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High fibre diet reduces risk of death from chronic illness
A meta-analysis of the health benefits of a high fibre diet has shown once again that a diet rich in grains, vegetables and fruit improves health and reduces risk of death from chronic illnesses such as cancer, stroke and heart disease. A team of researchers from the University of Otago, New Zealand and led by Dr. Andrew Reynolds of the…
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Mediterranean Diet reduces Type-2 diabetes risk
The PREDIMED study has shown that the colourful Mediterranean Diet, or Rainbow Diet, can reduce the risk of Type-2 diabetes, by up to 50 per cent and is better than the standard low fat diet offered by doctors. Researchers actually found that the colourful Mediterranean Diet, or Rainbow Diet, was better that the standard low fat diet recommended by doctors…
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Tomatoes linked to lower prostate cancer risk (yet again!!)
Eating 12 helpings of tomatoes per week, especially cooked tomatoes, provides lycopene, an antioxidant that blocks the prostate cancer cell’s ability to burn glutamate, can attack cancer stem cells and cut blood fats, providing an 18% reduction of prostate cancer risk. Tomatoes are a fundamental food in the colourful Mediterranean Diet – the Rainbow Diet. Researchers at Oxford, Cambridge and…
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