Mangos Moderate Blood Sugar Abundant in the antioxidant vitamins C and A, and folate, mangos are a good source of fiber, copper, and vitamin B6. Edralin Lucas, from Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma, USA), and colleagues completed a 12-week study involving 20 adults, ages 20 to 50 years, with a Body Mass Index…
Protein May Moderate Blood Pressure. One of the most common risk factors of stroke and an accelerator of multiple forms of heart disease, especially when paired with excess body weight, high blood pressure (hypertension) is a leading chronic health concern worldwide. Lynn Moore, from Boston University School of Medicine (Massachusetts, USA), and colleagues…
Sugar Triggers Memory Problems and Neuroinflammation. Results of a study conducted at the University of Southern California (USC) has shown that adolescent rats that freely consumed large quantities of liquid solutions containing sugar or high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in concentrations comparable to popular sugar-sweetened beverages experienced memory problems and brain inflammation, and became…
Grapefruit Juice Curbs Weight Gain Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice may help to prevent weight gain and increase insulin sensitivity. Andreas Stahl and Joseph Napoli of the University of California Berkeley and colleagues randomly assigned mice to receive drinking water alone (control) or drinking water containing either 50% grapefruit juice, 25% grapefruit…
Chemical in coffee may help prevent obesity-related disease Athens, Ga. – Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a chemical compound commonly found in coffee may help prevent some of the damaging effects of obesity. In a paper published recently in Pharmaceutical Research, scientists found that chlorogenic acid, or CGA, significantly reduced…
Short-term Testosterone Use OK for Prostate? A group of 41 men who received testosterone replacement therapy for 6 months saw no increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. But with such a small group followed for such a short time, experts say,…
Older men with higher testosterone levels lose less muscle mass as they age A study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that higher levels of testosterone were associated with reduced loss of lean muscle mass in older men, especially in those who were losing weight. In…
Curcumin shows heart health benefits by ‘multiple mechanisms’ Daily supplements of curcumin, the yellow pigment that gives turmeric its color, may improve heart health in lab rabbits fed a diet high in cholesterol, says a new study Results showed that adding curcumin to the bunnies’ diets reduced total, LDL, and oxidized LDL cholesterol…
Changing lifestyle may improve cognitive function in the elderly A randomized controlled trial published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics indicates that modifications in lifestyle may improve cognitive function in the elderly. Since a healthy lifestyle may protect against cognitive decline, the authors examined outcomes in elderly individuals after 18 months of…
Dietary flavanols reverse age-related memory decline NEW YORK, NY (October 26, 2014)–Dietary cocoa flavanols–naturally occurring bioactives found in cocoa–reversed age-related memory decline in healthy older adults, according to a study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) scientists. The study, published today in the advance online issue of Nature Neuroscience, provides the first…
