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...According to research, using honey instead of sugar or an artificial sweetener can reduce total Apples ‘n’ PearsBy eating these you can put two ticks against your five-a-day fruit ‘n’ veg target!

Apples are high in pectin, a soluble fiber; contain quercetin – an antioxidant that can reduce damage caused by Apples are also a good source of vitamin C.

Pears are high in potassium and are also a good source of fiber and vitamin C.

A study in 2003 found that women who consumed three apples or pears a day for three months lost more weight than women who had a similar calorie-controlled diet but did not have the fruit.Portion size: One apple and one pear = 125 calories.4.

A homemade smoothie or similar (i.e.

no added sugar, sweetener or additives)While a fruit juice counts towards your all-important fruit and vegetable target, it doesn’t offer any fiber at all.

A smoothie, on the other hand, contains the pulp of the fruit and not just the juice, and provides you with fiber plus a good array of vitamins and minerals.

It also boosts hydration, of course – and research from Penn State University in the US found that liquid foods help you to feel full for longer, making you less likely to overeat later on.

For maximum health be...

Tart Cherries Can Alter Factors Linked To Heart Disease And Diabetes

...All of the rats had a predisposition toward high Tens of millions of Americans have metabolic syndrome; most don't know it.The researchers say the correlation between cherry intake and significant changes in metabolic measurements suggest a positive effect from the high concentrations of antioxidant compounds called anthocyanins that are found in tart cherries.

The new results were given today in an oral presentation at the Experimental Biology 2007 meeting in Washington, D.C.It's not yet known if cherry-rich diets might have a similar impact in humans, but a U-M team will soon launch a small clinical trial to start to find out.

Meanwhile, additional research is being carried out in animals prone to both obesity and diabetes.The study's lead author is E.

Mitchell Seymour, M.S., a U-M research associate and supervisor of the U-M Cardioprotection Research Laboratory, which studies the potential preventive benefits of antioxidant-rich foods.

Support for the new study comes from an unrestricted grant from t...

Pistachios may calm acute stress reaction

...They used a randomized, crossover controlled feeding study design and all three diets all contained the same number of calories.

After a two-week run-in diet containing 35 percent fat and 11 percent saturated fats, each test diet lasted for four weeks during which time participants ate only foods supplied by the study.

The researchers reported the results of this study at Experimental Biology 2007 today (April 30) in Washington, D.C.

The diets included a Step I Diet – a standard heart healthy diet with 25 percent fat and 8 percent saturated fat, a diet containing 1.5 ounces of pistachios that was a Step I Diet with 30 percent total fat and 8 percent saturated fat and a diet containing 3 ounces of pistachios that was a Step I Diet containing 34 percent fat and 8 percent saturated fat.

At the end of each four-week diet regime, the researchers measured blood pressure and total peripheral vascular resistance at rest and during two stress tests.

The two tests consisted of a physical test and a psychological test.

The physical test consists of putting one foot in a bucket of ice water for 2.5 minutes.

The psychological test asks participants to listen to two numbers, add them in their head and say the answer.

Then they hear another number and they must add it to the second number they heard, not the sum they spoke.

"The ice water is a stimulus for the sympathetic nervous system, but it is very different form the stressors we encounter every d...

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