heart diseases

The latest study conducted by researchers at the Florida State University, found that apples help in reducing the cholesterol levels and weight gain.

Researchers, led by Dr. Bahram H. Arjmandi, PhD, RD, Margaret A. Sitton Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences at the Florida State University, observed a 25 percent drop in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known to clog arteries, in women who fed on 75 grams of dried apple per day for six months.

There was a time when our forefathers worked their fat and calories off in the fields. They had hearts that played long innings. But the economic and epidemiological changes in India and South Asia, in general, have brought their own bag of diseases.

When, as Bruce Sterling puts it, “billions of dollars are riding on your butt,”(sitting and staring at computer screens), the onset of NCDs is only matter of time. The economy flourishes. Bums feel cushy. But, slightly, above the hearts start bumbling. And that’s not a pleasant feeling.

Yes, claims a new research initiated by a team of scientists from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) that found that commonly—occurring cancers can be cut by one-third in the U.S., China, and Britain by switching to a healthy living.

According to the study, adopting a healthy lifestyle can reduce breast, colon, stomach, and prostate cancer by 40 percent in the Britain and the United States, alone.