All About Coffee

Monday, June 14th, 2010

COFFEE
Benefits
Stimultes the central nervous system.
Can help you stay awake and alert.
Drawbacks
May contribute to difficulty falling asleep ad disturbed and reduced sleep.
Drinking large amounts can cause irritability and jittery nerves.
Increase excretion of calcium.
Our major source of caffeine, coffee is the substance millions of North Americans use to stay alert. In addition to caffein coffee contains [...]

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Phytochemicals

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

There is overwhelming evidence to show that people who eat high amounts of fruit plus vegetables have lower rates of cancers, according to the Department of Epidemiology, at the Harvard School of Public Health. A study done in Japan a country with one of the highest cigarette consumption rates in the world, but a low [...]

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Folate

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Pregnant women who eat balanced diets with generous amounts of fruit containing folate greatly reduce their risk of having children who may develop early childhood brain cancers, such as those that can cause neural tube defects.

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