6 Make-Ahead Meals That Are Ready When You Are
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: produce season! Literally everything is ripe for the picking, which means that this is the optimal time to up your fruit and vegetable game. This perfectly coincides with our tendency to crave lighter and more refreshing fare during warmer weather without spending...
From the Coffee Shop
Coffee May Protect Against Head and Neck Cancers
More good news for coffee drinkers! According to a recent journal publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, regular coffee drinkers had a 39 percent decreased risk of oral cavity and pharynx cancers combined. The pharynx is the part of the neck and throat that is immediately behind the mouth and nasal cavity. Regular coffee drinkers were defined as having consumed an estimated four or more cups of coffee per day. No similar findings were reported for decaf coffee or teas. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Utah, and actually came from pooled-analysis of nine studies collected...
FDA Gives Warning on Acid Reflux Pills
Last August 2009, we reported in this Blog about a study that was reported that month in the Canadian Medical Association Journal about the potential negative effects on bones of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI). That journal reported on a study which found that long term exposure to PPI was associated with osteoporosis related bone fractures. Commonly known PPI include Nexium, Prilosec, Protonix and Aciphex. This past week on May 25 the FDA issued a warning about PPI…that several studies have shown an increase in hip, wrist and spine fractures particulary among users of PPI that are older than 50 years old. In a statement by Joyce Korvick, deputy director...
Drinking Coffee Helps Cut the Risk of Developing Uterine Cancer
This is from a recent study released by the Mayo clinic. The study covered 20,000 women and found that those who consumed more than two and a half cups of coffee per day were less likely to develop endometrial cancer than those women who consumed no coffee. The study did not find the same protective effects from other forms of food containing caffeine such as tea or chocolate.
More Calcium May Extend Your Life!
A group of Swedish researchers recently released a study which showed that a greater intake of calcium may help men live longer. The sudy was led by Dr. Joanna Kaluza of the Karolinska Instutet of Stockholm, and followed 23,366 men aged 45 to 79 for a 10 year period from 1998 through 2007. The men had indicated their diet at the beginning of the study. At the end of the study, 2,358 or 10% of the men had died from all causes. The study found that the top third of men who consumed the most calcium — getting nearly 2,000 milligrams a day — were 25% less likely...
The (Wrong) Choice of Decaf Coffee Can Raise Your Bad Cholesterol Level
Who would ever think that the choice made in selecting a decaf coffee would make a difference in the level of your LDL cholesterol? Apparently so, from research findings by Dr. H. Robert Superko of the Fuqua Heart Center in Atlanta. This goes back to a study in 2005 led by Dr. Superko and presented to the American Heart Association. In the study, 187 coffee drinkers were randomly assigned to three groups of people and studied for an eight week period: those who daily drank three to five cups of decaf coffee; those who drank the same amount of caffeinated coffee; and those who drank no coffee. No creamers of sweeteners...
