Feature Channels: Health Food

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New research suggests that sherry may have the same health benefits as red wine. Sherry contains antioxidants that help control cholesterol levels, say Spanish scientists.

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Our favorite fruits and vegetables -- corn, potatoes, iceberg lettuce, apples, and bananas -- aren't as good for us as other foods. We need clearer messages about what to eat, says new research.

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Men who work alone may increase their stress levels by taking a coffee break in the belief that it will help them perform faster. On the other hand, men who work in teams could feel less stressed after enjoying a sharp intake of caffeine, but this may make them less effective.

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A concern that perchlorate would make its wayinto the human food chain through vegetables irrigated in the west by Colorado River water possibly contaminated by fuel leaks in Nevada has been the stimulus for research.

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Early results from US researchers suggests that eating grapefruit really does help people lose weight, and could help reduce the risk of developing diabetes. Marina Murphy reports on a pilot study of one hundred obese patients at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego.

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Early results from US researchers suggests that eating grapefruit really does help people lose weight, and could help reduce the risk of developing diabetes. Marina Murphy reports on a pilot study of one hundred obese patients at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego.

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A new treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) could be on the horizon as a result of a new collaboration between a University scientist and an up and coming biotechnology company, based in the MerseyBIO Incubator.

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Strokes are sudden, quick and, in many cases, permanent. Researchers believe that help may be as close as the local grocery store's produce section.

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A component of red wine, resveratrol, seems to damp down the inflammatory process in the progressive lung disease COPD, finds a small study.

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Fish oil may help to prevent the severe wasting and weight loss (cachexia), which characterises some types of advanced cancer, suggests research.

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Why are kids getting fat? Two reasons: eating the wrong foods and lack of physical activity.

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Combining certain fruits and vegetables increases their health benefits and preventative properties against cardiovascular disease. Researchers have discovered that there are synergistic antioxidant benefits when certain vegetables, herbs and fruits are eaten together.

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Researchers at Columbus Children"šs Research Institute on the campus of Columbus Children's Hospital conducted a study examining the effect of non-alcoholic grape product in vascular endothelial dysfunction--an initiating event in coronary artery disease.

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Metabolic Syndrome X is the term used to describe a group of heart disease risk factors, including high levels of abdominal fat, bad cholesterol, high blood pressure, and abnormal glucose metabolism.

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Researchers have examined the metabolic and cardiovascular effects of caffeine consumed in conjunction with naringin (grapefruit) and found that caffeine and naringin does not affect resting energy expenditure.

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New research finds a diet moderately high in grape seed extract can blunt salt (sodium chloride)-sensitive hypertension to about the same extent as treatment with either plant estrogens or 17beta-estradiol; potential significance for women entering middle age.

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If you are one of the millions of migraine-sensitive Americans who need caffeine to rev you up for work in the A.M. or pick you up off your desktop in the P.M., you may actually be triggering a debilitating headache that will keep you out of the office.

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Many recommendations are to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily in addition to the fluids included in our food and other drinks. New research indicates that the type of beverage has no impact on hydration status.

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Although the benefits of green tea are widely touted, a study conducted by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and North Central Cancer Treatment Group shows green tea is not an effective treatment for advanced prostate cancer.

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Grape-seed extract may help skin wounds heal faster and with less scarring, a new study suggests. The extract seemed to help the body make more of a compound used to regenerate damaged blood vessels, and it also increased the amount of free radicals in the wound site.

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Women who consistently drink four cups of caffienated coffee a day have significantly lower risk of gallstone disease than those who do not drink coffee, researchers report.

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A potato-based powder capable of instantly clotting blood holds potential for the treatment of everything from minor cuts to surgical incisions and even combat injuries, researchers reported at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting.

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Honey contains about the same level of antioxidants as spinach and is comparable to the levels found in apples, bananas, oranges and strawberries, according to a University of Illinois study of men who drank a mixture of water and honey.

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In the future, a "broccoli-pill" a day may help keep breast cancer at bay. Researchers have developed a new compound, designed from a known anticancer agent found in broccoli, that shows promise as a breast cancer preventive.

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Scientists are bellying up to the challenge of creating an edible vaccine to confer protection against human papilloma virus (HPV), one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases and the cause of virtually all cases of cervical cancer in women.

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A bacterium responsible for the vast majority of stomach cancers, a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and ulcers may have met its match, scientists from Johns Hopkins and the French National Scientific Research Center report.

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You may think salads are heavenly, but a 17th century scholar and chef believed they could help mankind regain the wisdom and purity of paradise lost. 17th century recipes included in release.

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Americans believe "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." In Japan, a similar saying holds true for the umeboshi, a plum, for many reasons. The plums are now availale in US specailty stores. Could it replace the benefits of the all-American apple someday? Perhaps.

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Two new University of Illinois studies are sweet news to honey lovers.

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A Wake Forest University cancer researcher has proposed that a compound found in certain foods may be a cause of testicular cancer in young men.

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Scientists from Cornell University and Seoul National University offer a more precise explanation for vitamin C's anti-cancer activity. And they suggest that a natural chemical from apples works even better than vitamin C.

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Drinking a cup of coffee is not only a nice break for many, it also appears to be a memory boost as well, especially for older adults.

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Drinking decaffeinated coffee may increase your risk developing rheumatoid arthritis if you're an older woman, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting Nov. 10 - 15 in San Francisco, California.

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Older women who drink four or more cups of decaffeinated coffee a day are more than twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis, while women who drink more than three cups of tea a day are much less likely to develop the disease, according to a recent UAB study.

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The class of compounds that helps cause the brilliant color of fruits and flowers may keep you in better health.

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Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health have shown that compounds found in green tea may offer some protection from development of breast cancer.

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Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have determined that drinking apple juice and eating apples has a beneficial effect on risk factors for heart disease. Results of the pioneering clinical study appear in the winter edition of Journal of Medicinal Food.

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Drinking coffee may reduce the risk of Parkinsonís disease, according to a study published in the November 14 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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Cooked, pureed carrots do not lose their nutritional value, and may contain more health-giving properties than crunchy raw carrots, according to University of Arkansas researchers (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry).

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A combination of plant chemicals collectively known as phytochemicals in the flesh of apples, and particularly in the skin, provide the fruit's anti-oxidant and anti-cancer benefits, say Cornell food scientists (Nature, 6-22-00).

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Reporting in the May 24/31 JAMA, VA researchers and colleagues have discovered a possible link between increased coffee intake and a lower risk of Parkinson's disease.

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A Michigan State University study presented at the American Institute for Cancer Research annual conference revealed that orange juice slashed the incidence of colon cancer in animals by 22 percent.

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Scientists at the University of California at San Francisco have now found that grapefruit juice may have a negative impact on the body's absorption of many widely-prescribed medications, according to a study published in the April 1999 issue of Pharmaceutical Research.

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Frozen concentrated orange juice generally has the highest vitamin C levels compared to other commercial orange and grapefruit juice products, but even if you favor one of the others, you're probably still getting your daily requirement of the vitamin. That's according to a new, ten-year study reported in the July 16 issue of the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.