Yet another study shows that coffee and caffeine are health foods

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link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180621141008.htm

Caffeine consumption has been associated with lower risks for multiple diseases, including type II diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, but the mechanism underlying these protective effects has been unclear. A new study now shows that caffeine promotes the movement of a regulatory protein into mitochondria, enhancing their function and protecting cardiovascular cells from damage.

It’s interesting to note that the food police were after coffee for years, no longer.

Dark chocolate is a health food

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Findings from two new studies show dark chocolate consumption reduces stress and inflammation, while improving memory, immunity and mood. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180424133628.htm

It might seem too good to be true, but dark chocolate is good for you and scientists now know why. Dark chocolate helps restore flexibility to arteries while also preventing white blood cells from sticking to the walls of blood vessels. Both arterial stiffness and white blood cell adhesion are known factors that play a significant role in atherosclerosis. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140227092149.htm

What great news! Hope it’s not fake 🙂

Allergies in Prescott: Worst in US

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https://www.dcourier.com/news/2018/apr/14/why-allergies-prescott-are-so-bad/

The Prescott area is known for many things. Most are positive, but there is one that makes many of the area’s residents absolutely miserable.

“We are given the dubious honor of being the number one allergy capital of the country,” said Dr. Susan Godman, founder and owner of Partners in Health Care Naturally in Prescott.

True. Even my dog Shady is suffering with allergies. As am I.

Coffee bubbles from the fountain of youth

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link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/good-news-if-you-love-coffee-2017-07-24

That’s right: Coffee is the fountain of youth. Sort of. Yet another study shows that coffee drinking is correlated with longer life. I’m going to brew another cup momentarily!

Two new large studies suggest it might have been coffee that bubbled from the fountain of youth.

Both studies, one conducted in the U.S., one across 10 European countries, found that people who drank even a single cup of coffee a day — decaf and/or caffeinated — lived longer than people who didn’t drink any coffee.

Still, the consistency of findings across different ethnic groups in the U.S. study and different methods of preparation in the European study — espressos in Italy, watered down coffee in Scandinavian countries — adds credence to the notion that coffee protects against many of the leading causes of death.

And as a trio of Johns Hopkins University scientists wrote in an editorial accompanying the two papers, “a protective effect of coffee is biologically plausible.” The studies and the editorial were published online recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Another study says chocolate is good for health

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health

Chocolate, coffee. Health foods. I plan to consume more of both

A new study suggests there’s a link between eating chocolate and a decrease of between 11% and 20% in “artrial fibrillation,” a heart flutter or irregular heart beat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other complications. The study, published in the BMJ (formerly, the British Medical Journal) is based on more than 55,500 participants who had also provided information on their chocolate intake.

“Moderate consumption of cocoa and cocoa-containing foods may promote cardiovascular health due to their high content of flavanols,” the study found. Flavanols are plant-based nutrients that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. There has been extensive research showing that moderate consumption of chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, is associated with a lower rate of heart attacks and heart failure.

link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-study-suggests-chocolate-is-good-for-your-heart-2017-05-25