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Vegetables Take Center Stage in Cancer Study
Vegetables Take Center Stage in Cancer Study
Being told to eat our vegetables is anything but newsworthy advice, but learning which vegetables give us the most protection from which diseases-and understanding why they give us protection-is news that most of us would welcome.
Researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York have completed some pioneering work in this regard in their study of 1,082 women, averaging 63 years in age and being treated as patients at their Institute.
Half of the women were diagnosed with endometrial cancer-the seventh most common cancer among women worldwide-and the other half were determined to be free of this cancer. When the diets of these women were analyzed, only the intake of one type of food was consistently associated with significantly lowered risk of endometrial cancer, and that food type was vegetables. Total fruit intake did not show this protective effect.
Starting at 43 servings per month, and moving up to 94 servings per month or greater, total vegetable intake showed a consistent and increasingly protective effect against the occurrence of endometrial cancer. In comparison to 43 servings per month (a little more than one serving per day), 94 or more servings per month (at least 3 servings per day) was about 25% more protective against the risk of endometrial cancer. The researchers also looked specifically at cruciferous vegetables, which did show a protective effect when the intake level was 25 servings per month or more.
An interesting part of this study was the close connection between cancer-protective vegetables and cancer-protective nutrients provided by those vegetables. Even though cruciferous vegetables like broccoli were found to decrease risk of endometrial cancer under some circumstances, only total vegetable intake-including not only cruciferous vegetables but all types of vegetables-was consistently linked to lower risk.
The researchers determined that specific nutrients, including vitamin E and beta-carotene, were consistently associated with the lowest risk of endometrial cancer, and that vegetable intake beyond cruciferous vegetables was required to produce the greatest risk-lowering effect.
This study finding makes sense to us. Even though cruciferous vegetables like broccoli can be important sources of vitamin E and beta-carotene, green leafy vegetables like chard and spinach can often provide 2-3 times as much beta-carotene as cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and 3-4 times as much vitamin E. Vegetables like olives can provide even greater concentrations of vitamin E.
The greater prevention observed in this study from vegetable variety versus a single category of vegetables (cruciferous vegetables), together with the significantly greater prevention associated with 1 serving versus 3 servings of vegetables per day, give us a take-away message that might end up applying not only to prevention of endometrial cancer, but to prevention of other chronic disease problems as well.
While any fresh vegetable intake is better than no fresh vegetable whatsoever, building vegetable intake up into a range of multiple servings per day appears important in reducing disease risk. So does expanding your vegetable intake beyond a single type of vegetable, no matter how many nutritional benefits are provided by that single type of vegetable.
References
· Yeh M, Moysich KB, Jayaprakash V et al. Higher Intakes of Vegetables and Vegetable-Related Nutrients Are Associated with Lower Endometrial Cancer Risks1. The Journal of Nutrition 2009, 139(2), 317-22. 2009.
When it comes to prevention of a disease like endometrial cancer, there's a real different between 1 versus 3 vegetable servings per day. Therefore, a good strategy is to enjoy vegetables throughout the day, not just a dinnertime! And no matter how many health claims you hear for a single type of vegetable (like broccoli), stay focused on vegetable variety. When it comes to disease prevention, no single type of vegetable can do it all, even though many vegetables are nutritionally outstanding in their own right.
http://www.sherryfritz.com an easy way to get your fruits and veggies every day.
Being told to eat our vegetables is anything but newsworthy advice, but learning which vegetables give us the most protection from which diseases-and understanding why they give us protection-is news that most of us would welcome.
Researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York have completed some pioneering work in this regard in their study of 1,082 women, averaging 63 years in age and being treated as patients at their Institute.
Half of the women were diagnosed with endometrial cancer-the seventh most common cancer among women worldwide-and the other half were determined to be free of this cancer. When the diets of these women were analyzed, only the intake of one type of food was consistently associated with significantly lowered risk of endometrial cancer, and that food type was vegetables. Total fruit intake did not show this protective effect.
