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FoodandHealth食品与健康

Tofuisasgoodasmedicineforlowingcholesterol

ResearchpublishedinthefourthweekofJuly2003foundthatthegroupofpeople,whoatehighfiber,highsoyfoodhadloweredLDL(thebadcholesterol)by28.6%,paringthecontractgroup.Theeffectoftakenhighfiber,highsoyisalmosthavethesameeffectastakethestatinMevacor,whichis30.9%.AndpeoplewhoonlytakelowfatfoodonlyhadloweredLDLby8%paringwithnormalgroup.

FishandHealth

SeafoodtakeaprimeroleinChinesefeast.Chineseisgoodatcookingfish,canmakeitverydeliciousandcontainlesscookingoil.ForfishtomaintainfluidityincoldwatersuchasAlaska,theirfatshavetoremainliquid.

Fishoilrichinomega3fattyacids.Thetwoomega3sinfishareeicosapentaenoicacid(EPA)anddocosahexaenoicacids(DHA).

EPAandDHAareessentialforhumanhealth,DHAitscriticaltodevelopmentofthebrainandretinaforinfant,thehumanbreastmilkcontainit.EPAandDHAareverybenefittheheartandbloodvessels.

Inonestudypeopleeatfourtimesofatleastthreeouncesalmonamonthreduced50percentriskofcardiacarrest.StudyshowEPAandDHAcaninhibitthesynthesisofsubstancesthatresultinflammationandbloodclots,stabilizetheelectricalactivityoftheheart.Lowerbloodpressure,triglyceridelevelsandimprovethefunctioningofarterylinings.

Althoughhumancanconvertalphalinolenicacid(ALA)toEPAandDHA,theconversionrateissolow,youneedeatalotoffoodcontainALA,thatsmakeitimpractical.Eatingfishisagoodwaytoreachhealth.

Astheworldgetmorepollution,thefishalsomaybeedangeroustoyourhealth.mercuryisamontoxin,becautious,especiallytopregnantwomen,tosomedeepseafishwhicheatotherfishandresultaccumulatemoremercuryintheirbody.Suchastilefish,swordfish,shark,kingmackerel.Alsoavoidfishesfromsomelocationorareawhichareheavenlypolluted.

GreenTea

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