed. A second breathing technique for quick relief is to breathe in, then breathe out like you are yawning with your mouth wide open. When you feel you are reaching the end of your brea ...

Lower your cholesterol by eating more eggs 2007-12-31 03:47:49 Even though it is said that eggs contain cholesterol, research has shown that eggs actually lower cholesterol levels. A study at the University of Connecticut done with people who ate three or more eggs per day showed that the cholesterol particles in their blood were larger that the cholesterol particles in the blood of people who ate less eggs. The bigger LDL cholesterol particles have more difficulty to pass into the bloodstream and the bigger HDL cholesterol particles are even more capable of removing the bad LDL particles from the blood stream. So that’s a double plus. Other positive qualities of eggs are that they are an excellent source of protein, iodine, and vitamin B2 and vitamin D. So feel free to eat some eggs. ...

Drink water, lose weight 2007-12-30 04:30:05 You can take drugs like ephedrine or diet pills to lose weight, but the best way to lose weight is water. Dehydration is often mistaken for hunger. So if you feel hungry in between meals, try drinking a glass of water first before eating something. There are other ways to profit from the full feeling water gives. If you make a soup from water, it will stay in your stomach longer, thus giving you a full feeling even longer. ...

Fight or prevent depression with exercise 2007-12-29 16:28:49 Every year millions of people get prescribed anti depressives, but the first option to get rid of depression should be exercise. Because even a little exercise increases the amount of a stimulating compound called phenethylamine in the brain. Depressed people have very little of this substance which gives you a feeling of euphoria. This substance is also found in some foods, chocolate for example. ...

Three easy tips to improve your diet 2007-12-28 16:49:55 Here are three easy tips to help you improve your diet and make your lifestyle and diet more healthy and will also help you to lose weight: Drink more water: you should drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of fluid per day and it is even better when this fluid is water. Water contains zero calories unlike soft drinks or even fruit juices. If you are drinking a lot of soft drinks try replacing a glas of soft drink for a glas of water each day. So in about a week you will have replaced all your high calorie soft drink intake by none calorie water. Replace white refined flour with whole wheat flour: whole wheat flour contains more fiber and nutrients than white flour. So for example try replacing white bread with whole wheat bread or normal pasta with whole wheat pasta. The extra nutrients will improve your health and the extra fibers will help clean your bowels and give your the sensation of being full longer, thus making you eat less too. Add more vegetables to your meals: vegetables are h ...

Three easy tips to eat less 2007-12-13 08:35:40 Not only the food on your plate, but also the surroundings decide how much you will eat. Here are three easy tips for eating a bit less: Turn off the tv while eating. When you are distracted while eating, by the tv for examaple, your brain has more trouble recognizing the signals of your body that indicate that you have eaten enough. Eat sitting down. The preparations you make for eating while seated, like setting the table and putting all the food on it, give you the impression that you are eating more than you really are. The result is that you will eat less in your next meal. Canadian researchers estimate that you will eat up to one third less. Have a notepad within reach to write down what you eat within a day. Only describe the sizes of the portions and not the ingredients. It works as a reminder at the end of the day to determine how much you have eaten that day. ...

Mushrooms enhance the immune system 2007-12-13 08:20:56 Fortify your immune system with mushrooms, they can protect you against diseases. This is the result of a research done at Tuft University in Massachusetts. Mice whose diet included champignon mushrooms had more active ‘natural killer cells’, white bloodcells which fight viruses and cancer cells. According to the author of this research report 150 grams of mushrooms per day can possibly give us these beneficial effects. ...

Fish against cancer 2007-12-13 08:04:21 When you eat fish one time per week, you have 4% less risk of colon cancer. And every time more you eat fish per week, your risk goes down with another 4%. This is the result of a meta study done by the University of Wageningen in Holland. How exactly the fish protects you is not yet known, but the scientists speculate that it is possibly due to the omega 3 fatty acids or other protective nutrients like selenium, vitamin D and proteins. Also a reason could be that people who eat fish, eat less red meat in general. Red meat increases the risk of colon cancer. ... Cancer