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Drugs That Are Eaten
Let your defenses down in the fall.
If you play sports, you want to know these foods for their healing powers. Add them to your diet and you will see fewer doctor visits.
SALMON Stress Fractures
Fatty fish like salmon, sardines and mackerel are among the best sources of vitamin D and even their high caloric content will come in handy if you are susceptible to stress fractures, according to a study by the University of Buffalo.
AVOCADO Asthma
The Omega-3 fatty acids prevent the narrowing of the airways that occurs with asthma up to 50% and the avocado is a food rich in Omega-3.
Anemia MUSSELS
The iron content of the mussels is three times that of beef and also provides selenium anticancer action. If you take a vitamin C rich food with mussels (can be a squeeze of lemon) enhances the absorption of iron.
PAN INTEGRAL muscle inflammation
Whole grains reduce blood levels of inflammatory proteins such as fibrinogen. Choose whole grain bread instead of white and change your whole-wheat pasta too.
Skin Cancer BRAZIL NUTS
When you outdoor sport you are exposed to UVA and UVB radiation constantly. The coconuts or Brazil nuts have the highest selenium content of all foods and selenium has the power to reduce the chance of getting skin cancer by up to 60%. This powerful antioxidant mineral is also present in tuna and the flesh, but in smaller amounts.
Osteoporosis Drug that can Cure Breast Cancer
Drugs for osteoporosis may reduce by up to 40 percent the risk of breast cancer, according to a study by the Cancer Research Center Fred Hutchinson in Seattle (United States) that is published in the journal British Journal of Cancer.
The research found that women using bisphosphonate drugs for more than two years had nearly 40 percent lower risk compared with those not taking them.
New evidence against cancer
As explained Polly Newcomb, director of the study, “this large study provides new evidence that bisphosphonate use is associated with a significant reduction in risk of breast cancer.
The protective effect was observed only among women who were not obese. “Obese women may have elevated estrogen levels and therefore the underlying hormones could influence the ability of bisphosphonates to reduce the risk of breast cancer,” says Newcomb. Read the rest of this entry »