Saturday, August 11, 2007

Here is some great news for all you java junkies out there (caffeine is America's number one drug)... A recent research study reported on the News Max news network seems to prove that a double espresso every day along with exercise may actually ward off skin cancer. It is in fact consistent with similiar research that appears to show that coffee can be of assistance with a number of different diseases such as colon cancer, Parkinson’s disease & even liver cancer, among others.

The study at the Rutger’s University in New Jersey divided hairless mice into 4 groups. The first group drank caffeinated water which was the equivalent of some 2 cups of coffee per day. The next group ran on a running wheel the equivalent of a person running between 2 and 2.5 miles per day. The next group drank caffeinated water and exercised while the final group (the control group), did neither one. All of the mice were exposed to various lamps which generated enough UVB radiation to damage the DNA of their skin cells.

Researchers eventually found out that the mice who drank the caffeinated water and exercised killed off the damaged cells — the ones that would eventually lead to skin cancer — better than any other. Meanwhile, the mice who drank the caffeinated water killed off the damaged skin cells at a ninety-six percent better rate than the control group, and the exercise-only group killed off damaged cells one hundred and twenty percent better. Meanwhile the group that both drank caffeine and exercised killed off the cells in question at a staggering rate of nearly four hundred percent higher!

Nonetheless, all individuals should definately continue to protect themselves from the sun. “You should not give up the sunblock,” said the author of the study. It is the only truly proven way, say the experts, to protect yourself from the rays of the sun that could possibly lead to skin cancer.

In other health and nutrition related news, it was also reported by the News Max agency that Grape Juice May Protect women Against the threat of Breast Cancer.
This study appears to indicate that grape juice may maintain breast health and suppress oxidative stress and inhibiting DNA damage to cells which may lead to the beginning of cancer, or in helping to slow down the progression of breast cancer by slowing down the formation of cancer cells

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