Tea extracts can help heal skin damage caused by radiation treatment in cancer patients, say researchers.
Frank Pajonk from the University of California in Los Angeles and his colleagues from the University of Freiburg, Germany, studied the effects of green and black tea extracts on patients who had been treated with radiotherapy, which can damage the skin.
The researchers then analysed the effect of the same tea extracts on human and mice white blood cells in culture, which showed that tea acts at the cellular level by inhibiting inflammatory pathways to reduce inflammation, reported science portal EurekAlert.
This might partly be due to the anti-inflammatory properties of tea, the researchers said in the latest issue of the journal BMC Medicine. They also found that tea extracts reduce the duration of skin toxicity following radiotherapy of five to 10 days.
Both black and green teas inhibit a major inflammatory pathway in a mouse's white blood cells. However, green tea extracts are more effective than black tea extracts in some patients, they added.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Can't resist overeating? use science to help you curb your appetite.
DRINK SOUP.
A study on women eating vegetable soup as a starter before a main course showed they consumed 100 fewer calories than women who ate non-soup starter consisting of the same ingredients. It seems that he liquid works to make you feel fuller!!
PAUSE FOR SECONDS.
Make your meal last at least 10 mins or wait beforw you have seconds. Research at the University of Florida discovered it takes 10 mins after you've started eating for the brain to register that you're no longer hungry.
LEARN SELF-CONTROL
Psychologist Jane Wardle of University College, London, suggest "detemptation" : LIst six foods you crave. Start with the one you care least about and carry it with you all day. At the end of the day toss it or give it away. Work through your list until you can resist all your fave foods. When you've mastered this you'll find you say "no" automatically when faced with tempting food unless you are truly hungry.
A study on women eating vegetable soup as a starter before a main course showed they consumed 100 fewer calories than women who ate non-soup starter consisting of the same ingredients. It seems that he liquid works to make you feel fuller!!
PAUSE FOR SECONDS.
Make your meal last at least 10 mins or wait beforw you have seconds. Research at the University of Florida discovered it takes 10 mins after you've started eating for the brain to register that you're no longer hungry.
LEARN SELF-CONTROL
Psychologist Jane Wardle of University College, London, suggest "detemptation" : LIst six foods you crave. Start with the one you care least about and carry it with you all day. At the end of the day toss it or give it away. Work through your list until you can resist all your fave foods. When you've mastered this you'll find you say "no" automatically when faced with tempting food unless you are truly hungry.
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