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Food and Diets

Be careful eating meat from fast food stands and delis

August 3, 2010

Meat Compounds May Boost Bladder Cancer Risk
Bloomberg.com is a very respected news and business company, and their latest information posts “People with highest levels of dietary nitrite had nearly a 30 percent increase in risk, study shows”
They say that certain compounds used in meat processing, such as hot dogs, pepperoni, etc. may increase the risk [...]

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Honey, Chemotherapy and building white blood cells

May 8, 2010

And Life Mel Honey is also good as an anti-depressant!
I had read about Life Mel Honey being used during Chemo treatment to help build white blood cells,  but when friends gave me a jar, I used it as a good old-fashioned remedy when I had a horrid cough – and it worked a treat.
However, [...]

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Don’t ignore Grapefruit just because of health fears

May 1, 2010

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Food of the Month
Pink, Red, yellow or ‘white’  – it has been highlighted as being highly nutritious, low in calories and low GI

Grapefruit has a bad name, as it can inter-react with certain drugs.  But as long as the medics say it’s OK for you to eat, new research from the world-famed team [...]

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Fruit and veg ARE good for our health!

April 9, 2010

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Don’t Ditch Fruit and Veg!

Martina Navratilova got the shock of her life when she was diagnosed with cancer, calling it “my personal 9/11″.  She said she ate healthily, with a diet  that was based on plants – and raw at that.  Yet she gets cancer.
A recent study tracking the eating habits [...]

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Making an easy but indulgent chocolate pud!

March 8, 2010

VERITE’S CHOCOLATE MARQUISE
I am not going to deny that this is full  of calories, but whenever I make it for a fund-raising dinner, somehow the money floats in!
Recently I was asked to write this out for two cookery books to raise funds for cancer – so if you want to make it, please give a [...]

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Simple cooking for the way we are

March 3, 2010

Mini-meals made easy

Want to make mini-meals for yourself to see you through treatment days?
- Or you are the kind person who makes up little goodie-bags for friends in hospital
- Or you want to throw a party but hate making all those fiddly eats?
The KITCHEN at Parsons Green, in London’s fashionable Fulham,  has the answer.  It  [...]

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Come Dine with Me

March 1, 2010

‘Come Dine For Spencer’ is a charity in memory of one of the Contestants
A charity has been formed by a team of ‘Come Dine with Me’ contestants, in memory of fellow contestant Spencer Uren, with the aim of having fun whilst raising funds for Basingstoke and North Hampshire cancer treatment.
This project is focusing in the [...]

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Wine – glorious wine

February 16, 2010

Wine of the low alcohol variety!
Once upon a time ….. no-one who knew their wines would touch a low alcohol variety.                                                              Offered this, wine lovers would shudder, and go on to better things.
But [...]

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More good news on Chocolate!

February 13, 2010

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Chocolate-lovers – rejoice!
Amongst all the doom and gloom, a news item this week announced that scientists have found that eating chocolate might prevent some strokes.
Next week the American Academy of Neurology will listen to a paper at its annual meeting, in which author Sarah Sahib will tell the delegates that a study of nearly [...]

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Chocoholics have an excuse to eat it for breakfast!

January 18, 2010

Chocolate bars  Wikipedia

The Daily Telegraph recently had an article to gladden any chocolate-lover’s heart.
Chocolate has long been held to be a mood-lifter.
It boosts levels of serotonin, the brain’s antidepressant, as well as endorphins, the feel-good chemicals released after exercise.
It’s also a known source of theobromine, a stimulant that has a lasting relaxing effect.
Now comes evidence [...]

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