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Going Green Could Help
Your Heart

Dump the Earl Grey: substance in beverage protects blood vessels

Time Time Jul 4, 08 9:50 CDT
(Newser) - Drinking green tea may help keep blood vessels elastic and healthy, a new study suggests. The flavonoids in green tea that work as antioxidants also produce the relaxing effect, which could also help prevent clots. Participants received the equivalent of three to four cups of the tea each day and showed even more improvement after a week of daily consumption, Time reports. More »

More about:  blood pressure • heart • medical study • tea • antioxidants • blood vessels

 Coffee May Cut Heart Attacks 

Women who drank 3 cups daily suffered 25% fewer fatal episodes

Reuters Reuters Jun 17, 08 6:35 CDT
(Newser) - Regular coffee drinking has been linked to a reduced risk of fatal heart attacks, according to a new study of the health effects of coffee. Women who regularly drank three cups of coffee a day had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease than women who didn't drink coffee. Some studies have found that coffee is a source of antioxidants, which may protect people from heart disease. More »

More about:  cancer • heart disease • coffee • antioxidants • free radicals

Vitamins Can Kill, Warns
Shocking New Study

'No benefit' found in antioxidants

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Apr 16, 08 4:10 CDT
(Newser) - Antioxidant vitamin supplements do not improve health or prevent disease—and may even cause death, according to new research. In a stunning blow to millions who take vitamins, a review of 67 studies involving 230,000 users showed "no convincing evidence" that antioxidants had any benefit, and linked vitamin A supplements to a 16% increase in premature death, reports the Daily Telegraph. More »

More about:  antioxidants • mortality • vitamins • vitamin C • free radicals • beta carotene

Green Veggies May Fight Alzheimer's

Study links low folate levels, elevated dementia risk

BBC BBC Feb 5, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Folic acid, already known to help prevent birth defects, may play a role in the development of dementia, the BBC reports. Elderly subjects with low levels of folate in their blood were three times more likely than people with normal levels to develop dementia, a South Korean study found . But whether dementia is a cause or effect of low folate levels isn't known. More »

More about:  elderly • Alzheimer's • dementia • health research • vegetables • antioxidants • vitamin B • folic acid

Jumpy and Distracted? Drink Tea

Improved focus joins long list of tea's health benefits

US News and World Report US News and World Report Oct 3, 07 10:16 CDT
(Newser) - New hope for the twitchy and distracted has arrived in the form of an ancient brew—tea makes people feel more alert and at the same time more relaxed, new research suggests. The findings add another possible benefit to a beverage already vaunted as a preventer of heart attacks, diabetes, stroke, and some cancers, US News and World Report reports. More »

More about:  tea • antioxidants

Dark Chocolate Gets Sweeter Every Day

Milk chocolate's healthier sibling grows more popular than ever

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Aug 22, 07 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Overall chocolate sales are down, but Americans are increasingly indulging their sweet tooth with dark chocolate. The bitter, coffee-flavored treat is on the rise: Last year, dark chocolate sales surged 15% while sales of more popular milk chocolate dipped 5.5%. And boosted by claims of health benefits, dark chocolate accounted for 63% of all new chocolate products in 2006. More »

More about:  FDA • Mars • chocolate • antioxidants • Hershey • flavonoids • Nestle

Drinking Coffee May Fight
Colon Cancer

Japanese study finds benefits of 3 cups a day apply only to women

Reuters Reuters Aug 1, 07 11:36 CDT
(Newser) - Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day can cut the risk of colon cancer in half—but the benefit manifests itself only in women. What's more, Reuters reports, the research was conducted in Japan, where men drink and smoke so much that scientists had trouble controlling for those factors. More »

More about:  Japan • cancer • women • coffee • research • men • caffeine • colon cancer • antioxidants

Coffee's Perks Not in the Caffeine

Go for decaf: other chemicals in coffee
give health a jolt

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jun 25, 07 3:59 CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have long championed coffee's health benefits, but a series of recent studies is waking them up to the fact that caffeine has nothing to do with it. Regular consumption of coffee or tea can provide protection against cancer, diabetes and heart disease, but researchers say other chemicals are responsible. More »

More about:  health • cancer • science • heart disease • diabetes • coffee • stress • caffeine • tea • antioxidants

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