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Live longer drinking coffee

19 May 2012

Newsroom Staff

By Francisco Mena

According to a study in the journal The New England Journal of Medicine, adults who drink coffee, with or without caffeine are less eligible to die than those who consume don’t coffee. This was the conclusion after studying the habits of a group of 400,000 U.S.

The National Cancer Institute conducted an investigation with the participation of men and women between the ages of 50 and 71 years resolved a review of their habits. They studied the medical record and deaths registered in this case until December 31 last year. They concluded that people who drink coffee are less prone to die of dying from respiratory or heart failure, diabetes, stroke and infections except in the case of cancer.

Although researchers still do not have much information on the reasons why coffee makes us live longer, there might be indirect effects associated with other habits.

Neal Freedman, co-author of the survey said: The most studied component that have always been is the caffeine, but our results do not vary between those who drink decaffeinated coffee and caffeine consumers. The mechanism by which coffee protects against the risk of mortality is unclear, and that coffee contains over 1,000 compounds that could potentially affect health.

The result may also vary in the way of preparation, including espresso, filtered, boiled and other options that appear in future research. They will need to deepen in future research about the subject.

Garlic reduces cardiovascular disease risk

14 April 2012

Newsroom Staff

By Nicole Mendoza

Garlic not only be delicious flavor to when certain foods, in fact, according to science, garlic can reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in the body.

A study by researchers at the Institute of Toxicology, Shandong University, China, analyzed more than 26 previous studies that evaluated the effects of garlic in the body, and found that the results are improved following long-term treatment. Such therapies, scientists say, can be of great benefit for people with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.