Researchers led by Midori Natsume tested cocoa polyphenols on human liver and intestinal cells and found they raised apolipoprotein A1, a major component of good cholesterol, lowered apolipoprotein B, and appeared to increase LDL receptor activity.
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Junk food lowers children's IQ
Among 3,966 British children, a processed diet high in fat and sugar at age 3 tracked with slightly lower IQ at 8.5 years - a 1.67-point drop per standard deviation of diet score - while a health-conscious pattern at 8.5 tracked with a 1.20-point gain.
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U.S.-Grown Rice Powers a Healthy Heart (PR)
The rice industry pitches rice for American Heart Month, noting it is low in calories, nearly fat-free and free of cholesterol, sodium and trans fat. Brown rice is a whole grain, and a cup of cooked enriched white rice supplies 23 percent of the daily value for folic acid.
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Doctor Warns: Eat This and You’ll Look 5 Years Older
Mercola argues the claims that launched soy foods in the 1990s, from lowering cholesterol to easing hot flashes and preventing breast and prostate cancer, are mostly false, and calls the boom a marketing gimmick. He starts by unpacking soy protein isolate.
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The Crunchy Snack that Fights Cancer
Mercola relays a Planet Green list of cheap nutrient-dense foods - kale, broccoli, cabbage, winter squash, sweet potatoes, adzuki and black beans, sunflower seeds and almonds - and argues that cooking from scratch costs less than buying pre-packaged processed food.
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Unhealthy fats may lead to depression
Following 12,059 people who had never been depressed for six years, Spanish researchers recorded 657 cases and found up to 48 percent higher risk among those eating trans fats, with the effect growing as intake rose. Polyunsaturated fats and olive oil were tied to lower risk.
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Vegetables show potential help to cancer treatment and prevention
Isothiocyanates from broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may help prevent cancer by supporting the tumor suppressor gene p53, researchers suggest. In tests on lung, breast and colon cancer cells, the compounds stripped away decayed p53 while sparing the normal form.
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Energy drinks threaten health, scientists warn
Researchers at Maryland and Wake Forest warn that highly caffeinated energy drinks may threaten health even without alcohol, and note that no regulation caps their caffeine. They call the FDA's move against premixed alcoholic energy drinks a first step, since drinkers still mix the two themselves.
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Study Finds Organic Milk is Healthier
An EU-funded study in the Journal of Dairy Science compared retail milk from conventional and organic production and found the organic milk carried higher concentrations of beneficial fatty acids and lower levels of saturated fat, though total fat content was similar.
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These Foods and Nutritional Deficiencies Can Make You Depressed or Violent
Mercola takes up a Weston A. Price Foundation writer's argument that diet belongs alongside culture in explaining violence, citing soy's effects on brain development, copper toxicity from grain-heavy diets low in animal products, and the role of animal-based omega-3 fats in fetal brain growth.
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Green Tea Helps Prevent Heart Disease
A meta-analysis of 18 studies tied each daily cup of green tea to 10% lower coronary artery disease risk, and the heaviest green tea drinking to 28% lower risk. The authors found no protective role for black tea and call the green tea association tentative and observational.
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If You Eat Processed Meats, Are You Risking Your Life?
The World Cancer Research Fund's review of more than 7,000 studies concluded that processed meats cause bowel cancer and that no amount can confidently be shown not to raise risk. The meat industry called the report anti-meat; project director Martin Wiseman rejected that.
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Cranberry Juice Cocktail Is No Better Than Placebo at Preventing Recurrent UTIs
In a University of Michigan trial of 319 women averaging 21 years old, drinking 8 ounces of cranberry juice cocktail twice a day for six months prevented no more urinary tract infections than placebo. The cranberry group's recurrence rate was slightly higher, 19 percent against 15.
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The 6 Worst Brands of Bottled Water You Can Buy
The Environmental Working Group reviewed labels and websites for over 170 bottled waters and found more than half failed its transparency test: nearly 20% did not say where the water came from and 32% disclosed nothing about treatment or purity. Six brands scored worst.
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Celiac patients could eat Hydrolyzed wheat flour foods
Sixteen celiac patients aged 12 to 23 ate baked goods made from wheat flour fermented with sourdough lactobacilli and fungal proteases to cut its gluten, with no toxicity over 60 days. Lead author Luigi Greco says longer trials are needed to confirm safety.
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Diabetics benefit from safflower oil
In a 16-week crossover trial, 35 postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes who took eight grams of safflower oil daily had lower HbA1c and C-reactive protein, better insulin sensitivity and higher HDL. Conjugated linoleic acid did not move their metabolic measures.
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Kid Foods Labeled 'Better for You' Often Aren't
The Prevention Institute examined children's food products and found 84 percent did not meet even basic dietary recommendations and nutritional standards, and suggests that without federal regulation companies are making deceptive claims.
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Got grains? Get the whole story
A General Mills survey found 61 percent of Americans believe they eat enough whole grain while only 5 percent actually do. Just 55 percent could identify whole grain products by label, and 28 percent could not tell whole grain from enriched grain.
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