Starting at 43 servings per month, and moving up to 94 servings per month or greater, total vegetable intake showed a consistent and increasingly protective effect against the occurrence of endometrial cancer. In comparison to 43 servings per month (a little more than one serving per day), 94 or more servings per month (at least 3 servings per day) was about 25% more protective against the risk of endometrial cancer. The researchers also looked specifically at cruciferous vegetables, which did show a protective effect when the intake level was 25 servings per month or more.
An interesting part of this study was the close connection between cancer-protective vegetables and cancer-protective nutrients provided by those vegetables. Even though cruciferous vegetables like broccoli were found to decrease risk of endometrial cancer under some circumstances, only total vegetable intake-including not only cruciferous vegetables but all types of vegetables-was consistently linked to lower risk.
The researchers determined that specific nutrients, including vitamin E and beta-carotene, were consistently associated with the lowest risk of endometrial cancer, and that vegetable intake beyond cruciferous vegetables was required to produce the greatest risk-lowering effect.
This study finding makes sense to us. Even though cruciferous vegetables like broccoli can be important sources of vitamin E and beta-carotene, green leafy vegetables like chard and spinach can often provide 2-3 times as much beta-carotene as cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and 3-4 times as much vitamin E. Vegetables like olives can provide even greater concentrations of vitamin E.
The greater prevention observed in this study from vegetable variety versus a single category of vegetables (cruciferous vegetables), together with the significantly greater prevention associated with 1 serving versus 3 servings of vegetables per day, give us a take-away message that might end up applying not only to prevention of endometrial cancer, but to prevention of other chronic disease problems as well.
While any fresh vegetable intake is better than no fresh vegetable whatsoever, building vegetable intake up into a range of multiple servings per day appears important in reducing disease risk. So does expanding your vegetable intake beyond a single type of vegetable, no matter how many nutritional benefits are provided by that single type of vegetable.
References
· Yeh M, Moysich KB, Jayaprakash V et al. Higher Intakes of Vegetables and Vegetable-Related Nutrients Are Associated with Lower Endometrial Cancer Risks1. The Journal of Nutrition 2009, 139(2), 317-22. 2009.
When it comes to prevention of a disease like endometrial cancer, there's a real different between 1 versus 3 vegetable servings per day. Therefore, a good strategy is to enjoy vegetables throughout the day, not just a dinnertime! And no matter how many health claims you hear for a single type of vegetable (like broccoli), stay focused on vegetable variety. When it comes to disease prevention, no single type of vegetable can do it all, even though many vegetables are nutritionally outstanding in their own right.
http://www.sherryfritz.com an easy way to get your fruits and veggies every day.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Myths
When and how to take Juice Plus?
by Dr. Mitra Ray
www.FromHeretoLongevity.com
When Juice Plus+® first came out, there was a ton of “urban myths”
generated about when and how to take Juice Plus+®. Here are some
examples that I am finding still exist today.
Myth 1. Taking Juice Plus+® with hot liquids will destroy the enzymes in
the blend.
Myth 2. You have to take fruits and vegetables separately as the
body digests them differently.
Myth 3. You have to take fruits in the morning and the veggies in the
evening.
Myth 4. You shouldn’t take all your Juice Plus+® blends at once in the
morning, as they will not protect you later in the day.
Now, it is understandable how these myths came about since Juice
Plus® was a novel whole food supplement and people were
applying some of the rules that applied to food.
But let me dismiss each with some reasoning and some findings from
the research itself.
First of all, you couldn’t drink a liquid hot enough to destroy the
enzymes in the product.
Secondly, because the fruits and veggies have all been juiced and
turned into a powder, there is no digestion required for the body, so
you don’t have to worry about combining the Orchard, Garden and
Vineyard blends.
Also, the research bears out the effectiveness of
combining all the blends because – now this is quite interesting –
when they started doing double-blinded, placebo-controlled
research, they realized that some people had already been
exposed to Juice Plus+®.
