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#Why Eating Fruits and Veggies Won't Make You Thin Eating more fruits and vegetables is a generally a good idea
Across the board all studies we reviewed showed a near-zero effect on weight loss study author Kathryn Kaiser an instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public health said in a statement Fruits
and we encourage people to include them in their diets study author David Allison associate dean for science in the UAB School of Public health told Live Science.
and Vegetables Public health authorities often fail to include the latter part of the message about the need to reduce the number of calories consumed
Laura Jeffers a registered dietician at the Cleveland Clinic who was not involved with the study said This is a good summary of research that has been done.
If patients realized that this is not likely to work they would be more successful in reaching their weight-loss goals she said.
and macronutrients that are important for health she said. However dieters should remember not to overeat
The study was published Wednesday (June 25) in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Allen has received money from Kraft Foods and the Kellogg Co.;
Scientists have concocted a brew made with broccoli sprouts that may help protect against the toxic effects of air pollution.
The study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research made headlines earlier this month. People in the study who drank the mixture who lived in a rapidly industrializing
and polluted region in China more quickly excreted the cancer-causing chemical benzene from their bodies through their urine.
and hawked by people like Dr. Oz. Not so according to the researchers who conducted the China study who added their finding was a bit oversold in some news reports. 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe Rather their small study showed that broccoli sprouts may help mitigate the toxic effects of a certain class
of pollutants on a daily level acting as a modest shield. The sprouts are no panacea for the ill effects of pollution in general.
In this new study a team led by Dr. Thomas Kensler who holds joint positions at Johns hopkins university in Baltimore
Broccoli sprouts are rich in a cancer-fighting phytochemical called glucoraphanin which Johns Hopkins researchers including Dr. Paul Talalay who participated in this latest study with Kensler discovered in the early 1990s.
Kensler said that broccoli consumption initiates chemical reactions that assemble molecules that attach to benzene compounds making these benzene compounds more water soluble and easier to pass through the urine.
The same mechanism may work for certain other toxins found in air pollution and cigarette smoke Kensler said
and 23 percent more acrolein a lung irritant compared with a group who drank a placebo beverage.
however whether the speed of benzene excretion seen in the study would have any effect on preventing cancer or heart disease.
or other toxins locked in bone and fat cells according to the study. This gets to the heart of the matter:
Detox schemes on the other hand are based on the premise that the body is full of menacing toxins and that certain juicing regimens
Detox schemes fall into three categories liver cleansing colon cleansing and whole body detoxification and each one is flawed based on science.
The theory of autointoxication in which a dirty colon creates toxins that are reabsorbed into the body was disproved nearly 100 years ago
Most practitioners of colonic cleansing are not doctors. In fact medical doctors consider the practice to be a waste of money and potentially dangerous.
The notion of whole body detox is plagued with ambiguity and is based on the idea that raw foods juices
and antioxidants can somehow scrub away toxins that are specified never. While it is true that the body harbors natural and human-made pollutants
Doctors know of no biological mechanism to enable this. Detox in this regard is more of a marketing concept than a biological one Talalay said.
Yet good health can be maintained not through periodic detoxification but rather by preventing toxins from taking hold through a healthy diet.
Evolution isn't smart but it has a lot of time on its side Talalay said. Cells have developed a system to survive.
And so although the body isn't completely efficient at warding off toxin-induced disease what's remarkable Talalay said is that vegetables
The food can serve as a frugal means to reduce exposure to toxins Kensler said akin to a face mask until systematic pollution controls are applied.
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#Squirrels: Diet, Habits & Other Facts Squirrels are tailed nimble bushy rodents found all over the world.
and disease resistance and their hardiness short stature and gentle temperaments will make them prime candidates for a variety of terrains and conditions.</
Dr. Dorothy Roof SVF's Lab Director carefully catalogues and stores samples in SVF's cryo tanks.
Dr. Kevin Lindell a veterinarian from Tufts University evaluates and cryopreserves embryos at SVF. The two organizations have enjoyed a close collaboration
Moreover loggers are rewarded often by various stimulating drugs. So why isn t Myanmar establishing commercial rosewood plantations?
