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
Pregnant Women Advised to Drink No More Than Two Cups of Coffee a Day
A recent study from Leeds and Leicester Universities in the UK indicates that pregnant women who drink more than 200mg of caffeine per day may give birth to babies with low birth weight. The study will be published in the British Medical Journal this week. Children with low birth weight are more likely to suffer health problems like heart disease and diabetes. The study took place from 2003 to 2006 and examined the caffeine consumption patterns of 2,645 low-risk pregnant women with an average age of 30. Women whose intake of caffeine was over 200mg per day were more likely...
Coffee and Chocolate are Key to Long Life!
Professor Gary Williamson, from the department of food science at Leeds University in the UK, has produced a list of 20 “lifespan essential” foodstuffs. All are rich in naturally occurring chemicals, known as polyphenols, which have been linked to a variety of health benefits including protection against heart disease. He said that foodstuffs on the list, which is dominated by fruits and vegetables, can also help to slow down the ageing process by helping to protect cells from the natural damage that occurs over time. He said: “Epidemiology studies support the protective effects of polyphenol-rich foods. Lack of these...
Latest Harvard Study is Good News for Coffee Drinkers
Many people have seen coffee drinking as an unhealthy habit, similar to smoking and drinking that perhaps should be given up. Well, the latest Harvard Study adds to the increasing body of evidence that that’s not the case. The Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study over a 24 year period to determine the relationship between coffee drinking and the risks of dying from heart disease, cancer or any cause. The study showed that drinking large amounts of coffee does not increase a person’s risk for dying sooner than expected, and may actually be protective. The design of the...
Coffee May Lower Risk of Uterine Cancer
Women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus, according to a Japanese study recently released. Researchers from Japan’s National Cancer Center conducted a study of 53,724 Japanese women to determine whether coffee consumption had any effect upon the risk of developing endometrial cancer, the most common type of uterine cancer. Over the course of the 15-year-long study 117 women developed endometrial cancer. Results showed that coffee consumption was significantly associated with a decreased risk of endometrial cancer. In fact, women who drank more than three cups of coffee per day were...
Acid Reflux Pills May Lead to Bone Loss and Hip Fractures
If you have acid reflux and are taking pills for it, this would be of interest to you. According to a study published in the August 12 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, long term exposure to proton pump inhibitors (PPI) is associated with osteoporosis-related fractures. Commonly known PPIs are Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec and Protonix. Doctors studied 60,000 people aged 50 and older who had experienced hip fractures. For people who had been taking acid reflux pills for less than five years, the study found no association with hip fractures. However, at five years of pill usage, the doctors...
