Choline And Betaine Reduces Inflammation

WHFoods: Eggs:

"Eggs' Choline Reduces Inflammation

People whose diets supplied the highest average intake of choline (found in egg yolk and soybeans), and its metabolite betaine (found naturally in vegetables such as beets and spinach), have levels of inflammatory markers at least 20% lower than subjects with the lowest average intakes, report Greek researchers in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Detopoulou P, Panagiotakos DB, et al.)"

Selenium Could Help Prevent Diabetes

French study shows selenium could help prevent diabetes:

"French researchers have found that selenium, known for its cancer-preventing power and anti-aging benefits, may also have another crucial application: The prevention of diabetes."

DIM From Broccoli And Other Brassica Vegetables Prevents Metastasis In Mice

DIM From Broccoli And Other Brassica Vegetables Prevents Metastasis In Mice - Food for Breast Cancer:

"This study extends the result of a previous 2005 study which found that DIM inhibited the growth of transplanted human breast cancer cells in mice. Numerous other studies have found that DIM reduces the growth, proliferation and migration of human breast cancer cells in the laboratory"

Green tea protect against oxidative damage

Consumption of green tea favorably affects oxidative stress markers in weight-trained men:

Consumption of GT (Green tea), a beverage rich in polyphenols, may offer protection against the oxidative damage caused by exercise.

Lifespan Essential Foods

Lifespan Essential Foods:

Professor Gary Williamson highlight twenty 'lifespan essential foods', vital for living as long and healthy a life as possible. All these foods are high in polyphenols.

According to Gary Williamson the top 20 Lifespan Essential Foods are:

apples
blackberries
black tea
blueberries
broccoli
cereal bran
cherries
cherry tomatoes
coffee
cranberries
dark chocolate
green tea
oranges
peaches
plums
raspberries
red grapes
red onions
spinach
strawberries

Antioxidants Can Impair Muscle Function

Some Antioxidants Reduce Vasodilators:

"Antioxidant therapies that reduce levels of vasodilators will reduce oxygen delivery to muscle.

'We're now learning that if antioxidant therapy takes away hydrogen peroxide – or other naturally occurring vasodilators, which are compounds that help open blood vessels – you impair the body's ability to deliver oxygen to the muscle so that it doesn't work properly,' Poole said.

The body produces free radicals to serve signaling functions. Unfortunately these same free radicals damage us."

Vitamin C and E Supplementation And Insulin Sensitivity

Four Ways to Jack Up Insulin Sensitivity:

Vitamin C and E supplementation post-workout may not be a good idea.

"In this study, 40 young men exercised five days a week (50 minute sessions including cycling and circuit training) for four weeks. The addition of vitamin C and E supplementation in that group completely eliminated the beneficial insulin-sensitizing effects of exercise!

With further investigation it seems that the post-workout increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) — which is blunted by C and E supplementation — is a necessary phenomenon for increasing insulin sensitivity. The argument for the temporal benefit of ROS post-workout is strengthened by the fact that long term antioxidant supplementation has been shown to increase insulin sensitivity."