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Month: May 2020

Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer’s by Including More Flavonoids in Your Diet

A diet with more flavonoid-rich foods like berries, apples and tea reduces your risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease, according to a new US study. The study from Tufts University analysed the best foods to eat. You can read more on our website:   

Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer’s

Vitamin D could reduce the severity of Covid-19

Researchers are investigating whether increasing your intake of vitamin D can reduce the severity of any Covid-19 symptoms that sufferers have, after noticing that the sickest patients often have the lowest levels of vitamin D.

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Camomile tea – a tasty health booster

Camomile or chamomile tea has been taken as a health food for generations, most often as a relaxant and sleep aid.

But it appears to have far more health benefits.

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Two supplements that may help fight coronavirus – tests underway

Medical researchers are investigating two food supplements that may help fight coronavirus, because they have been effective against other flu-like viruses.

As well as trying to develop a vaccine, scientists are reviewing things that have worked against previous viruses like flu and SARS. And that is why they are looking at Quercetin and Zinc.

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Supplements could help fight coronavirus

Eat more blueberries and reduce blood pressure

Researchers from King’s College University of London have shown that eating more blueberries can reduce blood pressure and improves the way blood vessels work.

The benefits of blueberries starts within hours of consuming them and lasts for weeks after the blueberry consumption ends.

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Blueberries reduce blood pressure

Eating more vegetables reduces risk of premature births

An Australian PhD student has shown that eating a diet high in vegetables before conception reduces the risk of women giving birth prematurely.

She looked at the diets of over 3,500 women and the ones who ate more vegetables before conception had lower rate of premature birth.

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Eat vegetables to reduce premature birth risk

Vitamin D can help older people recover faster from fractures

A study undertaken at Rutgers University in New Jersey has shown that older people who have broken their hip, and who don’t have enough vitamin D every day, were less able to walk 30 days after their surgery.

People who were taking enough vitamin D were better at walking.

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Vitamin D and fractures

An apple a day could keep heart doctor at bay

A new review of previous studies has shown that there is a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease (including stoke) and type 2 diabetes if you eat apples and pears.

Eating apples also reduced BMI (Body-mass Index) in the short-term and reduced cholesterol.

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An apple a day

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