Cocoa flavanol consumption improves cognitive function, blood pressure control, and metabolic profile in elderly subjects: the Cocoa, Cognition, and Aging (CoCoA) Study—a randomized controlled trial American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 01/05/2015 Clinical Article Mastroiacovo D, et al. – This dietary intervention study provides evidence that regular cocoa flavanol (CF) consumption can reduce some measures of […]
Oct 28, 2014 02:22 PM By Chris Weller Load up on your cups of tea and orange slices, ladies, because it just might prevent you from getting ovarian cancer. A massive new study spanning three decades finds the compounds in citrus fruits and tea lead to substantial reductions in lifetime risk. A warm cup of tea or […]
Liam Davenport October 28, 2014 Story Source Age-related memory decline may be reversed with high doses of naturally occurring cocoa flavanols, US researchers have discovered in findings that establish the dentate gyrus as central to cognitive decline. “Together, these results provide evidence that age-related changes in the DG [dentate gyrus] observed in aging humans underlie […]
Published: Dec 19, 2013 | Updated: Dec 20, 2013 By Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this dietary-intervention trial revealed that a tomato-rich diet increased serum concentrations of adiponectin among women at elevated risk of breast cancer. Be aware that, as incidence of breast cancer was not captured, it would be […]
Laura A. Stokowski November 27, 2012 Online SlideShow The Impact of Vision Loss Vision loss on a grand scale would have a far-reaching impact on society. Yet, if we continue in the direction we are headed now, we could be facing a future in which a large segment of the population suffers vision loss from […]