A new study in Britain suggests that by regular intake of tomatoes can significantly reduce heart disease.

The scientists also advised people with high cholesterol to start taking tomatoes or drink tomato juice to help reduce the risk of heart attacks.

During the experiment, researchers took regular blood samples of the volunteers to check cholesterol levels and found that those added a small quantity of tomato in their breakfast, lunch and tea, saw their Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels dropped significantly over a period of three weeks.

The LDL is known as “bad” cholesterol. High levels of this cholesterol in the blood can increase the risk of heart disease.

Online edition of the Daily Mail reported that Researchers at the University of Oulo in Finland said the cholesterol levels dropped by six percent and LDL levels by 13 % in people who added tomatoes in their meals.

via DNA Health

Exercise seems to increase the production of naturally occurring brain chemical with antidepressant effects in mice, researchers reported
They focused on a brain region known as the hippocampus, which has been implicated in mood regulation and in the brain’s response to antidepressant medication.

Reasons for the benefit have not been clear.

Via: Reuters Health- Nature Medicine, online December 2, 2007.

Break the silence, get everyone talking about HIV on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2007.According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.

Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness.

Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world. 12 % of the south African population is affected by AIDS.

Please spread the word and increase AIDS awareness.

What Makes Us Burp? Well, it is the bacteria deep in your belly. Also, extra gas and fizzy drinks.

Billions of tiny bacteria hang out in your intestines to help digestion. They turn some of the undigested food into vitamin K and vitamin B. In the process, bacteria release smelly gases like methane, which make us burp…and fart!