Arsip: November, 2007
Water Exercises To Keep Fit
Bored by UV, unfriendly weather, sweat and sticky feeling while you do outdoor activities? Water exercise may can be a good choice then, if you still want to do cardiovascular work, toning and stretching without even feeling like you’ve broken a sweat! Water exercises, is becoming increasingly popular as an effective means of staying fit and healthy. Water [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 9th, 2007
How Natural Antioxidants Fight Fat
Assuming that food-based natural antioxidants are the active therapeutic agents, which foods are the best sources of total antioxidants? The scientist in Taiwan Gow-Chin Yen and Chin-Lin Hsu, point out that large amounts of flavonoids and phenolic acids occur in fruits, vegetables, nuts and plant-based beverages such as coffee, tea, and wine. As it is known, flavonoids [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 9th, 2007
New Insight Into How Weight Loss Pill Decrease The Appetite
Confidence is generally regarded as one of the most attractive qualities one can possess. It’s tough to conjure the confidence we want, when we don’t feel good about the way we look. By now, you have probably seen the commercials pieces about weight loss pill. They are claimed as the best pill to get [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 9th, 2007
‘Tractor Beam’ For Cells Developed
The idea of using light beams as tweezers to manipulate cells and tiny objects has been around for at least 30 years. And now, the MIT researchers have found a way to combine this powerful tool for moving, controlling and measuring objects with the highly versatile world of microchip design and manufacturing. It is about [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 2nd, 2007
New Brain Marker Shows Promise For Predicting Future Alzheimer’s Disease
This technology may become a help to identify Alzheimer’s disease. The research by Duke University Medical Center researchers, used an imaging technology to identify a new marker on the brain that may help identify those at greatest risk for cognitive decline and the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The uses of a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 2nd, 2007
The Combination of Cell Biology and Endocrinology to Eliminate Insulin Implants
More than 16 million Americans have diabetes, the sixth leading cause of death by disease in the United States. Nowadays, there is a new option to diabetes patients who cannot live without insulin injections. The need of insulin will be covered with the insulin produced from a transplant of islet cells. This is a kind [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 2nd, 2007
Polyphenols in Red Wine May Stop Heart Disease
Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of grape juice. The health effects of wine (and alcohol in general) are the subject of considerable ongoing study. Red wines from South of France and Sardinia Italy have been found to have the highest levels of procyanidins - the compounds in grape seeds responsible for [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 2nd, 2007
Exercises Enhance Our Living
Most of us know the healthy benefits to exercise, it is good for us, that’s why we get moving. Come tell me that our bodies need cardiovascular and muscular endurance and flexibility. Taking exercises will give us flexibility and endurance. Yeah, that’s true. But, is that the only reason why should you really give it [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 1st, 2007
Coconut Oil’s Effetcs On Health
Many kinds of oils can negatively affect our health. We cook with them almost every day and they are plentiful in commercially prepared foods. But, it’s maybe kind a different with this one : coconut oil. Coconut oil, also known as coconut butter, is a tropical oil with many applications. It is a [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • November 1st, 2007
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