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In Women, Caffeine May Protect Memory
• Brain • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 06 07

Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical… In Women, Caffeine May Protect Memory   

 
 

Milk and Dairy Products Protect Against “Metabolic Syndrome”
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jul 12 07

A daily pinta or a helping of dairy foods protect against the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the metabolic syndrome, suggests… Milk and Dairy Products Protect Against “Metabolic Syndrome”   

 
 

Coffee Drinking Protects Against an Eyelid Spasm That Can Lead to ‘Blindness’
• Dieting • • Eye / Vision Problems • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 19 07

Coffee Drinking Protects Against an Eyelid Spasm That Can Lead

People who drink coffee are less likely to develop an involuntary eye spasm called primary late onset blepharospasm, which makes them blink uncontrollably and… Coffee Drinking Protects Against an Eyelid Spasm That Can Lead to ‘Blindness’   

 
 

Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
• Arthritis • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 25 07

Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. This widely consumed beverage is… Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout   

 
 

Red Wine Protects the Prostate
• Food & Nutrition • • Gender: Male • • Urine Problems • May 21 07

Red Wine Protects the Prostate

Researchers have found that men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine per week are only 52% as likely… Red Wine Protects the Prostate   

 
 

Chocolate Toothpaste? Extract of Tasty Treat Could Fight Tooth Decay
• Dental Health • • Food & Nutrition • May 16 07

Chocolate Toothpaste Extract of Tasty Treat Could Fight Tooth Dec

For a healthy smile brush between meals, floss regularly and eat plenty of chocolate?

According to Tulane University doctoral candidate Arman Sadeghpour, an extract… Chocolate Toothpaste? Extract of Tasty Treat Could Fight Tooth Decay   

 
 

Drinking coffee ‘can be good for you’
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 02 07

Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and may even help prevent certain cancers, according to panelists discussing the benefits - and… Drinking coffee ‘can be good for you’   

 
 

Green tea may help prevent autoimmune diseases
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 19 07

Green tea may help protect against autoimmune disease,  Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

Researchers studied an animal model for type I diabetes and… Green tea may help prevent autoimmune diseases   

 
 

Gardens Grow Kids’ Desire for Veggies and Fruit
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 19 07

If you are looking for a way to encourage your children eat their fruits and vegetables, search no further than your backyard, suggests new… Gardens Grow Kids’ Desire for Veggies and Fruit   

 
 

Johns Hopkins Researchers Examine Why People Eat the Foods They Do
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 26 07

Johns Hopkins Researchers Examine Why People Eat the Foods They Do

People purchase foods based on their income level, their belief in a food’s health benefit and cost. However, ethnicity and gender also impact people’s… Johns Hopkins Researchers Examine Why People Eat the Foods They Do   

 
 

Cocoa ‘could get rid of the West’s top killer diseases’
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 13 07

Cocoa could get rid of the Wests top killer diseases

Not even Willy Wonka, Roald Dahl’s eccentric chocolate-maker, could have dreamt that his scrumptious products might one day offer the world a panacea.

… Cocoa ‘could get rid of the West’s top killer diseases’   
 
 

Drinking a little wine linked to men’s longer life
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 02 07

Drinking a small amount of wine appears to extend men’s life expectancy by a few years, Dutch researchers said on Wednesday in the latest… Drinking a little wine linked to men’s longer life   

 
 

Nectar is not a simple soft drink
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 27 07

The sugar-containing nectar secreted by plants and consumed by pollinators shares a number of similarities to fitness drinks, including ingredients such as amino acids… Nectar is not a simple soft drink   

 
 

Coffee seen not to raise heart attack risk
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Feb 14 07

Drinking coffee does not appear increase the risk of heart attack, according to a study of older Swedish women, and it may even be… Coffee seen not to raise heart attack risk   

 
 

Coffee: Is it Good or Bad for You?
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • • Menopause • Feb 03 07

Coffee: Is it Good or Bad for You

If your morning beverage of choice is coffee, recent research provides an extra perk.

Like much-publicized green tea, which has garnered considerable attention… Coffee: Is it Good or Bad for You?   

 
 

Today’s Teens Slacking on Fruit, Veggie Intake
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 26 07

Despite recent national initiatives to encourage healthy eating habits, teens in middle adolescence are eating fewer fruits and vegetables than in 1999, a new… Today’s Teens Slacking on Fruit, Veggie Intake   

 
 

Red Wine and White Wine May be Just as Healthful
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • • Public Health • Jan 10 07

Red Wine and White Wine May be Just as Healthful

Before you enjoy that bottle of wine for your romantic Valentine’s Day dinner and touch glasses, you may really be toasting to your health.

… Red Wine and White Wine May be Just as Healthful   
 
 

Liquids make up 22 percent of American diet
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 08 07

Americans who have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight should start thinking about more than what they eat, a beverage industry survey… Liquids make up 22 percent of American diet   

 
 

New observations on properties of water
• Food & Nutrition • Dec 13 06

Recent research on the properties of water reveals information relevant for cloud physics and even cryopreservation science

Experimental studies conducted by Ph.D. Anatoli Bogdan… New observations on properties of water   

 
 

Study finds oysters can take heat and heavy metals, but not both
• Food & Nutrition • Dec 13 06

Pollution is bad for the sea life and so is global warming, but aquatic organisms can be resilient. However, even organisms tough enough to… Study finds oysters can take heat and heavy metals, but not both   

 
 

Nestle about brain power as well as chocolate
• Food & Nutrition • Nov 22 06

The food giant Nestlé has struck a deal with a Swiss university to conduct a five year programme of research into the relationship between… Nestle about brain power as well as chocolate   

 
 

Chocolate ‘Offenders’ Teach Science a Sweet Lesson
• Food & Nutrition • Nov 15 06

Chocolate Offenders Teach Science a Sweet Lesson

Some ‘chocoholics’ who just couldn’t give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow… Chocolate ‘Offenders’ Teach Science a Sweet Lesson   

 
 

Carrot juice with botulism latest food scare from California
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 05 06

A Floridian woman, the fourth victim of botulism poisoning contracted from drinking spoiled carrot juice, is suffering from paralysis.

Her case has prompted the… Carrot juice with botulism latest food scare from California   

 
 

Food like an addictive drug for some people
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 04 06

Researchers in the U.S. have found that the same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think… Food like an addictive drug for some people   

 
 

Salad Is Even Healthier Than You Thought
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 01 06

Salad Is Even Healthier Than You Thought

Eating just one salad a day provides even greater health benefits than previously thought, according to a study that examined salad consumption by… Salad Is Even Healthier Than You Thought   

 
 
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