If you are concerned about the health of your heart, you have probably become aware of the value of sipping red wine. Studies have shown that moderate red wine drinkers suffer lower rates of heart disease than the average population. But that general statement needs to be clarified.
The preventative value of wine is highest with those people who limit themselves to two or three small glasses (around 125 ml) a day. And who drink their wine with food. To receive these benefits it is also necessary to drink small amounts of wine everyday. Drinking wine just occasionally maybe a nice way to enjoy wine, but it limits the healthier heart values.
Why is there a focus on red wine? It is the highly tannic wines which contain chemicals shown to protect against the danger of heart disease, as well as strokes, diabetes, dementia and possibly some cancers. Basically, red wines are fermented in containers which hold both grape juices and grape skins. In white wines, the grape skins are kept out. These grape skins contain high amounts of tannic acid and other chemicals that remain in the wine after the grape skins are filtered out. You can recognize the tannic flavor in a wine by the way the wine makes your mouth pucker slightly.
So to take advantage of the heart healthy properties of wine, drink red wine in moderation, everyday, while eating food.
For more information about wine, please visit Taste of the Grape | Wine.
For additional information on key elements in your diet that can help prevent and cure heart disease, please visit How To Prevent--even Cure Heart Disease.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Tans May Look Healthy, But Raise the Risk of Skin Cancer
According to the OrlandoSentinal.com:
"In the United States, one person dies almost every hour from skin cancer.
"The incidence of melanoma is increasing rapidly in women under the age of 40. It is now the most common cancer in young women ages 25-29, and second only to breast cancer in women ages 30-34. Skin cancer is the leading cancer in men over age 50, ahead of prostate, lung and colon cancer.
"A person's risk for skin cancer doubles if he or she has had five or more sunburns..." To read the rest of the story, click here.
Teens and especially female teens seemed convinced that having a tan makes you look healthy. And they are ready to risk shortening their lives for a "golden glow." Melanoma is no joke nor is the saying "looks to die for!" And yet for the sake of "looks" young tanners are risking death.
Get smart, wear more sunscreen and a hat, and lets start featuring more pasty models in the magazines and on TV! For more info on protecting yourself from skin cancer, go to Skin Cancer Protection, Misconceptions.
"In the United States, one person dies almost every hour from skin cancer.
"The incidence of melanoma is increasing rapidly in women under the age of 40. It is now the most common cancer in young women ages 25-29, and second only to breast cancer in women ages 30-34. Skin cancer is the leading cancer in men over age 50, ahead of prostate, lung and colon cancer.
"A person's risk for skin cancer doubles if he or she has had five or more sunburns..." To read the rest of the story, click here.
Teens and especially female teens seemed convinced that having a tan makes you look healthy. And they are ready to risk shortening their lives for a "golden glow." Melanoma is no joke nor is the saying "looks to die for!" And yet for the sake of "looks" young tanners are risking death.
Get smart, wear more sunscreen and a hat, and lets start featuring more pasty models in the magazines and on TV! For more info on protecting yourself from skin cancer, go to Skin Cancer Protection, Misconceptions.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Banking on Cord Blood
A recent study concerning the use of umbilical cord blood and Type 1 diabetes in children offers some help to those children.
According to a news release issued by the University of Florida:
"The work carried out in the University of Florida has led the field in showing that cord blood contains cells which can quieten the immune system attack on the patient's pancreas," McGuckin said. "We know that cord blood contains very specialized cells which are there to stop rejection of the placenta of the child to the mother during pregnancy, and these are likely to be the ones which are useful for treatment in type 1 diabetes. Together with our work, showing that beta cells producing insulin can be formed using cord blood, we are on track to help diabetes patients in the future. The first step, though, has to be quietening the immune system attack, and this is why the work in Gainesville is so important."
Basically, children who were given cord blood stored after their birth showed an improvement in insulin production. Exactly why this improvement occurred is not exactly known. Still the results are encouraging and may lead to improved treatment of Type 1 diabetes in the future.
Such a study does show that cord blood should be stored in a blood bank for every new child born on the planet to help in future health needs of the child. A tall order, no doubt, but something that should be started in trail programs, today. Using the body to heal the body seems common sense to me.
Are you looking for ways to help your pancreas create more insulin? Check out the
Diabetes Miracle Breakthrough. For additional resources for reversing and preventing diabetes visit Diet Cures | Diabetes.
According to a news release issued by the University of Florida:
"The work carried out in the University of Florida has led the field in showing that cord blood contains cells which can quieten the immune system attack on the patient's pancreas," McGuckin said. "We know that cord blood contains very specialized cells which are there to stop rejection of the placenta of the child to the mother during pregnancy, and these are likely to be the ones which are useful for treatment in type 1 diabetes. Together with our work, showing that beta cells producing insulin can be formed using cord blood, we are on track to help diabetes patients in the future. The first step, though, has to be quietening the immune system attack, and this is why the work in Gainesville is so important."
Basically, children who were given cord blood stored after their birth showed an improvement in insulin production. Exactly why this improvement occurred is not exactly known. Still the results are encouraging and may lead to improved treatment of Type 1 diabetes in the future.
Such a study does show that cord blood should be stored in a blood bank for every new child born on the planet to help in future health needs of the child. A tall order, no doubt, but something that should be started in trail programs, today. Using the body to heal the body seems common sense to me.
Are you looking for ways to help your pancreas create more insulin? Check out the
Diabetes Miracle Breakthrough. For additional resources for reversing and preventing diabetes visit Diet Cures | Diabetes.
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