Live long & Caffeinated

Women who drink 2 to 3 cups of regular coffee daily have a 25% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease than nondrinkers, according to researchers who tracked the habits of more than 100,000 adults. Coffee drinkers also had a 30% lower risk of death from causes other than cancer or cardiovascular disease that coffee skippers. Researchers say the protective effect may come from something other than caffeine, because decaf drinkers also had lower death rates (though not as low as those of caffeine drinkers). Our advice : Use fat-free milk and minimal sweetener to add flavor – some coffee drinks can pack 300 plus calories

Prevention Mag. pg 74 Nov 2008.

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Coffee blocks breast cancer!

Until recently, women were told to cut way back on caffeinated coffee to breasts being lumpy - and even benign lumps, it was thought could turn into cancer over time. Not so! “There is no link between benign breast lumps and caffeine,” declares Dixie J. Mills, M.D., Clinical research director for the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation in Santa Monica, CA. What’s more Swedish scientists just discovered that caffeine in coffee hampers the growth of abnormal cells. Even Better: Downing two to three cups a day may delay – even prevent-breast cancer in some women, thanks to compounds in coffee that effect estrogen levels, reducing your risk of developing the more common form of the disease, estrogen-dependent cancer. Bonus: “coffee’s antioxidants help lower your risk of type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease,” says Dave Grotto, R.D.,.D.N., author of 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life. Article from Women’s World 7/21/08
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How to Hug

Most times, at least here in the U.S., when we go in for a hug we go towards the person's right cheek. Maybe this is because most of us are right handed, but it seems to be the norm. If you do the muscle testing after this hug, you'll find that your muscle is weaker, meaning your energy level is down. However, when we hug left cheek to left cheek instead, the muscle testing shows that we are stronger, or that our energy level is up. Why is this? When we hug on the right side, we're connecting liver to liver. Our liver is where we hold our anger, so we are actually sharing our anger with each other for a brief moment. That weakens our energy. On the other hand, when we hug left to left, we connect at our heart centers, where we hold our love. So for that brief moment, we are sharing our love from that place in our hearts. Try it, and see if you can feel the difference!

Why cut Sodium

You don’t have to overhaul your diet to lower your blood pressure – setting down the salt shaker may be enough. Scientists at Shiarz University in L\Iran asked 60 adults with high blood pressure levels to refrain from salting their foods and eating obviously salted snacks, such as potato chips and salted peanuts. The result: After 6 weeks, their systolic blood pressure decreased by 8% a drop researchers say cuts stroke risk by 33% and heart failure by 25%. If going cold turkey is hard, fill your salt shaker with half salt and half pepper alternating layers. This will allow you to gradually cut salt to zero.

Prevention Mag pg 74 May 2008.

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