Cranberry juice helps women in preventing and treatment of urinary tracts infections. The influence mechanism is unknown yet.

Itjak Ofek from Medical faculty of Tell-Aviv University is studying the popular means of national medicine for twenty years already.

Earlier he has found out already large molecules resistant to a dialysis forming a teflon-like film on a surface of a mouth. And in the middle of 90s Oftek has suggested to struggle with caries by this way. After that he has proved efficiency of cranberry juice in eradication of the main reason of stomach cancer — Helicobacter Pylori. This time there were polyphenols which appeared effective, they do not concede to antibiotics in their antibacterial action.

In his last work Israeli apologist of vegetative medicine has proved efficiency of two glasses of cranberry juice in day in preventive maintenance of urinary tracts infections of women. In occasion of men the author recommends the same, but he does not confirm that it has the same useful.

Badly eating, we approach the old age and aggravate illnesses. And, according to statistics, when we become older, we give less attention to nutrition. Especially this problem is actual for people of old age.

In connection with that in Europe there is an ageing of population, and each ten years the quantity of eighty-year-old is doubled, doctors of the most developed countries sound alarm. Bad feed detains recover of older persons, and frequently leads to their death. Especially it is appreciable in the environment of people with the small revenue. Absence of necessary nutrients conducts to weakening, and, hence, the necessity to address for the help, both doctors, and close people.

But the feeling of feebleness hardly promotes recover and conducting concerning a normal way of life. Scientists warn if now we do not undertake necessary actions in the near future the society will face a problem of helpless old men. And, it first of all will affect charges of budgetary funds of each country, in fact grants for treatment and care should be increased. To avoid it, it is necessary to spend special testings of elderly patients for revealing of nutrients which their organism requires, and to make special diets. Of cause, it is easier to warn occurrence of this problem, than to struggle with its consequences.

From: Medicus.ru

Scientists at last could prove, that the one who eats slowly, eats less and receives greater pleasures from food. Doctor Kathleen Melanson from University of Rhode Island (Kingstown, the USA) has decided to carry out research when has found out that there are no scientific data confirming a popular belief in advantage of slow chewing.

Kathleen Melanson and her colleagues have lead experiment in which 30 young women participated. Women ate macaroni with vegetable and cheese sauce, 4 hours before all of them had equally breakfast (400 calories).

One group of women was given out by big spoons and have asked to eat as soon as possible, not making pauses. Other group was given out by small spoons, have asked to make pauses, and each time to make 15-20 chewing movements.

Women who had dinner quickly, have eaten for 9 minutes on the average 646 calories. When them have asked to reduce rate, they have used only 579 calories for 29 minutes. Those who ate slowly, felt full directly after meal and hour later. Besides the food has seemed to them more tasty.

Scientists consider, that slow food absorption helps to grow thin or keep normal weight. By their calculations, the one who slowly eats 3 times a day, eats on 210 calories less, than the one who eats hasty.

From: medlinks.ru

Researchers from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey have come to conclusion, that the cranberry occupies one of the first places among the food stuffs possessing healing power.

Berries of a cranberry contain a lot of antioxidants which protect cells of an organism from damages, defeated with astable molecules, so-called free radicals.

During research it has appeared, that cranberry juice prevents infections of a bladder, because it does not give to bacteria to be kept on its walls. Cranberry juice contains proanthocyanidine, which prevents dental stone forming.

Now they invent the mixture on a cranberry basis for rinsing the mouth preventing paradontosis forming. Regular consumption of a cranberry kills in a food path of a bacterium which can initiate a ulcer or even a cancer of a stomach.

Preliminary researches also have shown, that the daily portion of cranberry juice reduces in blood a level of ” bad cholesterol » and raises a level of ” good cholesterol ».

Cranberry berries can slow down growth or even to prevent occurrence of cancer tumours. The substances extracted from a cranberry stop in experimental conditions duplication of breast cancer cells. Whether It will be possible to achieve similar result at patients while it is not known.

From Svobodanews.ru

As for the first time has shown new research, the diet of mother can influence behaviour of separate genes during, at least, two generations.

The mice diet enriched with nutritive materials during pregnancy muffled a gene which is responsible for occurrence of a light wool. And though little mice then ate on standard, not enriched diet, this gene remained less active with their offsprings. It shows, that external factors — can influence activity of a gene during, at least, two generations.

These openings can help to explain curious results of recent researches of the person — including that which has shown, that at grandsons of Swedes who well ate, risk to earn a diabetes much more above.

New mouse experiment — new argument is the support of idea that we inherit from parents not only genes, but also a set of instructions which specify to genes when they should be activated. It seems that these instructions are transmitted in DNA through “epigene” changes — genes can be activated or muffled according to chemical groups which influence them.

But though people can have a similar gene, we should not change our feeding on the basis of experiment on mice, researchers emphasize. It would be irresponsible to give any instructions concerning to the person on the basis of these opening ”.

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