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Eggs May Help Prevent Heart Disease and Cancer

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University of Alberta Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science researchers Jianping Wu, Andreas Schieber, graduate students Chamila Nimalaratne and Daise Lopes-Lutz recently discovered that eggs have antioxidant properties which is good in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Egg yolks produced by hens fed typical diets of either primarily wheat and corn were examined and found to have two amino acids, tryptophan and tyrosine, which have high antioxidant properties.

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Potatoes Can Lower Blood Pressure

Purple PotatoesA couple of servings of potato a day reduces blood pressure almost as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain, according to a recent study.

The finding, presented at the 42nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), was that microwaved plain purple potatoes lowered blood pressure by 3%-4% without gaining weight.

In this research, 18 patients who were primarily overweight / obese and with

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Eating Nuts Daily May Help Control Type 2 Diabetes and Prevent Complications

mixed nuts Based on a new research from St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto, daily consumption of nuts may help control Type 2 Diabetes and prevent its complications.

According to Dr. David Jenkins, head of research team in the University of Toronto Department of Nutritional Sciences; St. Michael’s Hospital Risk Factor Modification Centre), consuming two ounces of nuts daily as a replacement for carbohydrates proved effective at controlling the glycemic and

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Cow’s Milk Formula Cause Faster Weight Gain in Infants

milk drop According to a new US study, babies fed cow’s milk formula gain weight faster than babies fed protein hydrolysate formula or breast-fed babies.

This study conducted by Dr. Julie Mennella, a developmental psychobiologist at Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, could be relevant to infant’s risk of developing obesity, diabetes, and other diseases later in life.

Previous studies revealed that

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Cranberry Juice Ineffective Against Urinary Tract Infections, Study Suggests

cranberry juice Based on past observational studies and clinical trials, drinking cranberry juice can decrease incidence of UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). A recent study though, suggests otherwise.

Published in the January 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, this study required groups of college-aged women, tested positive for UTI, to drink eight ounces of cranberry juice or a placebo twice a day for either six months or until a recurrence of a urinary tract infection, whichever happened first. OF those who

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