Showing posts with label cells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cells. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
LYCOPENE FIGHTS CANCER!
Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that may reduce your risk of breast cancer and heart disease. You'll find lycopene in bright red fruits and vegetables. And if you add olive oil when cooking some tomatoes for pasta sauce, you'll enhance the power of lycopene to neutralize free radicals, thus preventing oxidative damage to your cells. Healthy cells have the most resistance to cancer. (Pam Stephan, About Cancer, 2/9/11)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
DRINK TEA!
More Reasons to include Tea in your daily diet:
- Like fruits and vegetables, brewed teas contain natural antioxidants called flavonoids. Research suggests that antioxidants help the body protect itself from the harmful effects of “free radicals” which are molecules that can damage cells.
- The American Dietetic Association included black and green tea as functional foods that possibly reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, as well as gastric, esophageal andskin cancers. Analyses of research showed that drinking three cups of tea daily reduced the risk for cardiovascular disease death or heart attack by about 10-12%.
- Theanine, a unique amino acid found in tea, activates specific cells involved in the “first line of defense” cells of the immune system, which may reduce the risk of viral and bacterial infections suggesting that regular tea consumption may help support the body’s immune system. It also seems to help relax the mind allowing one to focus on the task at hand.
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