In a new study published today (Aug 27) in the journal PLOS ONE the researchers describe what their chemical analysis turned up:
The researchers found signatures of pine resin which has powerful antibacterial properties and was added likely at the vineyard to help preserve the wine.
Easy cheese A chemical analysis revealed that the ancient dairy product didn't require an enzyme known as rennet
or deep snow nutritional deficiencies and disease may be affecting recruitment survival and distribution the Arctic Report card reads.
#3 Ways to Get More Probiotics Without Popping Another Pill When I was younger I remember thinking that bacteria was a bad word.
In recent years we've all heard a lot about probiotics from health reports on the news to marketing blurbs on our favorite yogurts.
when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. Many studies have evaluated the potential health benefits of probiotic use
and the results have been quite promising. For example some research shows that two common types of beneficial bacteria Lactobacilli
and Bifidobacteria may regulate cancer growth and even promote cancer cell death according to a 2008 study in the journal Cellular Microbiology.
Other work revealed that probiotics may enhance the effects of the vaccine against rotavirus vaccine the most common cause of severely dehydrating diarrhea in infants and children according to a 2008 study in the journal Vaccine.
But how can we get more probiotics into our diets without adding another pill to our daily routine?
In her book Beauty Detox Solution (Harlequin 2011) nutritionist Kimberly Snyder shares a recipe for what she calls Probiotic Enzyme Salad
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#Animals Could Become Human Organ donors Some Day, Researchers Say Advances in transplant technologycould pave the way for the use of animal organs in people some day
which could help solve the problem of the donor organ shortage researchers say. In a new study scientists transplanted hearts from genetically engineered pigs into baboons
The transplanted hearts survived in their recipients for more than 500 days the researchers reported today (April 28) at a meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery in Toronto.
The research has not been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal but it has been submitted for publication.
and Body About 120000 patients are waiting for organ transplants in the United states far more people than the number of human donors said Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin chief of transplantationat the National institutes of health's National Heart Lung and Blood
and replaced them with human genes that wouldn't cause an immune reaction. Pigs were chosen because their anatomy is similar to humans
'and they mature very quickly. The researchers implanted hearts from these pigs into the abdomens of baboons without replacing the monkeys'original hearts but still connecting the pig hearts to the baboons'circulatory system.
The transplanted hearts survived in the baboons for more than 500 days with the baboons taking immunosuppressive drugs the researchers reported.
when the animal transplants might move to clinical trials in humans. The researchers can only move on to human trials
and health improve? Did they suffer diseases that came from the livestock? How did the people reorganize their labor to make sure the animals were fed?
What kinds of structural modifications were made within the site to protect and constrain these animals?
and became a naturalized citizen of the United states. Life in America would prove difficult for Houckgeest as he lost three of his children to typhoid
In addition the victim seems not to have been allergic to the bees. The bees also stung two other workers who tried to help the man according to Wichita Falls'News Channel 6.)Not-so-killer bees Africanized honeybees
Furthermore it's difficult to pin the blame on a particular species of bee in instances of injuries
but the 1000 stings suffered by the man in Wichita Falls did not deliver a lethal dose of venom given his body weight.
With honeybees in particular the venom isn't really designed to kill. It's designed to educate basically to drive away an enemy
These include the general health of the victims and their weight and sensitivity to bee venom.
Furthermore people who are allergic to bee stings can experience a severe physiological reaction after just one sting Berenbaum said. 8 Strange Signs You're Having an Allergic reaction Called anaphylactic shock this severe allergic reaction can prove lethal for some people attacked by bees.
Berenbaum describes anaphylaxis as an immune response running amuck and while she said that everyone is likely to experience some kind of allergic reaction to bee venom only some individuals experience anaphylactic shock.
Allergic to bees or not anyone who encounters a swarm of these defensive insects should run away she said.
And don't zigzag. That serpentine move you see in movies all the time just slows you down.
and the health of the chicks once they hatched in late November or early December.
While some of these guidelines infer health benefits others seem to have no connection to health
'and the dry season'the harvest season'said study author Robert Waterland a nutritional epigeneticist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
& Tropical Medicine said in a statement. Prior studies in animals had suggested that environmental influences before conception might lead to epigenetic changes in the offspring.
