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~ July 2010 No.233 ~

Sometimes, big break throughs happen when you look at a problem from a new perspective. Instead of asking why does a cancer grow, medical researchers asked how does a cancer grow. This led to the observation that, for a cancer to grow, it needs to be fed. Each cell in our body is in direct contact with a blood vessel that brings it nourishment and takes away waste products. The same is true for a cancer cell. As a cancer grows and spreads, as the number of cancer cells multiplies, the blood vessel system supplying these new cells also has to grow. The cancer can only grow if each of its new cells has a blood vessel next to it to give it food. This process of new blood vessel growth (either for normal or cancer cells) is called angiogenesis. If angiogenesis is stopped, cells cannot grow. There are now some cancer specialists who believe to stop cancers from growing, stop angiogenesis.

Scientists have developed cell models of angiogenesis in the lab. They can now study factors that inhibit or slow down angiogenesis. Their findings show that many food and food ingredients are anti-angiogenic, they stop the growth of new blood vessels.

Although there are currently few clinical trials which have shown that the introduction of such anti-angiogenic foods into the diet can effectively slow down or stop cancer growth, the initial reports are very encouraging. The foods and beverages which have been identified so far would be very easy to incorporate into a “normal diet. Cancer patients looking for ways to accompany more traditional cancer treatments may want to start by adding anti-angiogenic foods to their diet.

1. Additional reading
2. Dulak, L. 2005. Nutreaceuticals as anti-angiogenic agents: hopes and realities. J. Physiology Pharmacology, 56, Suppl 1, 51-69¹.

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~ September 2010 No.234 ~

Reducing blood cholesterol is an objective that many people have set for themselves, very often after coming home from their doctor’s office where they have been given the news that they are hypercholesterolemic. More and more people are getting this bad news back with their blood tests. Health Canada has noted that 50 percent of the Canadian population is moderately to highly hypercholesterolemic.

High blood cholesterol is a risk factor for coronary heart disease. Both total cholesterol, and one of components of total cholesterol called low density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol are the targets of cholesterol reduction regimes. Extensive clinical trials have shown that the consumption of a class of compounds found in many plants called sterols can reduce both total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.

Plants contain a range of sterols; plant sterols act as a structural component in the cell membrane. The chemical structure of all sterols consists of three fused cyclohexane rings with hydrophenanthrene ring arrangement. More than 40 phytosterols have been isolated and identified. Beta-sitosterol (found in soybeans and palm oil) is the most abundant plant sterol. Other plant sterols include campesterol (found in canola and corn), stigmasterol (found in soybean), and brassicasterol (found in canola).

In approving phytosterols for inclusion in such products as margarine, Health Canada wrote: “Consumption of these foods results in the lowering of total blood cholesterol as well as LDL-cholesterol levels, while having no detrimental effect on HDL-cholesterol levels, resulting in overall improvements in the blood lipid profile.”

Eating foods such as margarine that are enriched with plant sterols may become an easy way to help control blood cholesterol levels and contribute to heart health.

A Typical Plant Sterol Chemical Structure

3D Jmol Sterols¹

1. Reference
2. Summary of Health Canada’s Assessment of a health claim about plant sterols in foods and blood cholesterol lowering².

