Keith Posted September 14, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 733 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 3,017 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/09/1966 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Eat Chocolate, Fish, Garlic and Red Wine to Live Longer September 7, 2005 By Sue Dunleavy The Australian A diet recommending you eat 3 1/2 ounces (100g) of chocolate a day and drink red wine, which will add six years to your life - is this for real? Scientists in Australia and The Netherlands have come up with a diet they claim will cut a person's risk of heart disease by 78%. And the good news is, you'll want to be on it. The diet focuses on seven foods that have been proven to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure. It involves daily consumption of 5 ounces (150ml) of red wine, which has been found to cut heart disease risk by 32%. Chocaholics line up, because you have to consume 3 1/2 ounces (100g) of dark chocolate per day, an amount the scientists calculate will reduce blood pressure. You have to eat four meals of fish each week 14 ounces (each 114g), which is said to reduce your heart disease risk by 14%. The diet also includes a daily total of 400g of fruit and vegetables, also proven to cut blood pressure, and 68g of almonds to cut cholesterol. You also have to consume 2.7g of garlic per day to reduce your cholesterol levels. In a paper published in the British Medical Journal, scientists claim that if all these foods are combined in a diet they will lower the risk of heart disease by 78%. The research shows men who stuck to this diet would gain an extra 6 years of life and have an extra 9 years free from heart disease. Women would gain an extra 4.8 years of life and have an extra eight years without heart disease. The proponents, including Anna Peeters from Monash University, claim the only adverse effects from the diet would be body odour from the garlic and raised mercury levels if more than the recommended amount of fish was eaten each week. But they don't calculate whether it will help you lose weight. And they warn that extra alcohol above that prescribed by the diet could reduce the effectiveness of the diet. They say you can add extra ingredients to the diet to boost its effectiveness, including olive oil, soy beans, tomatoes, oat bran, cereals, nuts, tea and chickpeas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmh Posted September 14, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,790 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/21/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/15/1968 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I think I just ate the recommended yearly amount of chocolate since four this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipit Posted September 14, 2005 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 247 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/17/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/10/1981 Share Posted September 14, 2005 WOO-HOO!! I think the guys who come to my place for Bible study (where we drink alot of tea and eat alot of chocolate) will love to hear that news. And the garlic and wine thing... well, that's great news! We stuff so much garlic in our chilis and roasts we'd never have to worry about vampires... and to have a good glass of red wine with your garlic pepper steak... As for fish... I'm not sure that it would be good for me... I have allergies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giaour Posted September 14, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 179 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3,941 Content Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/28/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1964 Share Posted September 14, 2005 That's a lot of garlic. Everything else, I think I could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted September 14, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 733 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 3,017 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/09/1966 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 The dark chocolate would be the problem for me. I like milk chocolate. I could do it though. The fish is no problem! (Salmon, tuna or swordfish.) I really like garlic, but I agree with Giaour, that is a lot of garlic a day, isn't it? (what is that in ounces?) Five ounces of red wine is perfect for me. After a few sips, I tend to lose my taste for it anyway. I even eat plenty of the extra ingredients they mentioned at the end of the article. Now, to get potato chips added to that list and I'll live forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted September 14, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.92 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted September 14, 2005 You have to eat four meals of fish each week Yeah - save you heart by building up on toxins. . . brilliant idea! (Fish tend to store toxins in the water, in case you didn't know. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamsoblessed Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 cant stomach chocolate..wine will never touch my lips but i can eat fish all day long sooooo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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