Dash For Power

Surf and turf; coffee and walk; bright veggies need avocado type fat, live long.

• With Surf and Turf- fish and broccoli-, throw back cancer with the new power cohort champs. Science has again confirmed how two powerful antioxidant foods, when combined, magnify their cancer fighter power by many more times than two. What began as small talk at a party between two scientists resulted in them combining their research to how how there might be any unexpected additional good effects. So, Allan Conney, Ph.D from Rutgers andGeorge C. Wagner, Ph.D., chatted and realized while one was looking at health benefits of caffeine on Parkinson’s Disease, the other studying green tea and skin-cancer protection.his in Mens Health Nov 2007.

• Their discovery: that the combination of caffeine and exercise may shield you from skin cancer. Read on for other good discoveries. So. check out our coming soon Coffee section.

• Combine eating fish and broccoli. Tuna and halibut (and other fish) contain selenium, a mineral that raises your levels of a cancer-fighting enzyme called thioredoxin reductase (TR-1). Likewise, broccoli provides sulforaphane, a plant chemical that also boosts TR-!. When British researchers combined these two nutrients, they noticed that the tag team was 13 times more effective at slowing the growth of cancer cells than each was individually. The scientists believe that as selenium concentrations in your cells rise, the ability of sulforaphane to elevate TR-1 increases.

• Eat meat with vegatables regularly. As well as fish, foods such as beef, turkey, Brazil nuts, and mushrooms are excellent sources of selenium. And cruciferous veggies, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbag- are also loaded with sulforaphane.

• Other good combinations: Salsa and Avocado. The healthiest bright vegetables are rich in carotenoids, powerful plant pigments that reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and cataracts.

• But we have a secret that you know; as well as vigorous exercise, and pump youself with a delicious cup from our new Coffee section, to fully benefit from these disease-fighting compounds, you need to eat them with fat. In fact, Ohio State University reseachers found that people who ate a salad with half an avocado over it absorbed 5 to 10 times more beta-carotene and lutein-carotenoids found in carrots and spinich, than those who ate salad without the fatty avocado. And the salsa added to the mix boosted the absorption of lycopene- a carotenoid in tomatoes-by almost five times. “Fatty acids are needed to help caroenoids dissolve in the intestines, says lead study author Steve Schwartz, Ph.D “These lipids are also an essential part of creating lipoproteins, which transport the carotenoids in the bloodstream.”

So, bottom line: any time you eat colorful vegetables-whether raw of lightly cooked- have some healthy fat too. And it does just have to be an avocado, it could be one ounce of cheese, two pats of butter, or two tablespoons of full fat ranch dressing will fill the bill.

So, yes, Auntie Em: We do need some fat a day. Two Tablespoons full. And a good long walk, or remember science says all that cold water is sludging fats and grease along your artery walls. Cup of Coffee or tea, will help unstick that goo from your linings.

Yours avocadingly, sipping my Coffee Derek Dashwood

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