Sunday, December 25, 2005

BBC NEWS | Health | Grapefruit 'may cut gum disease'

The BBC reports more reason to eat grapefruit! BTW if you have not tried grapefruit and tangerines together as juice, you are REALLY missing out!!!!

BBC NEWS | Health | Grapefruit 'may cut gum disease': "Eating grapefruit could help fight gum disease, a study suggests.
Researchers found people with gum disease who ate two grapefruits a day for a fortnight showed significantly less bleeding from the gums.
They believe this is due to an increase in blood levels of vitamin C, known to promote wound healing and cut damage by unstable free radical molecules.

The research, by Friedrich Schiller University in Germany, is published in the British Dental Journal. "

Thursday, December 15, 2005

CBC News: Tea consumption may reduce ovarian cancer risk: study

Promising news on the tea front, although it is still preliminary:
CBC News: Tea consumption may reduce ovarian cancer risk: study

No Fiber Benefit Found for Colorectal Cancer - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today

You probably have seen the news story that fiber does not appear to reduce colon cancer, what you may have missed is that No Fiber Benefit Found for Colorectal Cancer - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "the researchers concluded, fiber from whole plants has been shown to be beneficial in other disorders, including heart disease and diabetes, so there's good reason to keep eating it."