This will help give us the ability to tell what the likely role such changes might have in disease and
what particular diseases might be most likely to have an epigenetic component. Our ultimate goal is to define an optimal diet for mothers-to-be that would prevent defects in the methylation process study author Andrew Prentice of the London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine said in a statement. Preconceptional folic acid is used already to prevent defects in embryos.
Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Rich creamy and flavorful avocados are a versatile fruit that add heft and health to many dishes.
and improve heart health. Avocados also have a higher percentage of protein about 4 grams than other fruits.
which aids digestion and helps keep you regular. Fresh avocados contain important carotenoid antioxidants lycopene and beta-carotene the highest concentration
Could an Avocado a Day Keep the Doctor Away? Here are the nutrition facts for avocados according to the U s. Food and Drug Administration
which regulates food labeling through the National Labeling and Education Act: Nutrition Facts Serving size:
Eating avocados may also lower the risk of heart disease. High levels of homocysteine is associated with a higher risk of heart disease
but the Vitamin b6 and the folic acid found in avocados can help regulate it. One seven-year study published in 2013 found that avocados were associated with a reduced risk of metabolic syndrome
which refers to a group of symptoms shown to increase the risk of stroke coronary artery disease and diabetes.
Anti-inflammatory agent There are five ways that avocados act as anti-inflammatory agents which can reduce the risk of inflammatory and degenerative disorders such osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Avocados phytosterols carotenoid antioxidants other antioxidants omega-3 fatty acids and polyhydroxylated fatty alcohols are associated all with preventing
and reducing inflammation. Lowering cholesterol Avocados may not only help lower bad cholesterol but they may also increase levels of good cholesterol.
One 1996 study found that patients with mild hypercholesterolemia who incorporated avocados into their diet for one week had a 22 percent decrease in bad cholesterol and triglycerides and an 11 percent increase in good cholesterol.
Immune system Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that helps fight free radicals promoting immune system and nervous system health.
Pregnancy and preventing birth defects Avocados are full of folic acid providing about 23 percent of the recommended daily value.
Folic acid is essential to preventing birth defects like spina bifida and neural tube defect. Cancer The phytochemicals in avocados may help prevent certain cancers especially prostate mouth and skin cancers.
The oleic acid in avocados may help prevent breast cancer. Excessive inflammation is a cancer risk so avocados anti-inflammatory properties can help with that.
Furthermore a 2007 study found that the phytochemicals in avocados encourage cancer cells to stop growing and die.
Digestion and curing bad breath The fiber in avocados helps keep your digestion on track encouraging regular bowel movements.
Avocados are used commonly to help treat psoriasis. As with many other fruits avocados primary risks are related to overconsumption.
Additionally avocado allergies while uncommon do exist. Symptoms include a stuffy nose wheezing coughing and edema.
If you experience any of these symptoms after eating an avocado try cutting the fruit out of your diet to see
or are severe consult a doctor t
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and more are being killed now than ever before because of habitat destruction trophy hunting poaching poisoning
#Health check: What s Your Gut Feeling About Probiotics?(Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation.
When I started conducting research into the health effects of probiotics more than a decade ago
if he believed they really improve gastrointestinal health and if so which preparation he would recommend.
I was expecting to be presented with a bottle of the world s most amazing probiotic pills#.
when there are research companies around the world spending millions to create products containing patented strains of probiotic bacteria for targeting specific ailments.
Indeed the commercial market is flooded with probiotic products that invariably claim they will improve gastrointestinal health.
The problem is that it s often difficult to substantiate the health claims made about probiotics.
What s more some strains may not possess the robustness to transit through to the colon (the large intestine) because of the bile salts
and a reduction in infectious and inflammatory diseases by enhancing various components of the immune system. And there s more good news. A recent study published in The british Journal of Nutrition suggests some probiotics may even help women lose weight.
Another study found a substantial reduction in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes among people who ate yogurt compared to those who didn t
. Although all this doesn t prove that probiotics confer a health benefit the study authors speculate that probiotic bacteria
and health generally or do those that appear to be effective simply exert a placebo effect?
while others don t lead to the claimed health benefits. The problem is telling them apart.
whether probiotics have expected health-related effects the answer may lie with what my senior researcher told me all those years ago.
