Walnuts Help Prevent Breast Cancer

Consumption of walnuts or walnut-called turned out to provide some health benefits. In fact, the efficacy of which was allegedly present in walnuts can reduce the risk of breast cancer significantly.

The findings are based on research results compiled by researchers from Marshall University, reported in the journal Nutrition and Cancer.

In her study, researchers conducted tests on rats to see the benefits of walnut consumption. The results showed that the risk of breast cancer dropped significantly in the mice that ate walnuts every day with a moderate amount.

The study, led by Elaine Hardman, of Marshall Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, also compared the effects of the consumption of certain foods with a diet containing walnuts. Total consumption of walnuts in the testing is equivalent to about 2 ounces per day for humans.

Hardman said that during the study period, the group that ate walnuts to the second phase had a half reduction of breast cancer compared to those who diet without walnuts. In fact, tumor number and size of breast cancer is significantly much smaller in those who ate the canary.

"Food is an important drug in our diet. What we put into the body will make a big difference. Food determines how the body works and reacts to illness and health," he said

Hardman said, other studies have clearly shown that some compounds contained in walnuts can reduce the risk of cancer or slow cancer growth.

"The results of this study indicate that increased consumption of walnuts can be part of a healthy diet and reduce the risk of cancer in future generations," he said.

Let Sehatkan Body and Soul

Who does not know yoga? Motion practice that unites body, mind and soul is an option many people who live in big cities today. Could be because yoga teaches understanding how the body works and then maintain their health.

In the understanding of yoga, the human body with the energy due to the abundant nature designed it to always move. However, busy making people forget to distribute it. As a result, the energy trapped in the body and cause various health problems.

Yoga comes from the ancient Indian texts that more than 3,000 years old. Derived from the Sanskrit, yoga is the union between mind, body, and soul. Control of the three would make a better living and harmony, both with oneself, others and nature.

Yoga in India grows as civilization. From the various ancient manuscripts were found, it is known there are a variety of yoga with the times. Ages 1000 BC (BCE), for example, there is a concept called raja yoga seek and unite and atma brahma.

900 Sm century, there is jnana yoga, karma yoga followed (300 BC), tantric yoga (4th century), hatha yoga (Century 1000) and bhakti yoga (the century 1000-1200).

The goal of yoga is varied, ranging from improving health to achieve moksha: a liberation from all things worldly. In the puppet story Mahabharata, the goal of yoga is described as finding ways to enter the world of Brahma.

"Yoga is a philosophy of life, not religion. Because his perspective prioritizes balance, yoga helps us face the pressure and today's lifestyles," said Nancy Lim, a yoga instructor who had three years to open a studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Balance

Basic yoga is stretching, balance, breathing, and concentration. Posture in yoga trains the entire body. Any movement forward is the counterweight of the movement to the rear. Every body around to the left there was a reply body rotate to the right. Thus, there is no single muscle that overstretch.

However, as written in The Yoga Directory (2003), more importantly, yoga does not just stop in the muscles, but also make the spine more elastic, loosen joints, lung development, and stimulate blood circulation.

Andi Devi Navalia, Office Manager PT Nusantara Petroprima Geo Services, one of which feel the benefits of yoga. Only about two years take up yoga, Devi fell instantly in love. "Yoga helps calm my mind," he said.

Regular practice of yoga makes the body feel fresh Devi, flexible, and better body position because it used to straighten the back. "My stomach is also playing more and more flat, you know," he added.

In the workplace

In the modern world, many of which sort of yoga as needed. Call them to daily yoga, yoga for youth, yoga to cope with stress, and yoga in the workplace.

According to Nancy, yoga in the workplace is needed in the city is so busy and chaotic as Jakarta. "On the way to the office we've stressed facing congestion," he said.

Nancy's experience teaching at the office pointed out, the complaint typically range from pain in the eye for too long at the computer, stiff neck and shoulders, lower back pain, and disorders of the wrist and fingers and feet.

Therefore, he reminded the importance of yoga in the workplace memperaktikkan. Workout routine twice a week has been very helpful.

"But for those who did not get anything there are many ways to do yoga on the sidelines of the office routine," said Nancy. Want to try?

Purple Potato Lower Blood Pressure

Kentang selama ini selalu mendapat reputasi buruk, terutama karena makanan berbahan kentang yang terkenal adalah kentang goreng atau keripik kentang yang tinggi kalori. Padahal, jika diolah dengan benar, maka kentang bisa menyehatkan jantung.

Dalam sebuah penelitian berskala kecil, terbukti bahwa kentang (Solanum tuberosum L) bermanfaat untuk menurunkan tekanan darah dan menjaga berat badan. Efek kentang tersebut diklaim hampir sama seperti jika kita mengonsumsi oatmeal.

Joe Vinson, seorang profesor kimia di University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, menganalisis 18 pasien yang mengonsumsi enam hingga delapan kentang ungu kecil sebanyak dua kali sehari selama satu bulan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan, tekanan darah sistolik dan diastolik masing-masing turun sebesar 3,5 dan 4,3 persen.

Kentang ungu yang dimakan para partisipan studi itu dimasak dengan microwave agar nutrisi penting dalam kentang tidak rusak. Kentang seukuran bola golf itu juga dan tidak diberi topping seperti keju atau krim agar tidak ada tambahan kalori.

Vinson menyebutkan, kentang ungu merupakan salah satu jenis kentang yang memiliki antioksidan paling tinggi. Meski begitu, pada dasarnya kentang yang berkulit merah dan putih juga memiliki antioksidan.

Lona Sandon, juru bicara American Dietetic Association, mengatakan bahwa kentang merupakan bahan pangan yang kaya akan kalium, yang dikenal mampu membantu mengontrol tekanan darah.

"Kentang merupakan makanan pokok yang sehat karena rendah lemak, relatif rendah kalori, dan sarat akan nutrisi, terutama pada bagian kulit," kata Sandon, yang juga seorang asisten profesor gizi di University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.