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Vitamin C As A Natural Sunscreen: You can add "sunscreen-ability" to your C
Green Tea Booster: By now just about everyone has heard that drinking green
tea is good for your health because of the antioxidants it contains. However, the
free-radical fighters in the tea often never end up making it to your bloodstream.
That's because catechins--the antioxidants in the tea famous for lowering your
risk of chronic disease--quickly lose their power in your intestine. In fact, as much
as 80% of the catechins are never absorbed.
The solution to boosting absorption, researchers recently found, is as simple as
flavoring your tea with freshly squeezed and strained lemon, orange, lime, or
grapefruit juice. The vitamin C in citrus may help with absorption by increasing
the acidity in your small intestine. Other unidentified substances in the juice
probably lend a hand, too. Researchers found a 50-50 mix had the greatest
catechin-preserving effect, and lemon did it best, closely followed by orange,
lime, and, in last place, grapefruit.
Some of the benefits of adding green tea to your diet are:
- It may help you lose weight. At least one study shows green tea can
stimulate moderate weight loss. - It may help keep your knees young and strong -- catechins fight
inflammation and arthritis. - It can help your skin look great if used in conjunction with an antioxidant
cream. Dab it on. - It can help you stay sharp -- try 2 cups a day to see benefits.
But be sure when you brew your tea that you do NOT use boiling water because
it damages the tender leaves and destroys some of the antioxidants that are
present. So always use water that is below the boiling point. Also, they're finding
that white tea, which is even less processed than the green, may be an even
healthier beverage choice.
For an article titled 7 Reasons to Drink Green Tea from Yahoo! Food click
green tea.
Turmeric: If you eat curry, make it yellow. Research shows that turmeric—a
yellow-orange spice in yellow curried Indian & Asian food—might help prevent
and disintegrate plaque in the brain. The plaque is a hallmark of Alzheimer's, with
its accompanying dementia & memory loss. It's also been shown to help with
diabetes. Turmeric's active ingredient is curcumin, shown in lab & animal tests to
be anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and immunity boosting.
Good News for Cheese Lovers: Like cheese, but worried about it being
unhealthy? Parmigiano-Reggiano, a particular kind of Parmesan cheese:
1) is easily digestible—digests in 45 min. (other animal proteins can take up to 4
hrs.)
2) is lactose free
3) contains concentrated nutrients, minerals, protein, calcium, phosphorus, B 12,
A, D, E, and K
4) one oz. contains 105 calories, 9 grams of protein—20% of your daily
requirement, 30% RDA of calcium, 20% RDA B12 and phosphorus
So it's one of the healthiest cheeses to eat.
What To Do If You Believe Someone is Having a Stroke:
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can
totally reverse the effects of a stroke. He said the trick was getting a stroke
recognized and diagnosed, and the patient medically cared for within 3 hours,
which is often tough.
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of
awareness can spell disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage
when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms. Now doctors say a
bystander can recognize a stroke by asking the person to do four simple
things (just remember "STRS"):
S - Ask the individual to SMILE.
T - Tell the person to TALK and SPEAK (coherently) A SIMPLE SENTENCE (i.e.
It is sunny out today)
R - Tell the person to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
S -Ask them to STICK OUT THEIR TONGUE. If the tongue is crooked or goes to
one side or the other this could be a sign of a stroke.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 immediately and
describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
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