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Did you know that residents of Finland drink more coffee per capita than the Japanese, Americans, Italians, and other Europeans? And it also appears that among a group of Finns surveyed between 1972 to 2006, the higher the coffee consumption, the lower the risk of primary liver cancer.
The researchers noted a significant inverse association between […]
Aside from possibly protecting you from diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and alcoholic cirrhosis, a recent survey study suggests that women coffee drinkers have a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease or cancer.
Women consuming two to three cups of caffeinated coffee per day had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease during the […]
Enviga is a green tea drink co-developed by Coca Cola and Nestle, which is touted to “help burn calories” and “increase metabolism”. These benefits are supposed to be derived from its green tea extract (called epigallocatechin gallate, EGCG) content.
While it is true that there have been studies suggesting that EGCG may influence metabolism and energy […]
I have written about resveratrol before, a compound found in the grape skin and seeds which have been demonstrated in mouse trials to protect against strokes.
This time, researchers at the Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging report that resveratrol may help improve the health and possibly increase the lifespan by offsetting […]
A study published in the November issue of Diabetes Care further supports previous findings that there is “a striking protective effect of caffeinated coffee was found to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by as much as 60%.
After adjusting for other known diabetes risk factors, the researchers concluded that both past and current […]
I picked up Michael Anuzis’ Top 8 High-Utility Foods via this week’s Healthy Eating, Dieting & Fitness Blog Carnival. I like the way he used the phrase, “high-utility” and “for special purposes” to introduce and entry about functional foods… or mostly functional foods, at least. The miso, rice ball and carbs don’t count, unless they’re […]
I have, time and again, discussed the merits of drinking tea in this blog. Green tea, black tea, herbal teas. Still, I have stuck to my caffeine-source of preference: coffee. But a new study published in Pscychopharmacology is starting to convince me to make the switch.
A double-blind placebo-controlled study has demonstrated that 6 weeks of […]
I’ve entered a previous entry on genetically engineered tomatoes to Mendel’s Garden, a blogging carnival about everything genetics-related, hosted this time at Evolgen. There’s one other food entry I’ve spotted: DNA Talk marvels on the medicinal benefits of coffee, pretty much what I have enumerated in a previous entry.
What role genetics play there, however, […]
Tea: 2 points. (Bile Stones/Gall Bladder and Insomnia)
Coffee: 2 points (Liver Cirrhosis/Parkinson’s/Diabetes and Cognition)
Now, chalk up another one for tea. In fact, give tea another bonus point for being considered as even healthier than water!
“Drinking tea is actually better for you than drinking water. Water is essentially replacing fluid. Tea replaces fluids and contains […]
I already enumerated some of the reported health benefits of coffee in a previous entry. Well, here’s another one: Coffee consumption seems to slows down cognitive decline in elderly men.
A survey of 670 men born between 1900 and 1920 from Finland, Italy and the Netherlands were observed for a period of 10 years. Coffee […]
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