Friday, 15 January 2016

[www.keralites.net] Forget carrots! Eat LEAFY GREENS to boost your sight (Glaucoma ) - Scientists from Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Forget carrots! Eat LEAFY GREENS to boost your sight(Glaucoma ) : Diet rich in nitrate 'cuts risk of a leading cause of blindness by 30%'

Eating leafy greens reduces the risk of glaucoma by 30%, scientists found

Glaucoma is a disease of the eye's optic nerve - and leads to blindness

The nitrate in leafy greens help with blood circulation, the study said

We've long been told that eating carrots is the key to good eyesight.

But it turns out, leafy green vegetables may be the secret to boosting our sight.

A diet rich in nitrate – found in spinach, kale and lettuce – reduces the risk of glaucoma by up to 30 per cent, scientists revealed.

Nearly three million people in the US currently suffer from glaucoma – a disease of the eye's optic nerve.

These findings could help prevent additional glaucoma cases from developing.

Scientists from Brigham Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School studied the association between dietary nitrate intake and primary open-angle glaucoma.

The disease occurs because of damage to the optic nerve, often when fluid builds up in the front part of the eye, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

It is the leading cause of blindness for people over the age of 60.

Previous research suggested that nitrate – which is found in leafy green vegetables - is beneficial for blood circulation.

And so, the scientists set out to see if it has any effects on glaucoma.

The scientists analyzed the diets and eye exams of nearly 64,000 women between 1984 and 2012, as well as 41,000 men.

Each of the participants were over the age of 40 at the time the study began - and none of they had glaucoma.

The participants had eye exams every two years.

The surveys followed up with the participants over 25 years.

The participants were given repeated questionnaires, which allows researchers to evaluate their nitrate intake and glaucoma risk.

And, over the course of the study, 1,483 of the participants developed the disease.

The researchers looked at the participants' dietary intake.

They found that those with greater intake of dietary nitrate and green leafy vegetables had a 20 to 30 per cent lower glaucoma risk.

Furthermore, that association was particularly strong – 40 to 50 per cent lower risk – for a subtype of glaucoma linked to dysfunction in blood flow autoregulatoion.

The study said: 'These results, if confirmed in observational and intervention studies, could have important public health implications.'

However, the scientists said additional studies must be completed to further explore the association between dietary nitrate consumption and glaucoma.

The study was published in JAMA Opthalmology.

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[www.keralites.net] Classic Pineapple Upside-Down Cake [4 Attachments]

Classic Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe

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A classic recipe this never goes out of style! It's delicious with the traditional pineapple, but try it with peaches or a combination of cranberries and orange. —Bernardine Melton, Paola, Kansas

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 30 min. + standing YIELD:9 servings
Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, melted
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 can (20 ounces) sliced pineapple
1/2 cup chopped pecans
3 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
9 maraschino cherries

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°. In an ungreased 9-in.-square baking pan, combine butter and brown sugar. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/3 cup juice. Arrange 9 pineapple slices in a single layer over sugar (refrigerate any remaining slices for another use). Sprinkle pecans over pineapple; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Blend in vanilla and reserved pineapple juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to batter, beating well.
3. In a small bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Spoon into pan.
4. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before inverting onto serving plate. Place a cherry in the center of each pineapple slice. Yield: 9 servings.

Nutritional Facts
1 piece equals 361 calories, 13 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 88 mg cholesterol, 193 mg sodium, 58 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.
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[www.keralites.net] Docs save cobra that swallowed fairness cream

Docs save cobra that swallowed fairness cream :- Surgeons at the veterinary college here, under the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, recently conducted a rare surgery on a cobra which was critically injured after swallowing a men's fairness cream tube.

"The cobra is now slowly recovering at the forest range office here. The reptile is out of danger and we are very much hopeful of its survival," said Subhendu Mallick of Bhubaneswar Snake Helpline, which rescued the cobra from a residential colony.

Mallick said when Snake Helpline volunteers reached Rental Colony after getting a call from the residents, the four feet long female cobra was not able to move as its stomach was swollen. The tube was stuck in the middle of its body.

"We rushed the cobra to the veterinary college for an X-Ray which confirmed the presence of a foreign object," said Mallick.

Experts in veterinary college swung into action and a two member team of surgeons performed the rare 90-minute long surgery to remove the plastic tube from the cobra's body. Mallick said the snake will be fed liquid food, mostly egg yolk. Once it is fully fit, the cobra will be released in the wild, possible in the jungles of Chandaka at the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

Experts believe that the snake could have consumed the fairness cream tube after entering a shop or someone's house mistaking the object to be an eatable.

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