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Green Tea and Breast Cancer

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:58:42 +0000

Even a few researches have shown that levels of antioxidants which contained in green tea can prevent breast cancer, but in fact a recent study concluded that green tea was not able to prevent this number one disease on women. In a previous study of animal and human cells, it is known that warm green tea can boost the immune system in order to ward off the cancer.

However, a recent study which involved 54 thousand women did not find any connection between green tea and breast cancer. In human studies, the result has indeed been quite accurate. This study is probably the first study that analyzes the benefits of green tea in a large scale. This study was analyzing the women who drank green tea at least once a week and who drank up to 10 cups per day. It turned out that there was no connection between green tea and the risk of breast cancer.

This study begins by giving questionnaire and then given back on the final stage. The presence of breast cancer cases will then be reported by several hospitals in the study area. 12 percent of the participants drank green tea less than one cup per week and 27 percent drank five glasses per day.

Another benefit of this study is that it has a prospective design by collecting data before the breast cancer been diagnosed. Drink green tea, whatever the type and its amount, it appears did not seem to be able to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Using Fish as A Therapy

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:42:41 +0000

Fish therapy lately is very much developed, some therapy places are easy to find now and receive therapy services. Fish therapy uses a special type of fish that have been through research and it is believed to bring benefits to the human health. When endure fish therapy you must understand several things. Because it can be avoided possible problems can occur when there is a wrong procedure.

First, wash your feet first so that the germs on your feet do not contaminate fish ponds where the therapy is going take. Second, you need to calm down when the fish began to sting you like a small electric shock. Many benefits can be felt by the fish therapy that is health of the skin, because the fish would bite and replace dead skin cells and replace with new skin cells. Good luck.

The Importance of Water

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:08:38 +0000

Water has an important role for health, fitness, concentration, and maintain the quality of life. Water also played a role in preventing various diseases, and optimize your physical abilities, because most of the human body contains liquid or water. Decrease 4 to 6 percent of the water in the body, will create headaches, dizziness and weak body.

Meanwhile, when it reached 12 percent of fluids that lost, then someone will be difficult to chew and need medical assistance. And more severe, if a person decreased water up to 15 to 25 percent, it would be fatal, because someone could have fainted. While the characteristics of a dehydrated person, for light dehydration such as, thirst, dry lips, dry throat, dry skin.

Apples Can Prevent Asthma and Allergies

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:54:48 +0000

Apples which are eaten by women during pregnancy in fact can help to sprevent asthma and allergie on children. Flavonoid inside apples that provide these benefits. A new study examining foods of nearly 2000 pregnant women and checked the lung health of 1253 children at the age of 5.

Among the variety of foods that are eaten and recorded by pregnant women, only apple consumption that showed a consistent protection against asthma and shortness of breath. The children of pregnant mothers who eat more than 4 apples per week as much as 37% which had less history about shortness of breath and had 53% less of asthma after confirmed by the doctor, compared with mothers who ate one or no apples per week during pregnancy.

According to the researchers, the foods that eaten by mothers during pregnancy have a greater influence on children’s respiratory channel than minimum of food consumption by the child at least until the age of 5. There is a specific relationship that can be found in apple, and not by the total number of fruit consumption or orange, fruit juice or vegetable consumption. Apple-special effect may be cause by the unique flavonoids that have been shown to have beneficial effects on adults lung function.

Now, it is no longer difficult to find an apple at anytime and anywhere you want. When you want to eat an apple then you will easily get it. You can try healthy ways with apples immediately.