Compounds in green tea have been found to be effective in preventing different types of cancer.
Green tea catechins like EGCG have shown to increase metabolism to help with weight loss and has been verified as a long history as a effective tool to fight many different types of cancer. Compounds in green tea act as powerful antioxidants that can help apoptosis or programmed cell death (mechanism missing in cancer cells that permits uncontrolled cell growth), according to Natural News.
Here are simple ways you can stay healthy during flu season.
The following are 10 ways to prevent viral infections.
1. Stress management. Our body can only handle so much stress before it becomes weaker and more susceptible to illnesses and infection. It is imperative to find a way to manage our stress if we are to remain healthy. Yoga, meditation, prayer, biofeedback, exercise, etc are all some effective methods. Make sure to find one that works for you.
2. A diet of quality food. Food provides our cells with the necessary information to function optimally. Whatever foods you choose to eat try to eat the highest quality food possible. Organic produce, free-range meat, whole grains, and healthy fats all provide the body what it needs to be healthy
A new study has shown that acupuncture can help prevent chronic dry mouth due to cancer radiation.
Acupuncture, when given alongside radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, can reduce the devastating side effect of dry mouth, a new study has suggested.
Xerostomia, commonly known as severe dry mouth, is characterized by reduced salivary flow, which commonly affects patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and the condition impairs the quality of life for patients, as it creates difficulties eating, speaking and sleeping, while also increasing the risk for oral infections.
If you have pet allergies, there are some herbs that can help you get over the symptoms and enjoy a closer relationship with animals!
Since I live with two cats, one dog, a ton of dander, dust, animal hair and you name it, I was certain something out there would help my recurring ear infections and sinusitis.
Sure enough, my doctor prescribed everything from three separate antibiotic treatments to steroids, not to mention Singulair, Allergan, Pseudoephedrine, Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray and NeilMed Sinus Rinse—many all at the same time.
After six months, my right ear is still plugged, and I’ve suffered sufficient post nasal drip to sink a frigate.
Chinese Herbs have been shown to be effective in treating H1N1 as a recent study has shown.
A traditional Chinese herbal treatment may reduce fever from H1N1 (“swine flu”) influenza just as well as the prescription medication Tamiflu, a new study suggests.
Click here to find out more!“For thousands of years, Chinese herbs have been used to treat influenza,” study co-authors Dr. Chen Wang and Dr. Bin Cao, of Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, in China, said in an email. “The pandemic influenza 2009 gave us the opportunity to evaluate a standard Chinese herb formula” designed to target the flu, they added.
Scientists have identified certain foods as “super foods” as they contain antioxidant properties and can enhance your health.
ANDI (Aggregate Nutrient Density index) is a scoring system measuring the amount of nutrients a certain food packs per calorie. The system ranks foods based on a number of 1 to 1000, with a score of 1000, e.g. kale, essentially being the most nutrient dense and having the fewest calories. French fries are given a dismal score of 7. In short, ANDI = Nutrients divided by Calories. Based on Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s book, Eat for Health, the ANDI system was designed, because the standard American diet consists heavily on a nutrient sparse, heavily processed diet. Subsequently, the United States has the highest obesity rate in the world. In order to eat your way to superior health, it is important to choose foods that are nutritionally dense and eat them often. Though certain foods such as kale receive a “perfect” score of 1000 because of its nutrients, they are also very low in calories which are needed to keep our bodies properly nourished. Conversely, bananas have an ANDI score of only 30, yet average about 100 calories and are full of potassium. The key here is balance. A well-balanced diet consists of proper caloric intake and without too much of any one nutrient. Following are a few super foods based on ANDI: 1. Kale (ANDI score = 1000) Seems like kale is the Justin Beiber of vegetables; it’s everywhere.
A Chinese medicine doctor in Taiwan suggests drinking tea can combat the effects of radiation.
Taipei, March 16 (CNA) Want a good tip to fend off the threat of radiation poisoning? The answer is to drink more tea, said a Chinese medicine doctor Wednesday.
Lu Chih-hong, president of the Sheng Te Tang Chinese Medical Hospital in Taichung City, central Taiwan, suggested the public take more tea to avoid the effects of radioactive fallout that may come from Japan.
Tea, a common agricultural and medicinal product in Taiwan, contains a variety of substances, including Camaellia sinensis, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and lipopolysaccharide, that can help people combat the effects of radiation.
Green tea contains some chemical compounds that may be effective in preventing cancer.
Green tea has been a medicinal potion for thousands of years. Laden with plant chemicals called flavonoids known for their powerful antioxidant abilities, green tea is touted to protect against two of the biggest of human scourges—coronary disease and cancer. But just how green tea works its wonders in the prevention or treatment of individual disease remains a mystery. Thomas Gasiewicz, researcher in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, presented evidence for some of its magic at an international conference on diet and cancer held in Washington, D.C., today.
Green tea is loaded with antioxidants and is great tasting!
It’s a Monday morning. I have on my desk a soy matcha latte and I’m feeling pretty good about it.
Researching this story on tea, I’m reminded that tea is a healthy drink, loaded with antioxidants; and matcha tea, made of finely powdered green tea leaves, is super-duper healthy with about 130 times more antioxidants per serving than steeped green tea.
That, I think, oughtta make up for the loukoumades (like honeyed Greek Timbits), two servings of frozen lemon mousse and too many glasses of Prosecco and wine I had over the weekend.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Toast+healthy+life+with/4146443/story.html#ixzz1Bm9bteOx
If you are a hayfever sufferer, try modify your diet before reaching for the pills.
While the rest of us welcome the lengthening days, Britain’s ten million hayfever sufferers greet spring with dread at the prospect of months of sore, itchy eyes and violent sneezing.
The bad news is that this year could be far worse than normal, with the National Pollen Research Unit forecasting pollen levels five times higher than last year and close to the highest ever pollen count, recorded in 1992.
Hayfever (seasonal allergic rhinitis or pollinosis) is an allergic reaction – usually triggered by pollen, grasses or mould spores. It accounts for around 2.5 per cent of all GP visits and more than £50 million in medication costs.
Although conventional treatments include antihistamines and steroids, there are alternatives. One of the most interesting theories suggests that what you eat could significantly affect hayfever.
Naturopath Roger Newman Turner of the Research Council for Complementary Medicine says: ‘In nearly 40 years of practice I have found that diet plays a very important role in the management of hayfever.
‘Most of my hayfever patients have been able to reduce the severity of their symptoms and, in some cases, eradicate the condition.’
