We tout vitamins and nutrients from whole foods for the prevention of sickness and diseaes, and recommend Juice Plus+ for those of you who don't get enough fruits and vegetables in your diet. And now, for those who consume java on a regular basis you will be happy to know that you may derive some health benefits in the form of prevention. Although this study only showed a decrease incidence of a specific type of cancer, it is worth what may be some comfort and justification for your daily habit --
Coffee might stave off more than just sleep, according to research showing that those who chug a lot of java have a lower rate of head and neck cancers.
Prior research on the link between coffee and cancer has yielded mixed results. Some studies, for example, have found lower rates of kidney and ovarian cancer among coffee drinkers, while there appears to be no effect for colon cancer.
For the new report, scientists pooled results from nine earlier studies on head and neck cancers, which also included information on coffee or tea drinking. In each study, cancer patients had been compared to either the general population or to hospital patients who didn't have cancer.
Overall, the risk of developing head and neck cancers was 12 percent lower in people who drank coffee compared with those who didn't, after accounting for a variety of factors, including cigarette smoking. Read more...
Comments: Why this reduced risk may be a mystery. Maybe because of the stimulant that coffee provides which enhances mood. Perhaps the stimulant motivates users to be more productive and focus on something purposeful. Whatever the case, it's good to know that us coffee drinkers have one more reason to be gulping down the java.
And for the foods that we continue to turn to as our source of nutrients for the prevention of sickness and disease? Well, drug companies are now doing the same, looking for that one component or compound in a food that may be responsible for fighting unhealthy cells or repairing a damaged organ or otherwise. This is another reason for supplementing with a whole food nutritional supplement like Juice Plus+ - because you want as many of those nutrients that are in the entire food, and a variety of them at that. Here's more on foods as the source of disease killers --
U.S. scientists, who have tried for years to develop drugs to reduce the risk of cancer with limited success, are turning to plant substances, researchers said.
The synthetic drugs finasteride and dutasteride, which treat enlargement of the prostate gland, have been effective at deterring prostate cancer, while the osteoporosis drug raloxifene and the breast cancer treatment tamoxifen -- synthetic -- have cut the breast cancer rate in half among high-risk women.
However, chemicals from plants and other living organisms are the basis for almost one-third of today's prescription medicines and scientists have identified a variety of promising candidates that may prevent cancer.
John M. Pezzuto of the University of Hawaii in Hilo and his team, using terrestrial plants, have uncovered several molecules with promising cancer prevention activity, most notably resveratrol, the red-wine compound made by a range of plants.
Gary D. Stoner of Ohio State University has been studying cancer prevention potential of berries and beets and he and his team have used a freeze-dried and powdered black raspberry mixture that blocks formation of esophageal and colon cancers in rats. More...
Bottom Line: We need a variety of plant based foods in our diet to get the wide variety of antioxidants - vitamins and nutrients - for the prevention of sickness and disease. Those same foods provide healing when you already have a health problem. So don't skimp on those healthy foods.
Dr. J. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute, PC
Official Juice Plus+ Independent Distributor
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