A survey of 6,899 girls aged 18 to 27 linked one drink a day to a 50 percent higher risk of benign breast disease, and drinking six or seven days a week to 5.5 times the risk. The authors suggest early drinking may raise later breast cancer risk.
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Spice Up Your Health
University of Western Ontario researchers tested seven herb- and spice-based marinades and found good quantities of antioxidants survived, even though marinating and cooking cut levels by 45 to 70 percent. Mercola suggests seasoning with whole spices rather than store-bought sauces.
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New Study: LESS Cardio Gives Better Results
A Journal of Physiology study found about 20 minutes of high-intensity interval training delivered many of the same benefits as much longer endurance sessions, which the researchers say may make it an alternative route to better metabolic health and lower chronic disease risk.
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Female Viagra promising
A British study in rabbits suggests an experimental Pfizer drug might one day treat sexual arousal dysfunction in about 5 percent of women with the condition. Chris Wayman says it would not create desire but would raise blood flow to the genitalia; Viagra itself did not work as well in women.
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Does Drinking Milk Cause Upper-Respiratory Congestion?
Experiments have not supported the belief that milk increases phlegm, but a new report suggests those studies missed that milks differ. Some contain beta-CM-7, a protein that can stimulate mucus glands, so such milk could stimulate phlegm, particularly in chronic lung conditions.
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Teens drinking alcohol face higher risk for breast cancer
A Pediatrics study that followed 6,899 girls aged 9 to 15 found those drinking six or seven days a week were 5.5 times more likely to develop benign breast disease, which can progress to breast cancer, than non-drinkers. Drinking three to five days a week tripled the risk.
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High glycemic index carbs may raise heart disease risk
Among 47,749 Italian adults followed nearly eight years, women in the top quarter for glycemic load were 2.2 times as likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease as those in the lowest. No such link appeared in men, and the study cannot establish cause.
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Fruit of the Month: Asian Pear
Asian pears ripen on the tree and are crisp, juicy and ready to eat at harvest, unlike European pears picked green and ripened at room temperature. A medium raw pear carries 50 calories and 4 g of fiber; varieties include the 20th Century, Hosui and Ya Li.
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Vegetable of the Month: Tomatillos
A husk-covered fruit used as a vegetable, the tomatillo tastes slightly acidic with a hint of lemon and is usually picked while still green. The piece covers Aztec origins, Texas cultivation, nutrition per half-cup, how to judge a good husk, and refrigerator storage of up to two weeks.
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Walnuts Slow Prostate Tumors
Mice with prostate tumors that ate a walnut quantity a man could easily match showed controlled tumor growth and changes in genes governing tumor growth and metabolism. Walnuts supply omega-3 fats and antioxidants, and clinical studies link them to lower cardiovascular risk.
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Cooling Inflammation for Healthier Arteries
USDA-funded Tufts researchers report that avenanthramides, phenolic compounds in oats, lower the expression of inflammatory molecules by inhibiting factors that activate proinflammatory cytokines, suggesting a benefit against atherosclerosis beyond oats' cholesterol-lowering effect.
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Breastfeeding Saves Lives and Money
A Pediatrics study estimates that if 90 percent of US babies were breastfed for six months, about 900 lives and billions of dollars could be saved by preventing illnesses including stomach viruses, ear infections, asthma, juvenile diabetes and SIDS.
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Cola may lower sperm counts
A Danish study of more than 2,500 young men found those drinking a quart or more of cola a day averaged 35 million sperm per mL against 50 million in non-drinkers. It was not a trial, and the researchers suggested lifestyle rather than caffeine may explain the difference.
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Eating dark chocolate to lower blood pressure?
In a small German trial of 102 people with prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension, 6 grams of dark chocolate a day for three months lowered blood pressure 2.3 mm Hg from baseline; 25 grams lowered it 1.9 mm Hg and added 0.8 kg of weight. The trial had no control group.
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Shocking! This 'Tequila' Sweetener is Far Worse than High Fructose Corn Syrup
Mercola argues that agave nectar is not the traditional plant remedy its marketing evokes but a heavily processed, highly concentrated fructose syrup stripped of nutritional value, and that it is worse for you than high fructose corn syrup.
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Meat, Chocolate, Coffee, and Sugar Lead to Food Addiction
Rats with unlimited access to junk food kept eating despite electric shocks and refused ordinary chow for two weeks when the junk food was withdrawn. Researchers found the diet suppressed the dopamine D2 receptor in the brain's reward system, leading to compulsive eating.
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Study: Junk Food Can be Addictive
Rats with unlimited access to junk food gained weight fast and kept eating through foot shocks, while rats on limited access did not, Scripps researchers report in Nature Neuroscience. Artificially suppressing the dopamine D2 receptor produced the same compulsive eating. The work is in animals.
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High fructose corn syrup the cause of obesity epidemic, new study suggests
A Princeton study in Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior reports rats drinking high fructose corn syrup gained more weight than rats given table sugar in equal quantity, and that long-term use raised abdominal fat and triglycerides. Bart Hoebel says this holds under their test conditions.
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