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Broccoli could reverse diabetic heart damage

Categories: Diet research
Eating broccoli could reverse diabetes-induced damage to coronary blood vessels, according to a British research team. The scientists tested the effect of sulforaphane, a compound found in the vegetable, on human vascular endothelial cells that had been damaged by hyperglycaemia. They found that sulforaphane reversed the glucose-mediated increase in cell-damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS) by 7 ...
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Red yeast rice good for heart

Categories: Diet research
A large clinical study carried out in China, on patients who had suffered a heart attack, found that an extract of Chinese red yeast rice (hong qu mi) significantly reduced the rate of a second heart attack. Red yeast rice is a produced by fermentation using the mould Monascus purpureus. It contains significant quantities of a naturally occurring statin (lovastatin), which is an HMG-CoA reductase ...
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Soya bad for sperm

Categories: Diet research
Eating soya-based food may lower sperm count and play a role in male infertility, especially in obese men, according to Harvard researchers. Intake of 15 soya-based foods in the previous three months was assessed for 99 male partners of subfertile couples who presented for semen analysis. The study found that was an inverse association between soya intake and sperm concentration that remained sign ...
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Coffee may be good

Categories: Diet research
Higher coffee consumption is associated with lower liver cancer risk. A cohort of 60,323 Finns completed a questionnaire about their medical history, socioeconomic factors and dietary and lifestyle habits. Participants were divided into five categories of coffee consumption: 0-1 cup, 2-3 cups, 4-5 cups, 6-7 cups, and 8 or more cups per day. After a follow-up period of 19.3 years, 128 participants ...
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Coffee and tea protect against stroke

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Drinking large quantities of coffee or tea every day appears to protect male smokers against stroke. A large cohort study (26,556 subjects) of male Finnish smokers (aged 50 to 69), showed that those who consumed eight or more cups of coffee per day had a 23% lowered risk for cerebral infarction, whereas those who drank two or more cups of black tea daily had a 21% lowered risk for this type of str ...
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Vegan diet protects RA patients from cardiovascular disease

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Eating a gluten-free vegan diet could protect rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients against heart attacks and stroke. Sixty-six Swedish patients with active RA were randomly assigned to either a vegan diet free of gluten or a well-balanced non-vegan diet for one year. The gluten-free vegan diet was found to lower body mass index, LDL-cholesterol, and oxidized LDL, as well as raising levels of natural ...
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Vitamin c lowers diabetes risk

Categories: Diet research
Another cohort study from the UK has found that higher plasma vitamin C levels are associated with a decreased risk for type 2 diabetes. 21,831 people aged 40-75 underwent baseline measurement of plasma vitamin C levels and were then followed over twelve years using a food frequency questionnaire. The authors concluded that there was a strong inverse association between vitamin C and diabetes risk ...
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Mediterranean diet prevents diabetes

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A Mediterranean diet provides significant protection against type 2 diabetes. A cohort of 13,380 Spanish graduates completed food frequency questionnaires over a 4.4 year follow-up. Participants who adhered closely to a Mediterranean diet (rich in olive oil, vegetables, fruits, nuts, cereals, legumes, and fish but relatively low in meat and dairy) showed an 83% relative reduction in the risk of de ...
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A glass of wine for your liver's sake

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Modest wine consumption, defined as one glass a day, may decrease your chances of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). 7,211 non-drinkers and 945 modest wine drinkers were screened for elevated liver enzyme levels associated with NAFLD. Based on this, suspected NAFLD was observed in 3.2% of non-drinkers and 0.4% of modest wine drinkers. (Modest wine drinking and decreased prevalen ...
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