And double- blind means that neither the
subjects nor the investigators should know who is taking Juice Plus+®
and who is taking placebo. So to make the product look different
from what is marketed and the same as the placebo – they
combined all the 3 blends into one large, horse pill! And so, the
research proved that combining the blends still works!
Furthermore, the research shows a carryover effect with Juice Plus+®.
What is carryover? Well unlike traditional isolated vitamin and
antioxidant supplements, the nutrients in Juice Plus+® are recognized
the same as whole food and certain nutrients are sequestered into
certain tissues of the body and stored there. This provides at least 24
hours of additional protection, which is unlike isolated supplements,
where only a small percentage of the nutrients get absorbed in the
blood and is only effective for a few hours at best.
Now if you are
into reading clinical papers and want to know more of the details,
you might want to pick up the study published in the Journal of the
American College of Cardiology, volume 41, May 21, 2003 issue
done by Drs Plotnick and Vogel and their team at the University of
Maryland.
Before studying Juice Plus+®, Drs. Plotnick and Vogel –
who are leaders in the field of cardiology - had never seen a
carryover effect when using traditional supplements to curtail the
spasm of arteries post a high-fat meal.
Now to get back to when and how to take Juice Plus+®, you can
take your Juice Plus+®, however it works for you. Sure it is best to take
it with a large glass of pure, clean water. But if you find yourself in a
restaurant and the waiter just isn’t bringing you your water and
you’ve got a glass of wine there, and just remembered that you
have to take your Juice Plus+®, then just take it!!
Of course water is
ideal and studies have shown that the tannic acid in coffee or wine
does slightly diminish the absorption of nutrients and I certainly don’t
wish to advise people to take their Juice Plus+® daily with coffee or
alcohol. Yet, neither do I want people to think that taking it with a
drink will be equivalent to flushing it down the toilet.
Now some people can only remember to take their JP in the
morning. Great, take all six capsules, 2 Orchard, 2 Garden and 2
Vineyard all at once in the morning.
Some people need to put it
near their toothbrush and take 3 in the am and 3 in the pm when the
brush their teeth. Great!
Some people who are quite sensitive, and can only take the Garden
blend in the morning. Otherwise it gives them too much energy and
they can’t sleep well.
For those, definitely get your veggies in earlier
in the day. If you ever go to a juice bar and notice an energy drinks
they have will have lots of veggies in the juice. Veggies are energygiving
naturally. That is why the Japanese traditionally have veggies
in the morning.
Some people want to take more because they are pregnant or
have a health challenge. That is fine as well because you really
cannot overdose on Juice Plus+®.
And folks, Juice Plus+® is cleansing and detoxifying your body 24/7,
no matter when you take it, as long as you take it. So the bottom line
is Just Take It – at least the recommended dosage - however it works!
Copyright ©2008 by Mitra Ray, Ph.D.
www.fromheretolongevity.com
by Dr. Mitra Ray
www.FromHeretoLongevity.com
When Juice Plus+® first came out, there was a ton of “urban myths”
generated about when and how to take Juice Plus+®. Here are some
examples that I am finding still exist today.
Myth 1. Taking Juice Plus+® with hot liquids will destroy the enzymes in
the blend.
Myth 2. You have to take fruits and vegetables separately as the
body digests them differently.
Myth 3. You have to take fruits in the morning and the veggies in the
evening.
Myth 4. You shouldn’t take all your Juice Plus+® blends at once in the
morning, as they will not protect you later in the day.
Now, it is understandable how these myths came about since Juice
Plus® was a novel whole food supplement and people were
applying some of the rules that applied to food.
But let me dismiss each with some reasoning and some findings from
the research itself.
First of all, you couldn’t drink a liquid hot enough to destroy the
enzymes in the product.
Secondly, because the fruits and veggies have all been juiced and
turned into a powder, there is no digestion required for the body, so
you don’t have to worry about combining the Orchard, Garden and
Vineyard blends.
Also, the research bears out the effectiveness of
combining all the blends because – now this is quite interesting –
when they started doing double-blinded, placebo-controlled
research, they realized that some people had already been
exposed to Juice Plus+®.
