Tests on volunteers showed that black tea significantly improves the ability of the arteries to relax and expand, but adding milk completely blunts the effect. Supporting tests on rat aortas (aortic rings) and endothelial (lining) cells showed that tea relaxed the aortic rings by producing nitric oxide, which promotes dilation of blood vessels. But, again, adding milk blocked the effect.
Weight loss pills are not working to reduce weight for obesity, and this is evident from that the Bayer AG and several smaller companies agreed to pay the U.S. government almost $26 million to settle allegations of false weight-loss advertising claims, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Starbucks, the world’s largest multinational chain of coffee shops in US, plans to provide trans fats free items in its menu. Pastries and other foods sold at half of Starbucks’s US outlets will be free of artery-clogging trans fats starting this week.
Two novel treatments — a basic compound found in every cell in the body and an extract of green tea — may prevent brain damage caused from stroke, according to two studies in rats led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
When sneezing and a prickly throat signal an oncoming cold, many people reach for what they believe will be a safe preventative ? a tea or capsule containing echinacea. In the first study to examine the effects of a botanical supplement on bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, research at the University of Arkansas suggests people may be risking some unwelcome side effects with this common herbal remedy.
In a study to be published in the January 2007 issue of the FASEB Journal, scientists from Europe countries describe how the anti-cancer effects of olive oil may account for the significant difference in cancer rates among Northern and Southern Europeans. This conclusion is based on the outcomes of volunteers from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy and Spain, who consumed 25 milliliters (a little less than a quarter cup) of olive oil every day for three weeks.
Skin damage caused by radiation treatment in cancer patients can be treated with tea extracts and researchers believe that this might be due to anti-inflammatory properties of tea which are extremely beneficial to damaged skin.
Some chocoholics who just couldn?t give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow chocolate lovers – and science – a big favor.
Some ?chocoholics? who just couldn?t give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow chocolate lovers – and science – a big favor.
Researchers at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America found that antioxidant therapies such as green tea extract, melatonin, high-potency multivitamins, vitamin C and vitamin E do not interfere with radiation treatment.