[nukkad] Health - MILK, EGG, Wheatgrass Juice, TEETH

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Health Bytes 
Marvellous milk 


People who drink milk regularly, don't drink as 
many unhealthy fizzy drinks as those who avoid 
milk. Perhaps it's because drinking milk, and eating 
cottage cheese and yoghurt, is an indication of a 
good all-round diet. 

A decade-long study finds that overweight young 
people who drink a lot of milk are less likely to 
develop insulin resistance syndrome, a forerunner 
of diabetes and a condition that increases the risk 
of heart attack and stroke, reports 
HealthScoutNews. 

Among the more than 3 000 people aged 18 to 30 
who were followed for 10 years, those who 
consumed the most dairy products had a 72% 
lower incidence of insulin resistance syndrome than 
those with the lowest intake. This held true only for 
overweight young adults. In this study, led by Mark 
A Pereira, an epidemiologist at Boston Children's 
Hospital and Harvard Medical School, US, people 
were defined as being overweight if they had a 
body mass index (BMI) of 25 or over. 

Insulin resistance syndrome means high blood 
pressure, glucose intolerance, and a bad blood lipid 
profile high in dangerous triglycerides and low in 
helpful high-density lipoproteins. 

Milk intake has decreased and cooldrink intake 
increased over the past 30 years in the US. 
Children who drink a lot of fizzy canned drinks, 
consume less milk and have a worse diet, with 
fewer fruits, grains and whole-grain products.

"The sugars contained in milk are complex, very 
different from the sugars in candy. They are 
converted to blood sugar at a lower rate," says 
Pereira. 
Milk is more filling than fizzy drinks because it 
contains a lot of useful protein, so people who drink 
milk are less likely to eat too much because the 
milk is more filling.
One downside is the fat in whole milk. This can be 
overcome by eating a couple of servings of 
reduced-fat dairy products a day. 

 
In an eggshell 


The scare over the past few years that eggs 
increase cholesterol, may, in fact, be unfounded. US 
research now shows that a compound in eggs called 
phospholid stops most of the cholesterol from being 
absorbed. 

If you have no family history of heart disease, you 
should be okay with one or two eggs a day. They're 
an excellent source of protein, vitamins A, E, B6, 
B12 and folate (which, in itself, lowers the risk of 
heart disease). 

 
Wheatgrass juice - the latest buzzword in nutrition 


Try a tot of wheatgrass juice for a surge of energy 
and a load of liquid oxygen, vitamins, minerals, 
trace elements, enzymes and amino acids. 
Immediately absorbed into the bloodstream, a 
25ml tot of freshly squeezed wheatgrass (to be 
drunk within 15 minutes), has the nutritional value 
of more than a kilogram of spinach or broccoli. 

It enriches the blood, calming the nervous system 
and reducing fatigue; ensures efficient metabolism; 
stabilises blood sugar levels; aids in the 
detoxification of cells; boosts the immune system; 
fights free radicals and carcinogens; and prevents 
the DNA in genes from changing, preventing 
ageing. 

 
Crunch your way to whiter teeth


Chomping on cucumbers, carrots, celery and 
artichokes will lighten your teeth naturally. 
Chewing on these hard vegetables increases saliva 
production. This flushes out colour-staining bacteria 
and covers the teeth in a film of moisture, 
preventing new stains from taking hold, reports Dr 
Lana Rozenberg, founder of the Rozenberg Dental 
Day Spa in New York City, US. 


- Longevity Magazine  

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