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1、FoodandHealth食品与健康TofuisasgoodasmedicineforlowingcholesterolResearchpublishedinthefourthweekofJuly2003foundthatthegroupofpeople,whoatehigh-fiber,high-soyfoodhadloweredLDL(thebadcholesterol)by28.6%,comparingthecontractgroup.Theeffectoftakenhigh-fiber,high-soyisalmosthavethesameeffe
2、ctastakethestatinMevacor,whichis30.9%.AndpeoplewhoonlytakelowfatfoodonlyhadloweredLDLby8%comparingwithnormalgroup.FishandHealthSeafoodtakeaprimeroleinchinesefeast.Chineseisgoodatcookingfish,canmakeitverydeliciousandcontainlesscookingoil.ForfishtomaintainfluidityincoldwatersuchasAl
3、aska,theirfatshavetoremainliquid.Fishoilrichinomega-3fattyacids.Thetwoomega-3'sinfishareeicosapentaenoicacid(EPA)anddocosahexaenoicacids(DHA).EPAandDHAareessentialforhumanhealth,DHAit'scriticaltodevelopmentofthebrainandretinaforinfant,thehumanbreastmilkcontainit.EPAandDHAareverybe
4、nefittheheartandbloodvessels.Inonestudypeopleeatfourtimesofatleastthreeouncesalmonamonthreduced50percentriskofcardiacarrest.StudyshowEPAandDHAcaninhibitthesynthesisofsubstancesthatresultinflammationandbloodclots,stabilizetheelectricalactivityoftheheart.Lowerbloodpressure,triglycer
5、idelevelsandimprovethefunctioningofarterylinings.Althoughhumancanconvertalpha-linolenicacid(ALA)toEPAandDHA,theconversionrateissolow,youneedeatalotoffoodcontainALA,that'smakeitimpractical.Eatingfishisagoodwaytoreachhealth.Astheworldgetmorepollution,thefishalsomaybecomedangeroustoy
6、ourhealth.mercuryisacommontoxin,becautious,especiallytopregnantwomen,tosomedeepseafishwhicheatotherfishandresultaccumulatemoremercuryintheirbody.Suchastilefish,swordfish,shark,kingmackerel.Alsoavoidfishcomesfromsomelocationorareawhichareheavenlypolluted.GreenTeaGreenTeaisfavoritya
7、ndtraditionaldrinkofChineseforthousandyears.Recentstudieshaveshownthatepigallocatechingallate(EGCG)anantioxidantfoundingreentea,isatleast100moretimesmoreeffectivethanvitaminCand25timesmoreeffectivethanvitaminEatprotectingcellsandDNAfromdamagebelievedtobelinkedtocancer,heartdisease
8、andotherseriousillnesses.Theantio
