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Digest - Time Zones, Sprouts, Cancer, Diabetes, and Your Eyes

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Looks like we’re following the wrong “circadian” rhythm. Early to bed early to rise … depends on the TV schedule in your time zone - “authors Daniel S. Hamermesh, Caitlin Knowles Myers, and Mark L. Pocock look at the brief fight between American’s natural timing cues—the circadian rhythms determined by the [...]

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Digest - Broccoli, Sleep, Sunlight, Cancer, and The Big Bang

Grandma was right about eating your broccoli. Broccoli Protects Skin From Sun Damage - “Add sunscreen to the list of broccoli’s health benefits. A new study suggests the potent vegetable may help protect the skin from sun damage. … Researchers say the broccoli extract did not physically absorb the UV rays, but it appeared [...]

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Low-Carb Diet May Stunt Prostate Tumor Growth

EurekAlert sent this one across the news wire today: A low-carb diet may stunt prostate tumor growth.
The researchers compared tumor growth in 75 mice that were eating either a low-carbohydrate diet, a low-fat but high-carbohydrate diet, or a Western diet, high in fat and carbohydrates.
The mice that ate a low-carbohydrate diet had the longest survival [...]

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