#Dental Health & Kids: A Guide for Every Age Oral hygiene and healthy teeth are important at any age even infancy.
and babies overall health causing them pain and to have difficulty eating which can lead to problems in kids general development according to the Washington Dental Service Foundation.
Tooth decay is the most chronic disease of early childhood according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that soon as he s born parents should wipe their baby s gums with a soft damp cloth after feeding.
According to Dr. Margaret Culotta-Norton a dentist in Washington D c. and former president of the D c. Dental Society this also helps babies become used to having something in their mouths
#According to the National institutes of health your baby should start teething between 6 and 8 months though some children do not begin to teethe until later.
The NIH recommends: There are also some things parents should not do according to the NIH:##oemake brushing fun and part of the daily routine no matter how tired you
or your child is#advises Culotta-Norton. Good habits are formed early!##How early? Once your baby s teeth begin to come in it s time to start cleaning them.
At age 2 (sometimes earlier if the dentist suggests) the institute suggests putting a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste on the child s brush.
Kids will need help brushing until about age 8. To ensure the child learns to brush properly the U k. National Health Service suggests guiding the child s hand during brushing
#oeif the water is fluoridated not ask your pediatrician or dentist for a prescription so that your child gets the fluoride they need for strong teeth she said.
Too much fluoride ingested can cause upset stomachs and white spots on developing teeth. Culotta-Norton recommends using fluoride toothpaste sparingly until the child can spit it out.
However when the child can spit it out fluoride toothpaste is very important to keep the teeth strong
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that all children visit the dentist as soon as their first tooth comes in
or by the age of 1. After that kids should see the dentist every six months as should adults.
Pediatric dentists will explain to the child what is happening show him the tools let him sit on a parent's lap during procedures
The first trip to the dentist is called a well-baby#visit. According to the American Dental Association during this appointment the dentist will look for early problems in the child s teeth
and discuss important information about dental hygiene for kids diet bottle use and thumb sucking habits.
Cavities in baby teeth are among the most common children s health disorders. Culotta-Norton recommends avoiding
Usually children can safely suck their thumbs pacifiers or fingers until about age 4 with no tooth decay problems according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.
After age 4 tell the dentist if the child still has a sucking habit. Medically termed bruxism teeth grinding
or when a child is under stress. Episodes last for about four seconds and happen approximately six times per hour during the night Kids may grind their teeth for different reasons including improper alignment of jaws as a response to pain such as teething
and stress reported the Nemours Center for Children s Health Media. Studies have shown that kids that have ADHD behavioral problems cerebral palsy
and those taking certain medications are more likely to grind their teeth or clench their jaws.
or she should be taken to the dentist. Grinding teeth often has no adverse effects and most kids grow out of it by adolescence.
or clenching teeth the dentist may suggest a mouth guard specially molded to your child s mouth.
If teeth grinding is the result of stress try talking with the child about his feelings regularly
Kids have 20 baby teeth reported the National Health Service. Adults grow 32 teeth so eventually a child will grow 32 teeth.
According to the Mayo Clinic kids typically start losing baby teeth around age 6. Girls often start to lose baby teeth before boys.
The Healthy Geezer answers questions about health and aging in his weekly column. Question: I read on the internet that coconut oil is great for your cholesterol
and has other health benefits. I thought coconut oil was very bad for you. What gives?
Here's the advice of Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public health Department of Nutrition:
We don't really know how coconut oil affects heart disease. And I don't think coconut oil is as healthful as vegetable oils like olive oil and soybean oil
but it's still probably not the best choice among the many available oils to reduce the risk of heart disease.
The 3 Types of Fats Explained Dr. Thomas Brenna professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University has done a thorough review of the literature on coconut oil.
Virgin coconut oil which has not been treated chemically is a different thing in terms of a health risk perspective.
As Dr. Willett points out coconut oil seems especially effective in giving HDL a boost. There are several forces creating this phenomenon.
Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Bananas are among the most widely consumed fruits on the planet and according to the U s. Department of agriculture Americans'favorite fresh fruit.
and pectin a form of fiber said Laura Flores a San diego-based nutritionist. They can also be a good way to get magnesium and vitamins C and B6.
which can provide protection from free radicals which we come into contact with every day from the sunlight to the lotion you put on your skin Flores added.
