New Uses of Lemons

New uses for lemons

Lighten hair, brighten clothes, soothe sore throat—the secret talents of this citrus staple.

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Lemon as Laundry Brightener

Skip the bleach—add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of lemon juice to the wash cycle to brighter up those fading whites.

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Watercress Stops Spread Breast Cancer!

Cancer specialists use powerful and debilitating agents such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy to attack cancer – but researchers have discovered that a simple salad food can stop breast cancer developing.

A compound found in watercress can suppress the growth of breast cancer cells by turning off a signal in the body. When that happens, the flow of essential blood and oxygen to the growing tumour stops is stemmed, and the cancer cells stop developing.

Researchers from the University of Southampton discovered watercress’s cancer-fighting abilities when they gave a group of cancer survivors a bowl each – around 8O g – of watercress and monitored them for the following 24 hours.

Not surprisingly, they found very high levels of the watercress’s plant compound PEITC in the participants’ blood samples afterwards – but it had affected the protein that helps nourish cancer cells.

Research team leader Prof Graham Packham commented: “The research…shows that eating watercress may interfere with a pathway that has already been tightly linked to cancer development.”

(Source: University of Southampton press conference, 14 September 2010).
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What Walnut Can Do To You!

Forget meditation, walnuts can help you de-stress

06 October 2010

Stress causes illness, and it has been linked to heart disease and even cancer – but you don’t have to start yoga or meditation in order to lower your levels. The humble walnut will work just fine, say researchers.

Walnuts and walnut oil – both rich in omega-3 – help the body cope with stress levels, a new study has discovered. They lower blood pressure and reduce LDL, or ‘bad’, cholesterol levels.

Researchers tested the walnut diet on a group of 22 volunteers for six weeks. Their resting blood pressure and blood pressure responses to stressful situations improved over the study period.

(Source: Penn State University, 4 October 2010. Web link: http://live.psu.edu/story/48843)
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Drinking Water at the Correct Time

Drinking Water
(Source: An email from Mdm. Ho Mee Yung)

Drinking water at the correct time maximizes its effectiveness on the Human body:

2 glasses of water after waking up helps activate internal organs

1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion

1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure

1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack