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Vitamin C Halves Colds in Athletes T


heavy exercisers, say Finnish researchers at the Univer- sity of Helsinki. While their meta-study showed that non-exercisers that took vitamin C daily gained little or no protection from colds, the story for marathon- ers, competitive skiers and soldiers on subarctic assignments was much different. The study, published in the Cochrane Review, found that the 598 heavy exercisers cut their risk of colds in half.


More Bok Choy, Less Ice Cream Boosts Breast Health C


aking vitamin C before engaging in physically demanding activities helps keep colds away for people that are


howing down on cruciferous veggies reduces the risk of recur- ring breast cancer, say Vanderbilt University researchers, while consuming too many high-fat dairy products produces an op- posite effect, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The paper on veggies presented at the American Associa- tion for Cancer Research showed that the more cruciferous vegetables a woman ate in the first two years after her breast cancer diagnosis, the lower was her risk of the cancer return- ing or death from the original cancer. Eating broccoli, cau- liflower, bok choy and cabbage worked to reduce the rate of recurring breast cancer by 35 percent and the risk of death in the following nine years by 62 percent.


On the other side of the coin, the NCI study showed that


women treated for early stage breast cancer that regularly ate one or more servings of high-fat milk, cheese, yogurt or ice cream


increased their risk of dying of breast cancer by 44 percent and of earlier death from all causes by 64 percent.


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