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NEWS ABOUT: antioxidants

antioxidants stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate after recovering are much less likely to suffer a recurrence than people who abstain, AFP reports. People who eat at least two servings a week are three times less likely to die from heart disease than those who don’t consume chocolate. And the... More »

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heart disease • public health • medical research • heart attack • chocolate • antioxidants • scientific study • free radicals

Coffee Each Day May
Keep Alzheimer's Away

3-5 cups per day seen to reduce chance of Alzheimer's by up to 65%: study

Jan 15, 09 5:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers don’t quite know why, but a new study suggests that moderate coffee intake dramatically reduces the likelihood of Alzheimer’s disease, AFP reports. A 20-year Finnish study of 1,409 subjects shows middle-aged people who drink 3-5 cups a day are 60% to 65% less likely to contract... More »

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diabetes • coffee • caffeine • Finland • antioxidants • scientific study • Alzheimer's Disease • nervous system

 Going Global 
 Juices Cranberry Biz 

Farmers raking it in after successful campaign to sell US berry to the world

Nov 27, 08 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - America's cranberry farmers have turned sour times around with a push to bring the berry to the world, the New York Times reports. Eight years ago, farmers were faced with a glut of berries, but now, with almost a third of the crop being exported to nations who have been... More »

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agriculture • farming • antioxidants • cranberries • Ocean Spray • US exports

Going Green Could Help
Your Heart

Dump the Earl Grey: substance in beverage protects blood vessels

Jul 4, 08 9:50 AM 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... More »

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heart • tea • blood pressure • antioxidants • blood vessels • medical study • green tea

 Coffee May Cut Heart Attacks 

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

Jun 17, 08 6:35 AM 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... More »

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cancer • coffee • heart disease • antioxidants • free radicals • decaffeinated coffee

Vitamins Can Kill, Warns
Shocking New Study

'No benefit' found in antioxidants

Apr 16, 08 4:10 AM 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... More »

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vitamins • antioxidants • mortality • vitamin E • vitamin A • vitamin C • selenium • free radicals • Biocare • Health Supplements Information Service • beta carotene

Green Veggies May Fight Alzheimer's

Study links low folate levels, elevated dementia risk

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... More »

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elderly • dementia • vegetables • antioxidants • folic acid • health research • folates • vitamin B • Alzheimer's Disease

Jumpy and Distracted? Drink Tea

Improved focus joins long list of tea's health benefits

Oct 3, 07 10:16 AM 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,... More »

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tea • antioxidants • theanine

Dark Chocolate Gets Sweeter Every Day

Milk chocolate's healthier sibling grows more popular than ever

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... More »

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FDA • Mars • Hershey • chocolate • antioxidants • flavonoids • Nestle

Drinking Coffee May Fight
Colon Cancer

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

Aug 1, 07 11:36 AM 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... More »

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cancer • Japan • coffee • women • men • caffeine • research • colon cancer • antioxidants

Coffee's Perks Not in the Caffeine

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

Jun 25, 07 3:59 AM 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 »

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

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