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New research published in the journal BMC Cancer sheds more light on the suspected association between olive oil-rich Mediterranean diets and reductions in breast cancer risk.Researchers from the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the University of Granada in Spain have revealed for the first time that all the major complex polyphenols present in good quality extra-virgin olive oil drastically suppress over expression of the cancer gene HER2 in human breast cancer cells.
Read the original article on Elements4Health.com
A new study shows that one dose of caffeine -- just two cups of coffee -- ingested during pregnancy may be enough to affect fetal heart development and reduce heart function over the entire lifespan of the child.
In addition, the researchers also found that this minimal amount of exposure can lead to higher body fat among males. Although the study was in mice, the biological cause and effect described in the research paper likely applies to humans as well.
Read the original article on Dr. Mercola's blog.
Researchers from the Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit of the Reina Sofía University Hospital in Spain have conducted a study in order to determine the influence of the micronutrients of certain fats on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, and if their consumption might modify the inflammatory process in healthy people.
They studied diets based on three different fatty compositions, namely extra virgin olive oil, nuts and butter, observing that extra virgin olive oil modulates a healthy downward trend on individuals? inflammatory levels, whereas a diet rich in nuts has an intermediate effect and the diet rich in butter exerts a damaging effect on inflammation mediators.
Read the original article on Elements4Health blog.
A review released today, which analyzed 173 strong research papers and nearly three decades of research, finds that 80 percent of studies agree that heavy media exposure increases the risk of harm to children, including obesity, smoking, sex, drug and alcohol use, attention problems and poor grades.
Some of the links are very strong. 93 percent of studies found that children with greater media exposure have sex earlier. Authors say the soundest studies are those linking media use with obesity.
The review provides overwhelming evidence of the importance of limiting children's use of media, and teaching them to critically evaluate the ever-growing volume of text, images and sounds with which they are bombarded. Read the original article on Mercola.com blog.
