Many doctors and scientists believe that many cancers could be prevented with a good diet. Here are a few foods that have been shown to decrease the incidence of cancer.

Tomatoes
Tomatoes are loaded with vitamin C. They also contain lycopene, which may explain a recent popular Italian study finding that people who ate raw tomatoes at least seven times per week halved their risk of several cancers as compared to those who ate tomatoes no more than once a week. Tomatoes are also rich in coumaric acid and chlorogenic acid, which hook onto nitric oxides in the foods we eat and spirit them out of the body before they can form cancer-causing chemicals called notrosamines. Tomatoes and broccoli together have been shown to decrease the growth of tumors in prostate cancer.

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Flat, firm abs are all the craze nowadays. Many surveys have ranked good abs as the most attractive part of the male and female body. So why does it seem so hard to get abs like that? Most people are going about it wrong and not getting the full effect from their workout. Follow these 5 tips bellow to maximize your results.

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Is it possible that saturated fats aren’t the evil artery-clogging villains that we’ve made them out to be? In fact, could these unsavory bad boys actually be healthy?! That’s the controversial topic of an interesting article in this month’s Men’s Health magazine. You’ve heard all the evidence against saturated fats, so it’s only fair to hear their side of the story.

Here are a few revealing facts that may surprise you:

• We typically eat more than a dozen kinds of saturated fat. Some have zero effect on cholesterol. Some raise bad (LDL) cholesterol, but all of them raise good (HDL) cholesterol to a greater extent. That’s a net gain in heart health.

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Women spend more time working out to improve the bottom half of their body ( both butt and legs ) than men do. This is why you will see many a man with a well developed torso or arms with chicken legs. But this article is for women and their bottoms. The reason women work more on their lower half is probably due to media and fashion influence. Women wear shorter and tighter shorts, pants, and swimsuits. So this puts psychological pressure on them. Chances are, if you are in a gym, the butt blaster is occupied by a woman rather than a man. She is pushing for that nice tight tush seen in commercials.

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All right. The parties are over and the dishes are put away. The leftovers are gone. It is January 2 and you are just getting up (unless it was YOUR turn to walk the dog…sorry). What is the first thought that comes into your head? Your New Year’s resolution, of course. And I bet it goes like this: “today I start the (fill in the blank) diet, and THIS time it is going to work!”

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Childhood obesity has steadily grown as a serious concern in the United States. Among elementary school children, the percentage of children afflicted with the disease has tripled over the last three decades. Children with obesity suffer both physically as well as emotionally. Contributing factors to the problem include sedentary lifestyles, inadequate emphasis on physical education, and dietary influences. There are several innovative programs that have proven to be successful in schools, such as the one percent or less milk program, the fresh fruit and vegetable pilot program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the General Mills Box Tops for Schools. Changes that school districts can make to improve the well-being of children include serving healthier school meals, educating children and parents on healthy eating, creating better structured after school programs, increasing physical activity and conducting fundraising activities which support healthier lifestyles for children.

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