Re: blueberries and Coffee (again)

[Guest guest]

My impression is that many of the foods we eat daily (mostly fruits

and vegetables, IMO) are " wonder " foods. We are simply mostly unaware

of their fantastic beneficial health effects.

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:08:22 -0500, Francesca Skelton

<fskelton@...> wrote:

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> For those of you who get " Parade " Magazine with your Sunday paper, there are

> a flurry of " food " news items on pp 24 and 25 (We get some of our Sunday

> paper on Saturday).

>

> This one is about Blueberries: " Blueberries - a good source of antioxidants

> also may help break down cholesterol and fat, as studies on rat cells at the

> U.S. Department of Agriculture's Laboratories in Oxford, Miss found.

> Pterostilbene, a compound in the berries may prove to be a potent weapon in

> the battle against heart disease " .

>

> This one is about coffee: " Two to four cups of coffee a day may lower the

> risk of liver disease, cancer, clogged arteries, Parkinson's disease,

> Alzheimer's and diabetes, according to a report presented recently at the

> New York Academy of Sciences. Coffee experts say that each cup is actually

> a complex mixture of active compounds, including healthful antioxidants. "

>

> My, my this last bit about coffee makes it sound like the wonder food.

>

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[Guest guest]

Granted. but that blurb about coffee sounds like it was written by the

Coffee Growers of the World or maybe Starbucks. If anyone finds the full

studies on either the blueberries or the coffee, please post

on 11/13/2004 7:14 PM, Dowling at

christopher.a.dowling@... wrote:

> My impression is that many of the foods we eat daily (mostly fruits

> and vegetables, IMO) are " wonder " foods. We are simply mostly unaware

> of their fantastic beneficial health effects.

>

>

> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:08:22 -0500, Francesca Skelton

> <fskelton@...> wrote:

>>

>This one is about coffee: " Two to four cups of coffee a day may lower the

> risk of liver disease, cancer, clogged arteries, Parkinson's disease,

> Alzheimer's and diabetes, according to a report presented recently at the

> New York Academy of Sciences. Coffee experts say that each cup is actually

> a complex mixture of active compounds, including healthful antioxidants. "

>