CANCER PREVENTION DIET

From The August 1999 issue of Nutrition Science News Cancer Prevention Diet by Jill E. Stansbury, N.D. The potential of protective phytochemicals Many people’s lives have been touched in some way by cancer. Maybe they’ve lost a relative, a friend or an...

Vitamin E & Cholesterol

WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation – Evidence continues to accumulate that Vitamin E can lower cholesterol levels, with one of the latest studies coming from Rome, where a team of scientists has not only determined how cholesterol...

VITAMINS, SEX AND CERVICAL CANCER

Antioxidants lacking in women with this cancer By Colette Bouchez HealthScout Reporter MONDAY, April 30 (HealthScout) — Could protection from cervical cancer be as simple as popping a vitamin pill? That may be a stretch, but a new study links certain nutrients...

SOY IN THE DIET INCREASES LIPOPROTEIN (A)

Soy Protein Diet Increases Lipoprotein (A) Concentrations Compared with Casein Diet It’s known that dietary substitution of soy protein for casein decreases LDL- and increases HDL-cholesterol levels. Danish researchers have now discovered, however, that soy...

VITAMINS MAY CUT PREGNANCY PROBLEM

Antioxidants may control dangerous blood pressure By Colette Bouchez HealthScout Reporter TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthScout) — If you’re pregnant, keeping your body high in antioxidants may help you avoid a condition where your blood pressure rises rapidly and...