EAT DARK CHOCOLATE AND GO TO THE GYM

DRINK COFFE= FIGHT CANCER

 

 

People that eat dark chocolate before exercising have lower levels of a marker for
oxidative damage and maintain steadier blood sugar levels.
 
 
Small amounts of dark chocolate can significantly deter exercise-induced
cell damage.  The benefits are  likely tied to cocoa content.
You can get  cocoa polyphenol contentfrom dark chocolate
from non-Dutched (non-alkalized) cocoa powder –
dissolved in water, milk, or low-fat yogurt smoothies –
or the cocoa bean kernels called “nibs”.
THE MERCANTILE COFFEE HOUSE OFFERS ORGANIC,
NON-PROCESSED AND MINIMALLY PROCESSED DARK
CHOCOLATE WITH A VERY HIGH POLYPHENOL CONTENT
 
Cocoa polyphenols act on genes that reduce stress
and inflammation
People naturally produce reactive oxygen species – better known as
free radicals.
Overproduction of free radicals from smoking, pollution,
sunlight, high-intensity exercise, or natural aging can overwhelm
the body’s own antioxidant defenses and lead to oxidative stress.
 
Oxidative stress is linked to increased risk of major 
disorders including cancer, Alzheimer’s, and cardiovascular disease.
 The potential health benefits of polyphenols from cocoa include
enhanced cardiac, skin, and brain health.
 
The potential benefits of cocoa clearly stem from its extremely
high polyphenol content, which features unrivalled levels of
tea-type catechins and berry/grape-like procyanidins (health
promoting substances).

Coffee consumption reduces risk of cancers

A recent analysis of the medical literature discussing 59 publications,40 prospective

cohort studies, including 2,179,126 participants and 34,177 cases of

cancer with an average follow-up of 14.3 years proved that coffee consumption

may reduce the total cancer incidence and it also has an inverse association with

some type of cancers, such as bladder, breast, buccal cavity and pharynx,

colorectum, endometrium, esophagus, hepatocellular, leukemia, pancreas, and

prostate cancers.

Coffee reduces the incidence of agressive breast

cancer

according to a recent study from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden

The authors found that post-menopausal women that drink more than 5 cups a day

have a significantly lower incidence of agressive (non-hormone dependent)

breast cancers.

For more information:
 
 
 Allgrove J, Farrell E, Gleeson M, et al. Regular dark chocolate consumption's
reduction of oxidative stress and increase of free-fatty-acid mobilization
in response to prolonged cycling.                                                                   
Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2011 Apr;21(2):113-23

 Davison G, Davison G, Callister R, Williamson G, Cooper KA, Gleeson M.
The Effect of acute pre-exercise dark chocolate consumption on plasma
antioxidant status, oxidative stress and immunoendocrine responses
to prolonged exercise.  Eur J Nutr. 2011 Apr 5.

 

Yu X, Bao Z, Zou J and Dong J: Coffee consumption and risk of cancers:

a meta-analysis of cohort studies.

BMC Cancer. 2011 Mar 15;11:96.

Li J, Seibold P, Chang-Claude J, at al. Coffee consumption modifies risk of

estrogen-receptor negative breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Res. 2011 May 14;13(3):R49. [Epub ahead of print]

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