Among 4,763 Iranian adults surveyed, those eating spicy foods more than 10 times a week were 92 percent more likely to have irritable bowel syndrome than those who never did. The association held for women but not men. The study is observational and cannot establish cause.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk lower in coffee drinkers
A meta-analysis of prospective studies tied the highest coffee intake to 29% lower type 2 diabetes risk, decaffeinated coffee to 21% and caffeine to 30%. Each extra two cups a day corresponded to a 12% reduction, with stronger links in women and non-smokers.
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Processed Meat Affects Sperm Quality
Among 156 men at a fertility clinic, those eating more than a third of a serving of processed meat a day showed more abnormalities in sperm count, size and shape than men who ate less, according to a Harvard abstract presented to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
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What's REALLY in Chicken Products? You Don't Want To Know
An antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak hospitalized 42% of those infected - almost 300 people in 18 states - and left 13% with septicemia. USDA traces contamination to fecal material on carcasses and insanitary handling; Foster Farms has had salmonella problems for a decade.
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Garlic fights hypertension - study
In a trial of 210 patients with essential hypertension assigned garlic tablets at 300 to 1,500 mg a day, atenolol or placebo, garlic lowered both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in a dose- and duration-dependent way over 24 weeks.
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What to eat or not to eat if you got chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome?
A survey of 95 men with chronic prostatitis, published in Urology, found spicy food, coffee, hot peppers, alcohol, tea and chili reported as worsening pelvic pain symptoms, while docusate, psyllium, water, herbal tea and polycarbophil were reported as easing them most.
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Which is better at lowering cholesterol, olive oil or sesame oil?
In 48 patients with high cholesterol, a month of four tablespoons a day of refined olive or sesame oil lowered cholesterol and triglycerides, a study in the International Journal of Preventive Medicine reports. Researchers called the oils equivalent, with sesame better on LDL and triglycerides.
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Student-faculty research shows Oreos are just as addictive as drugs in lab rats (PR)
Connecticut College researchers found rats formed as strong an association between Oreos and a specific environment as they did between cocaine or morphine and an environment, and that the cookies activated more neurons in the brain's pleasure center than the drugs did.
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Poultry meat boosts breast cancer risk too
Chandran's team found white women eating the most poultry had a 42 percent higher breast cancer risk, rising to 133 percent among premenopausal women and 155 percent for estrogen-receptor-negative disease. The associations largely did not hold among African American women.
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Olive oil can help prevent breast cancer
A report due in Cancer Treatment and Research suggests eating olive oil may lower breast cancer risk while omega-6 fat may raise it. Earlier work by Eduard Escrich's group found diets high in n-6 fats from corn and soybean oil stimulated mammary tumor development.
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Breaking news: High fructose corn syrup may kill brain cells - study
Male rats drinking a 10% fructose solution for six weeks lost 41% of the neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius, a brain region governing cardiovascular regulation, Iranian researchers report. Glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol and insulin did not change significantly.
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Sugar Substitutes—What’s Safe and What’s Not
Mercola responds to a National Geographic comparison of eight sugar substitutes, saying it omitted evidence of harm. He urges readers to avoid artificial sweeteners including aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, acesulfame potassium and neotame, singling out aspartame as the worst.
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HFCS sweetened beverages linked to gout risk
A study in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ties high fructose corn syrup-sweetened drinks to gout. People drinking four a day were 2.84 to 6.89 times more likely to develop it than non-drinkers, depending on ethnic group, with each extra daily serving linked to 12% higher risk.
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Fructose: A Key Factor in the Development of Metabolic Syndrome and Hypertension
A review of how fructose, unlike glucose, bypasses the regulated steps of glycolysis and is handled by fructokinase, which has no negative feedback. The resulting phosphate depletion generates uric acid, which has been linked to endothelial dysfunction, insulin resistance and hypertension.
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Report explains how omega-3 fatty acids prevent prostate cancer
A review of recent work on how omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, chiefly EPA and DHA, may act against prostate cancer development. It notes the mechanisms are still not fully understood and that mammals cannot make these fats and must get them from the diet.
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Here is why eating meat may boost breast cancer risk
Premenopausal women in two soya trials who ate under 30 grams of meat, poultry and fish a day had lower serum estrogen than heavier meat eaters. The authors suggest this could be one route by which meat intake raises breast cancer risk.
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Beat Back Cold and Flus with... Garlic!
Mercola urges generous use of herbs and spices as cold and flu season nears, singling out garlic as an antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal food and citing compilations of studies crediting it with effects on heart disease, cholesterol, blood pressure and cancer.
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Documentary: Way Beyond Weight
The documentary Way Beyond Weight examines childhood obesity through interviews with parents, officials and children in Brazil, Kuwait and elsewhere, finding many children drink soda and sugary 'fruit' drinks daily while their parents believe the drinks are healthy.
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