Curry, (India's answer to aspirin), used for thousands of years as an inflamatory, for healing wounds and as a preservative and used widely in food......curcumin, is a key ingredient in Tumeric, commonly found in Curry , may , according to an UCLA research team, may be a verypotent drug for treating and preventing a number of age-related diseases such as Alzheimer, Colon cancer and Heart disease. The incidence of Alzheimer among older adults in India (who eat a lot of curry, is 4.4 times lower than in North Americans.
Giving green tea to mice reversed the effects of Parkinson's .
Eating blueberries is good for memory, whereas smoking us bad for it
Children born to mothers who use cell phones while pregnant are 54% more likely to have behaviourial problems.
Children exposed to lead are more likely to commit violent crimes as adults.
Left-handed people are better at multi-tasking.
Conceiving a baby while using marijuana, can lead to miscarriage.
A cup of black tea can reduce stress, while coffee can increase stress.
Teens who drink too much "soda" have a higher incidence of mental problems, and teens who skip family meals are more likely to smoke and drink.
According to The Canadian Medical Association journal, codeine can be lethally toxic even in normal doses. This painkiller, used since the 1800s is a potential killer, for those whose genetic makeup make them " ultrarapid metabolizers"...... the liver convrts codeine to morphine, but some people are ultra metabolizers, meaning their bodies break codeine
down far faster than most, leading to a toxic accumulation of morphine that could be deadly, the Journal says. It went on to say that recent studies show that "it can be deadly even in conventional doses".
The chances of being an ultra metabolizer varies among populations. Health Canada estimates that it is 1 per 100 for those of Chinese, Japanese and Hispanic descent. It is 1 to 10 per 100 for Caucasians. North African, Ethopian and Arab populations have the highest prevalence at 16 to 28 per 100.
Giving green tea to mice reversed the effects of Parkinson's .
Eating blueberries is good for memory, whereas smoking us bad for it
Children born to mothers who use cell phones while pregnant are 54% more likely to have behaviourial problems.
Children exposed to lead are more likely to commit violent crimes as adults.
Left-handed people are better at multi-tasking.
Conceiving a baby while using marijuana, can lead to miscarriage.
A cup of black tea can reduce stress, while coffee can increase stress.
Teens who drink too much "soda" have a higher incidence of mental problems, and teens who skip family meals are more likely to smoke and drink.
According to The Canadian Medical Association journal, codeine can be lethally toxic even in normal doses. This painkiller, used since the 1800s is a potential killer, for those whose genetic makeup make them " ultrarapid metabolizers"...... the liver convrts codeine to morphine, but some people are ultra metabolizers, meaning their bodies break codeine
down far faster than most, leading to a toxic accumulation of morphine that could be deadly, the Journal says. It went on to say that recent studies show that "it can be deadly even in conventional doses".
The chances of being an ultra metabolizer varies among populations. Health Canada estimates that it is 1 per 100 for those of Chinese, Japanese and Hispanic descent. It is 1 to 10 per 100 for Caucasians. North African, Ethopian and Arab populations have the highest prevalence at 16 to 28 per 100.
