The conclusion is becoming clear: whatever is behind the health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, you cannot reproduce it by taking purified extracts or vitamin supplements.
The antioxidant myth: a medical fairy tale - health - 05 August 2006 - New Scientist
Basically… spend the $15 you would’ve spent on a bottle of vitamins on organic fruits and vegetables. Duh.
It’s a start…
Having been a massage therapist at one point (incarnation) in my life, it’s always nice to have actual science back what I intuitively know to be true…
“The massaged muscles [of a rabbit] recovered an estimated 60 percent of the strength after the four-day trial, compared to restoration of about 14 percent of strength in muscles that were exercised and then rested.
“Similarly, the massaged muscles had fewer damaged muscle fibers and virtually no sign of white blood cells, the presence of which would indicate that the body was working to repair muscle damage, when compared with the rested muscles. The massaged muscles weighed about 8 percent less than the rested muscles, suggesting that the massage helped prevent swelling, Best said.”
This excerpt is from, Healing Effects Of Massage Get Some Scientific Proof, from a study being done at Ohio State University.
(thx Guy)