And double- blind means that neither the
subjects nor the investigators should know who is taking Juice Plus+®
and who is taking placebo. So to make the product look different
from what is marketed and the same as the placebo – they
combined all the 3 blends into one large, horse pill! And so, the
research proved that combining the blends still works!
Furthermore, the research shows a carryover effect with Juice Plus+®.
What is carryover? Well unlike traditional isolated vitamin and
antioxidant supplements, the nutrients in Juice Plus+® are recognized
the same as whole food and certain nutrients are sequestered into
certain tissues of the body and stored there. This provides at least 24
hours of additional protection, which is unlike isolated supplements,
where only a small percentage of the nutrients get absorbed in the
blood and is only effective for a few hours at best.
Now if you are
into reading clinical papers and want to know more of the details,
you might want to pick up the study published in the Journal of the
American College of Cardiology, volume 41, May 21, 2003 issue
done by Drs Plotnick and Vogel and their team at the University of
Maryland.
Before studying Juice Plus+®, Drs. Plotnick and Vogel –
who are leaders in the field of cardiology - had never seen a
carryover effect when using traditional supplements to curtail the
spasm of arteries post a high-fat meal.
Now to get back to when and how to take Juice Plus+®, you can
take your Juice Plus+®, however it works for you. Sure it is best to take
it with a large glass of pure, clean water. But if you find yourself in a
restaurant and the waiter just isn’t bringing you your water and
you’ve got a glass of wine there, and just remembered that you
have to take your Juice Plus+®, then just take it!!
Of course water is
ideal and studies have shown that the tannic acid in coffee or wine
does slightly diminish the absorption of nutrients and I certainly don’t
wish to advise people to take their Juice Plus+® daily with coffee or
alcohol. Yet, neither do I want people to think that taking it with a
drink will be equivalent to flushing it down the toilet.
Now some people can only remember to take their JP in the
morning. Great, take all six capsules, 2 Orchard, 2 Garden and 2
Vineyard all at once in the morning.
Some people need to put it
near their toothbrush and take 3 in the am and 3 in the pm when the
brush their teeth. Great!
Some people who are quite sensitive, and can only take the Garden
blend in the morning. Otherwise it gives them too much energy and
they can’t sleep well.
For those, definitely get your veggies in earlier
in the day. If you ever go to a juice bar and notice an energy drinks
they have will have lots of veggies in the juice. Veggies are energygiving
naturally. That is why the Japanese traditionally have veggies
in the morning.
Some people want to take more because they are pregnant or
have a health challenge. That is fine as well because you really
cannot overdose on Juice Plus+®.
And folks, Juice Plus+® is cleansing and detoxifying your body 24/7,
no matter when you take it, as long as you take it. So the bottom line
is Just Take It – at least the recommended dosage - however it works!
Copyright ©2008 by Mitra Ray, Ph.D.
www.fromheretolongevity.com
Diabetics' heart attack risk can be reduced, research finds
EurekAlert! Thu, 21 May 2009 16:18 PM PDT
( University of Cambridge ) People with diabetes who maintain intensive, low blood sugar levels are significantly less likely to suffer heart attacks and coronary heart disease, new research published today in the Lancet has shown.
http://ping.fm/6gPzX
http://ping.fm/hxAjw
Ask me for DVD, "The Heart of the Matter"
Sherry Fritz
866-508-2910
www.scienceandhealthnews.com
www.sherrytakesjuiceplus.com
EurekAlert! Thu, 21 May 2009 16:18 PM PDT
( University of Cambridge ) People with diabetes who maintain intensive, low blood sugar levels are significantly less likely to suffer heart attacks and coronary heart disease, new research published today in the Lancet has shown.
http://ping.fm/6gPzX
http://ping.fm/hxAjw
Ask me for DVD, "The Heart of the Matter"
Sherry Fritz
866-508-2910
www.scienceandhealthnews.com
www.sherrytakesjuiceplus.com
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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