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January 22nd, 2010 | 
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Conventional wisdom says that apples are a healthy snack. A recent study supports it, finding that a component of the fruit, called pectin, increases levels of friendly bacteria in the digestive system.
Microbiologists from the National Food Institute of the University of Denmark evaluated the effect of apple consumption by feeding rats a diet of whole blocks in addition to products derived from fruit, as juice and applesauce.
The researchers then reviewed the bacteria in the intestines of rats to determine whether eating apples affected the levels of “friendly” bacteria, which are bacteria that are beneficial for digestive health and may reduce the risk of certain diseases.
The study findings appear online on January 20 in the journal BMC Microbiology.
“In our study, we found that rats who ate a diet rich in pectin, a component of dietary fiber in apples, had higher amounts of certain bacteria that could improve intestinal health” they said in a news release Editor magazine study co-researcher Andrea Wilcks.
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What is cancer?
The word cancer is a broad term that encompasses more than 200 kinds of diseases (malignant tumors). Each has certain characteristics, which in some cases are completely different from the rest of the other cancers, diseases can be considered independent, with its causes, its evolution and specific treatment.
Normal cell division
Our body consists of a set of cells, only visible through a microscope, divided periodically and regularly in order to replace aging or dead already, and thereby maintain the integrity and proper functioning of the various organs.
The process of cell division is regulated by a series of control mechanisms that tell the cell when to divide and begin as being static. When these control mechanisms are altered in a cell, it and its offspring begin uncontrolled division, which eventually will lead to a tumor or nodule. Read the rest of this entry »
Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease of brain cells
It is a neurodegenerative disease that has already been diagnosticado in our country to about 600,000.
He took the name of Dr. Alois Alzheimer, German neurologist (1864-1915) who in 1906 observed changes in brain tissue from a woman who had died for what he thought was a strange mental illness. These abnormal changes in brain tissue are known as hallmarks of this dementia.
It is mainly characterized by slow onset of symptoms that evolve over the years. It is a degenerative disease of brain cells-neurons, progressive nature and origin still unknown today.