Watermelon juice protects against atherosclerosis - scientists

A recent study of the properties of water-melon, conducted by American scientists has shown. It contained a substance can reduce the risk of atherosclerosis

University of Kentucky researchers conducted an experiment on mice in which the animals were put on a special diet with high cholesterol, reports Med daily.Ru. The mice were divided into two groups: the first was given to drink watermelon juice, and the second - plain water.

After eight weeks, spent weighing. It was found that mice drank the juice of watermelon weighed less than those who drank the water, by reducing fat mass. At the same muscle mass, they have not decreased, and plasma concentration of cholesterol was significantly lower. The survey also vessels of rodents showed that atherosclerosis lesions, they also were much lower than in the control group.

Atherosclerosis - a chronic disease characterized by compaction and loss of elasticity of the arteries, followed by circulatory disturbance of bodies.

Dates are rescued from aging and atherosclerosis

According to scientists from Israel, save the dates of aging and atherosclerosis

A recent study conducted by Israeli experts, found that regular consumption of fruits of palm trees, helps to reduce blood lipids, and thus reduce the likelihood of developing cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. It also helps to reduce the pH of the blood and slows the aging process.

Study of mineral properties dates come to grips with the Faculty of Medicine of the Technion researchers on the basis of Haifa hospital Rambaud. Group of volunteers were invited for a month every day to eat 100 grams of fruit "madzhhol ', a kind of fleshy figs growing in the Jordan Valley and Arava under steppes of Eilat.

Then the subjects stopped drinking for a month of dates, then, within another month he was invited to have dates of another variety, "Halawa" - the fruit with a thick rind cleanable, growing mainly in the Jordan Valley. Otherwise, the volunteers were asked to adhere to the usual diet.

During the study, volunteers regularly do a blood test and inspect the activities of kidney and liver. The results showed that regular consumption of dates, madzhhol 8% reduces the level of harmful fats in the blood, the use of dates, Halawa - 15%. In addition, dates, Halawa help a 33% reduction in the level of oxidation of blood - a process that accelerates the aging body. U madzhhol "of such an effect has been identified, reports MIGnews.com with reference to the publication of Ha'aretz.

As is known, dates contain a lot of glucose, but none of the subjects there were no increase in blood sugar, while previously it was thought that they provoke the development of diabetes. Also, there were no effect of dates on the index increasing BMI - body mass index.

"These results require us to explain the mechanism of action of palm fruit, leading to a lower level of fat in the blood," - said the lead researcher Professor Michael Aviram.