As always, our Grandmother was right when she said “eat your greens” and this research by Leicester University re-inforces the message to help in the fight against diabetes. Despite the government message of ‘Five a day’ apparently only 14% of us Britons are following the recommended 5 portions a day of fruit and vegetables.
Whilst Prof Jim Mann of the University of Otago in New Zealand warns that green leafy vegetables are not a ‘magic bullet for boosting health’, with two million people a year losing their lives apparently because they don’t eat enough fruit and veg, a regular portion of spinach doesn’t seem too difficult to swallow.
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http://www.englemed.co.uk/10/10aug201_vegetables_diabetes.php
The way to a woman’s heart is clearly not through chocolate, despite the findings from a recent Swedish study reported in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure. The voices of reason and rationale from the British Heart Foundation and the American Heart Association re-inforce the message that ‘a little of what you fancy does you good’…
A report out last week confirms that Young adults with high cholesterol levels are at a greater risk of developing heart conditions in later life. Researchers in the 20-year study say their findings contradict the common assumption that cholesterol levels in early life are insignificant, prompting them to suggest that early intervention may be important.