Prostate Cancer Progression May Be Prevented By A High Fiber Diet

A high-fiber diet may have the clinical potential to control the progression of prostate cancer in patients diagnosed in early stages of the disease. The rate of prostate cancer occurrence in Asian cultures is similar to the rate in Western cultures, but in the West, prostate cancer tends to progress, whereas in Asian cultures it does not…

New Study Highlights Effectiveness Of Healthy Lifestyle Text Messages For Teens

R U eating healthy 2day? According to the Nielsen consumer research group, teens receive an average of 3,417 text messages per month (that’s 114 texts per day!). Couple this with CDC’s report that high school students’ consumption of fruit and vegetables is, on average, 1…

Improving The Appeal Of Whole Wheat Bread

The key to giving whole wheat bread a more appetizing aroma and taste may lie in controlling the amounts of a single chemical compound that appears in the bread, which nutritionists regard as more healthful than its refined white counterpart…

A Rich Source Of Healthful Antioxidants Discovered In Used Coffee Grounds

To plant food, insect repellant and other homespun uses for spent coffee grounds, scientists are adding an application that could make the gunk left over from brewing coffee a valuable resource for production of dietary supplements. Their new report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry concludes that used coffee grounds are a rich source of healthful antioxidant substances…