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Soul recipes are healthier, to the delight of health experts and physicians. Popular cuisine of the South was to eat a tasty tradition for the people for many decades. But the high content of calories, fat and sodium, the concern for health care professionals have been. Traditional recipes have called for large amounts of fat, salt, butter and cream.  This has always worked to the rich food and tasty – but healthy. The ingredients have shown to contribute to obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and other health problems. But new site provides visitors with creative ways of healthy eating recipes and soul, maintaining the robust aroma and flavor have to love cooking.  Experts do with natural herbs and spices, the dishes interesting and entertaining. In addition, lighter cooking techniques also demonstrated with videos visitors free of the prior art can be observed if necessary. The website is updated daily, so visitors can get the latest tips on healthy cooking to be updated.  Most sites also offer recipes for video entertainment and demonstrations by the experts – the receipts higher food for the soul. The recipes are rated by the readers and experts on the basis of page views during the day. This means that visitors to the minute update on the most popular recipes.  An interesting addition to many sites is the addition of a soul food seasoning dictionary, where you can see the reader what happens to the flavor of food. It is an important aspect of southern cuisine. Why? Since the joint is robust flavors of southern cuisine.  The biggest mistake people make when dressing is too much or too little. The wort dictionary helps to precisely implement cooks the herbs, spices and herbs … without error. The best way to prepare and enjoy a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);” href=”http://blackhomeownernews.com/soulfoodrecipes.html”the soul food cooking/a is now healthy. This site allows visitors with style, pleasure and health to cook in mind.

Instructions for cooking many graces, I can give is perhaps the most important. You can make the difference between success and cooked food, if food poisoning.

All these questions can be simultaneous with the very important issue that I speak be solved. Forget the temperature of your oven. The furnace is wrong anyway. They may have lied. The oven temperature is different than its neighbors, and is very different from my professional kitchen, why cook poultry outdoor temperature?

Cook to internal temperature is the only way to ensure and quantify your item is fully cooked. A digital instant-read thermometer will tell you exactly when their efforts through cooking.

You do not have to guess. No need to bring everything with a fork or knife. A thermometer is a cooked turkey meat safety and in particular the dangers of under-cooked poultry.   Most home ovens have a range of up to 200F, 500F. What’s in the middle? 350 degrees is right in the middle. This is why most recipes say  Bake at 350 degrees? What your turkey ruined if to 375 degrees or 325 degrees? Be No, probably not cooked.   Turkey is thoroughly and safely when the thickest part of the bird reads 165F cooked. That is, if the cavity is filled with the filling, take the temperature out there. When you fill in the deepest part of the thigh.

You can choose any temperature frying, so you understand the basic method of cooking the roast. Convection roasting is a method of dry heat. It uses hot air to transfer heat to the diet.

Roasting is the best way to a paper by the indirect use of hot air for cooking food dry. The higher the temperature, the faster the moisture evaporates, the curing of proteins, sugars and caramelize and brown.

Regardless of the temperature of the oven, it is said, whatever the temperature you choose to cook your bird, so make sure that a thermometer to tell what the internal temperature. The internal temperature is much larger than the outer when it comes to cooking Thanksgiving.

If you have heart disease or who simply are not in good general health, how do you like best, is to prepare heart healthy recipes can begin. This way you know you only ingredients that are good for the heart, and it is as good as adults because they have a healthy diet for children. There are a few guidelines that you to cook healthy at the time to follow your heart, and must be discussed in more detail.

First, we must never think of healthy cooking from the heart you think only a few other things to eat, because that is not at all true.
Instead, you want a variety of foods, and although you should try to avoid salty foods and sugary, which will certainly not be entirely avoided.

There are guidelines from other important aspects. Choose products with less fat, lean meats and foods prepared with little or no fat, are important tips. Always cook the food fresh from scratch, instead of processed and prepared foods because these foods more sodium, which is very fattening and contain bad for the heart.

Another important tip is to cook and care of the healthy heart, you are using the cooking oil you. There are literally over twenty different kinds of edible oil available, and you want to make sure you find one that be healthy for you, but you like the taste too. I did not know how often you stop cooking oil, think about it.

It’s a little fat is good for you, but saturated fats are known as bad fats and should be avoided whenever possible. There are some simple ways to be more involved in the kitchen healthy heart, and for me to use less saturated fat with a soft margarine or oil instead of margarine to block.

These are all good advice and ensure that there is in the best possible health. Especially if they have older or heart problems, watch what you eat, your heart is absolutely necessary. His heart is the most important organ in the body, so of course you just want to keep fit.