Flores reported a wide variety of health benefits associated with the fruit. Bananas are known to reduce swelling protect against developing type-2 diabetes aid in weight loss strengthen the nervous system
and help with production of white blood cells all due to the high level of Vitamin b6 that bananas contain she told Live Science.
Here are the nutrition facts for bananas according to the U s. Food and Drug Administration which regulates food labeling through the National Labeling and Education Act:
Heart health Bananas are good for your heart. They are packed with potassium a mineral electrolyte that keeps electricity flowing throughout your body
Bananas'high potassium and low sodium content may also help protect your cardiovascular system against high blood pressure according to the FDA.
Vitamin b6 can also help protect against type 2 diabetes and aid in weight loss according to Flores.
which is essential for protecting your eyes maintaining normal vision and improving vision at night according to the National institutes of health.
Some evidence suggests that moderate consumption of bananas may be protective against kidney cancer. A 2005 Swedish study found that women who ate more than 75 servings of fruits
and vegetables cut their risk of kidney cancer by 40 percent and that bananas were especially effective.
Women eating four to six bananas a week halved their risk of developing kidney cancer.
Bananas may be helpful in preventing kidney cancer because of their high levels of antioxidant phenolic compounds.
However eating the fruits in excess may trigger headaches and sleepiness Flores said. She said that such headaches are caused by the amino acids in bananas that dilate blood vessels.
Overripe bananas contain more of these amino acids than other bananas. Bananas can also contribute to sleepiness
The University of Maryland Medical center reported that potassium overconsumption can lead to hyperkalemia which is characterized by muscle weakness temporary paralysis and an irregular heartbeat.
It can have serious consequences but you would have to eat about 43 bananas in a short time for any symptoms of hyperkalemia to occur.
According to the NIH consuming more than 500 milligrams of Vitamin b6 daily can possibly lead to nerve damage in the arms and legs.
Banana peels are not poisonous. In fact they're edible and packed with nutrients. Banana peel is eaten in many parts of the world
Another potentially significant answer in the long-running mystery behind colony collapse disorder (CCD) may have emerged just:
the scientists found a viral pathogen that typically infects plants spreading inside the bees. The detection of this virus (the Tobacco Ringspot Virus or TRSV) could help explain the decline of honeybees
whether this plant-infecting virus could also cause systemic infection in the bees said Yan Ping Chen a study author who works at ARS.
and that the infection becomes widespread in their bodies said Ji Lian Li another study author who works at China's agricultural science academy in Beijing.
and whether such a virus could cause systemic infection in the honeybees. Since CCD was reported first to have wiped out entire hives across the United states in 2006 and 2007 more than 10 million hives in all researchers have linked strongly toxic viral cocktails to the collapse of the honeybee colonies.
Besides TRSV researchers have linked Israel Acute Paralysis Virus Acute Bee Paralysis Virus Chronic Paralysis Virus Kashmir Bee Virus Deformed Wing Bee Virus
Black Queen Cell Virus and Sacbrood Virus to some degree as causes of honeybee viral disease.
But now based on this latest study in mbio researchers can start to explore the ways in which these deadly viral cocktails
In fact as I wrote last August researchers in the past year have begun to focus on multiple layers of viral infection
or chemical contamination as the most likely reason for CCD. In short waves of either chemical contamination
or viral infections are overwhelming the honeybees and the hives. Last summer for instance researchers from the University of Maryland and the USDA collected pollen from seven major types of crops along the East Coast where CCD has been especially destructive where bees had been in serious decline and fed
them to healthy bees. The pollen fed to the healthy bees contained an average of nine different types of pesticides and fungicides.
because it lacks an internal genomic process that edits out errors in replicated genomes meaning that TRSV can generate all sorts of variant error-filled copies with lots of different infection characteristics that cannot be defended easily once they jump from plants to honeybees and spread throughout the hives.
which these error-filled virus copies become a sort of cloud of genetically-related variants that seemingly work in concert to determine the pathology of their hosts.
and reemerging infectious diseases the researchers said in their mbio study. What is becoming clear the U s
. and Chinese researchers said is that such clouds of viral infections in colonies are likely responsible for the collapse of hives.
Weak colonies those with high levels of multiple viral infections start failing in late fall
and supports the view that viral infections have a significant negative impact on colony survival the U s
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