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Friday, August 20, 2010

10 Things to Know about Green Tea

After so many scientific articles I published here in the last period, finally someting not so serious. But not less important because green tea I want to write about today, is a drink we use every day of our lives.

Among all the types of green tea I prefere those with jasmin that generally comes from China. Yesterday I knew about the very special green tea that comes from Japan. I was surprized, I did not imagine that the tea can grow in Japan too.
It was a precious medicine first, untill they learnd to grow these plants in great quantities. Even Japanese architectural style was influenced by tea culture!

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Green Tea helps if you have rheumatism, if you are tired and if you have problems with the eyes.
But one writes it's bracing, other writes it's calming. Where is the truth?

Here are some rules you have to know to drink good and healthy tea.

1- it's good to drink tea at leasst 1 hour after meals.
2- never drink tea 15 minutes after it was made.
3- if you drink it 2 min after, it is bracing
4- if you drink it 5 minutes after, it is calming
5- if you take it with milk or honey, it becomes calming but you have to pour tea in milk and not contrary. 1 part milk and 2 parts tea. It's diuretic, so avoid to drink it in the evening.
6- the best grean tea consists from big leaves.
7- avoid tea if you have cardiovascular deseases
8- avoid tea with ginseng if you have tumours and if you are a woman after 50
9- great quantities of grean tea can cause liver and kidney problems
10-if you have low blood pressure or different digestion problems, it's better to avoid grean tea too.

Moral:
Green Tea is excellent drink if you make it light enough and take not more than 2 cups a day.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Causes Calcium Supplements Heart Attacks

:-))) This is an other article from those I become recently in great quantity. It seems to me, I have just to ask they pay me for advertising. But I like to read about researches and hope you do too.

A recent study on calcium supplements claims that taking calcium supplements causes a 30% increase in heart attacks. ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Martha Howard, MD believes there are some serious problems with the study, a meta-analysis by Professor Ian Reid from the Department of Medicine at the University of Auckland, and published in the British Medical Journal.

A prominent researcher on calcium metabolism Professor Chris Nordin, of Royal Adelaide Hospital, has already questioned the findings. He says that the review is misleading because it does not separate men from women in the findings. According to him “Men are much more liable to heart attacks than women, but women need calcium far more than men, so it is absurd to publish a study of the effect of calcium on the heart without separating men from women.”

ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Martha Howard, MD, offers the following:

* Objections to the Study:
o We have no way of knowing how accurate the original 11 studies were because there are a lot of hazards in the kind of statistical number-crunching involved in a meta-analysis. Worst case scenario is a meta-analysis of 11 studies is conducted, all of which are flawed in their methods or have doubtful data or conclusions, and a larger conclusion may be reached.

o We do know that in the studies, the calcium was treated as an “independent variable” so magnesium and Vitamin D were not given. Magnesium is needed to balance calcium intake. Vitamin D is needed for proper calcium metabolism.
o Carrying out studies that do not provide the other vitamins and minerals needed could have some very poor results. It is possible that calcium supplements, specifically when given without magnesium and Vitamin D, do cause additional calcium deposits in the arteries. This may lead to more heart attacks, but the meta-analysis is not sufficient evidence to tell.

* Recommendations:

· Calcium, Magnesium, and Vitamin D supplementation is especially important for premenopausal and postmenopausal women. The current recommendation for premenopausal and postmenopausal women is from 1000 to 1500 mg of calcium per day.

· Given that most people do get some calcium in their diet, 500 mg of calcium with 250 mg magnesium and 400 IU of Vitamin D (taken all together) is probably enough supplementation, unless the person is allergic to dairy.

· Vitamin D is very important to bone health. There are many people walking around with Vitamin D deficiency in the United States—not enough sun exposure, and not enough Vitamin D in their diets. In addition to osteoporosis, Vitamin D deficiency also is a factor in Alzheimer’s disease. Get your Vitamin D level taken, and if it is low, take 2000 IU or more per day until your level is normal.

· Take the Vitamin D orally, do not accept high dose injections—they have been associated with atypical bone fractures.

For more information go to www.ChicagoHealers.com.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Study About Prostate Cancer

This is another notice about cancer research progresses.
Because I become too sensitive to this theme and want to help how I can to make this world free from this suffering, I published just some articles about the researches.
I understand that those who sends me these articles want only publicize books or articles to sell them. So, I think I have to give you the notice. But I am not able to control it. Be

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, and 1 in 6 will get prostate cancer during his lifetime

Since this disease affects so many lives I think your readers will be interested in reading about a recent Columbia University study on a natural compound shown to kill prostate cancer.

The study reported that this natural formula, consisting of vitamins, minerals, multi-herb extracts, and medicinal mushrooms, inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis (programmed cell death) in both hormone-sensitive and hormone-resistant prostate cancer cells. This is extremely important news for men suffering from hormone resistant prostate cancer, as this aggressive form currently has limited treatment options and a high mortality rate. It is equally hopeful for men suffering from the less aggressive forms of prostate cancer because the compound can be used safely in conjunction with conventional treatments.

You can read the press release here. Please also visit www.dreliaz.org for more information.