Showing posts with label antioxidants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antioxidants. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

HAVE YOU HAD A CUP OF COFFEE TODAY?


I have --- as soon as I woke up this morning, and I’m having my second cup in a little while.

I wasn’t really a coffee drinker until about 8 years ago, when I needed to be awake most of the time to tend to my dad. I didn’t even like the taste, then. It was like I was drinking it solely for the purpose of staying awake and alert for my dad.

But, I’ve learned that more than just an anti-sleeping pill, coffee, is a health drink, containing antioxidants and minerals, which help in glucose metabolism, thus reducing the risk for diabetes. And, not only that. coffee, too, has anti-bacterial properties that may even prevent tooth decay!

With these revelations, and with so many coffee flavors now to choose from, it isn’t very surprising to see quite a lot of the cozy and quaint coffee shops in malls, in town plazas, in practically every nook and corner. They have become the favorite hang-out place of businessmen and yuppies, and even to simple people, like me, who once have sworn off coffee!

So, go ahead, have a cup of your favorite coffee.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH


It’s after dinner, and you’ve just eaten a truly hearty meal – a lot more than what it is necessary, in fact. Silently, you berate yourself. It’s gluttony, you say. Your stomach is so full you just have to have a sip of your favorite red wine.

Good thinking. Actually, more than just a sip won’t hurt you. A glass of red wine may even be good for your health.

Hip-hip-hooray!

But, don’t indulge in a drinking spree. It’s not the alcohol content that makes red wine a health drink, after all, but the antioxidants, such as resveratrol found in the skin of red grapes used in making wine. Resveratrol increases HDL cholesterol and prevents blood clotting, and is 20-50 times as effective as Vitamin C!

Drink to your health. But keep it at bay. One glass should be enough. More than that would be toxic.

Read more at
http://www.healthcastle.com/redwine-heart.shtml
and http://www.advance-health.com/redwine.html